Meet our Team
Dean's Office Leadership
Dr. Vivian Incera
Dean
ESCNE 4.603
(956) 665-8726
BLHSB 2.203
(956) 882-6701
vivian.incera@utrgv.edu
Dr. Frederic Zaidan
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Student Success
ESCNE 4.637
(956) 665-2404
frederic.zaidan@utrgv.edu
Dr. Teresa Feria
Associate Dean for Faculty Success, Diversity & Inclusion
ESCNE 4.635
(956) 655-7322
teresa.feria@utrgv.edu
Dr. Cristina Villalobos
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Effectiveness
Myles and Sylvia Aaronson Endowed Professor
ESCNE 4.622
(956) 665-2705 cristina.villalobos@utrgv.edu
Dr. Volker Quetschke
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
BLHSB 2.2117
(956) 882-6723
volker.quetschke@utrgv.edu
Dean's Office Staff
Lisa Trevino
Administrative Associate / Deans Assistant
ESCNE 4.601
(956) 665-8726
maria.trevino1@utrgv.edu
Finance Team
Operations Team
Grants Administration Team
Isabel Nicasio
Grants Administration Services Manager
ESCNE 4.611
(956) 665-3138
isabel.nicasio@utrgv.edu
Miriam Marquez
Grants Administration Specialist
ESCNE 4.636B
(956) 665-3139
miriam.marquez@utrgv.edu
Fundraising Efforts
Department Chairs/Directors
Dr. Robert Dearth
Chair, Department of Biology & Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry
ESCNE 2.360
(956) 665-3537
robert.dearth@utrgv.edu
Dr. Nicholas Dimakis
Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy
ESCNE 1.606A
(956) 665-3136
BINAB 2.115
(956) 882-6679
nicholas.dimakis@utrgv.edu
Dr. Timothy Huber
Director, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
EMAGC 3.202
(956) 665-2173
timothy.huber@utrgv.edu
Dr. Juan Gonzalez
Interim Director, School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences
ESCNE 2.620
(956) 665-3523
juan.l.gonzalez@utrgv.edu