Faculty/Mentors
- Prospective students, if you want to be admitted on a Thesis track, you must have a confirmed mentor before the application deadline. If you identified a mentor please let them know that they have to email the Program Director, Yonghong Zhang to confirm that they are going be your Thesis Advisor.
- DO NOT EMAIL application materials directly to the Program Director, you must apply through the official Graduate College Application Portal. Materials not submitted through the official Graduate College Application Portal will not be accepted or reviewed.
- Offers for Financial Aid can be made only after a student is officially accepted into the program by the Graduate College, visit our Financial Aid Information page to learn more!
Mentors

Ezzat El-Sherif
Assistant Professor
ESCNE 1.328
Lab: ESCNE 4.514
(956) 665-7001
ezzat.elsherif@utrgv.edu
Lab Webpag e : El-Sherif

Seratna Beltran
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology
EMEBL 1.200
(956) 296-1447
seratna.beltran@utrgv.edu

Srinivas Mummidi
Associate Professor of Research
MBMRF 2.221
(956)-665-6423
srinivas.mummidi@utrgv.edu

Veerachandra Yemmireddy
Associate Professor
ESCNE 1.614
(919) 208-3578
veerachandra.yemmireddy@utr...

Yonghong Zhang
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program Director
ESCNE 4.620
(956) 665-2288
yonghong.zhang@utrgv.edu