Faculty
Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty

Benacquista, Matt
Professor Emeritus
matthew.benacquista@utrgv.edu

Bhatti, Muhammad
Professor
ESCNE 3.616
(956) 665-2393
Edinburg
muhammad.bhatti@utrgv.edu

Chipara, Dorina
Professor
ESCNE 3.156
(956) 665-3532
Edinburg
dorina.chipara@utrgv.edu

Chipara, Mircea
Professor
ESCNE 3.126
(956) 665-2152
Edinburg
mircea.chipara@utrgv.edu

Corpuz, Edgar
Professor
ESCNE 3.130
(956) 665-2153
Edinburg
edgar.corpuz@utrgv.edu

Creighton, Teviet
Professor
BINAB 2.123
(956) 882-6651
Brownsville
teviet.creighton@utrgv.edu

Diaz, Mario
Professor, Director CGWA
BINAB 2.126
(956) 882-6690
Brownsville
mario.diaz@utrgv.edu

Dimakis, Nikolaos
Department Chair and Professor
ESCNE 3.617
(956) 665-8761
Edinburg
nicholas.dimakis@utrgv.edu

Guevara, Natalia
Associate Chair and Professor
BINAB 2.118
(956) 882-6673
Brownsville
natalia.guevara@utrgv.edu
Incera, Vivian
Dean of the College of Sciences and Professor
ESCNE 4.603
Phone 956-665-8726
BLHSB 2.203
Phone 956-882-6701
vivian.incera@utrgv.edu

Kim, HyeongJun
Assistant Professor
ESCNE 3.619
956-665-2171
Edinburg
hyeongjun.kim@utrgv.edu

Martirosyan, Karen
Professor, Associate Vice President for Research Enhancement, Houston Endowed Chair in Science, Math and Technology, Director of Advanced Nanoscience Laboratory
BINAB 2.129
(956) 882-6736
Brownsville
karen.martirosyan@utrgv.edu

Mazariegos, Ruben
Associate Professor
ESCNE 3.132
(956) 665-2154
Edinburg
ruben.mazariegos@utrgv.edu

Mukherjee, Soma
Professor
BINAB 2.139
(956) 882-6679
Brownsville
soma.mukherjee@utrgv.edu

Pereyra, Nicolas
Professor
ESCNE 3.152
(956) 665-7392
Edinburg
nicolas.pereyra@utrgv.edu

Quetschke, Volker
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, Professor
BINAB 2.117
(956) 882-6723
Brownsville
volker.quetschke@utrgv.edu

Rakhmanov, Malik
Associate Professor
BINAB 2.138
(956) 882-6746
Brownsville
malik.rakhmanov@utrgv.edu
Ramezani, Hamidreza
Associate Professor
ESCNE 1.615
(956) 665-5836
Edinburg
hamidreza.ramezani@utrgv.edu
Touhami, Ahmed
Professor
BINAB 2.116
(956) 882-6687
Brownsville
ahmed.touhami@utrgv.edu
Plata, Erik
Assistant Professor
BLHSB 1.808A
(956) 882-5737
erik.plata@utrgv.edu
Lin, Wei
Professor
BLHSB 1.814
(956) 882-5945

Rivera Sandoval, Liliana
Assistant Professor
Office number pending
Phone number pending
Brownsville liliana.riverasandoval@utrgv.edu
Chen, Haoyuan
Assistant Professor
ESCNE 4.633
(956) 665-7461
Macossay-Torres, Javier
Professor
ESCNE 3.332
(956) 665-3377
javier.macossaytorres@utrgv.edu
Uddin, M. Jasim
Associate Professor
ESCNE 3.348
(956) 665-7462
mohammed.uddin@utrgv.edu

Romano, Joseph
Professor and Director of the Institute of Space Sciences
BINAB 2.122
(956) 882-7151
Brownsville
joseph.romano@utrgv.edu
Kotsikorou, Evangelia
Associate Professor
ESCNE 3.364
(956) 665-2851
evangelia.kotsikorou@utrgv.edu
Vanegas, Julie P.
Assistant Professor
ESCNE 3.511 and 1.507N
(956) 665-2056
julie.vanegas@utrgv.edu
Zeng, Liang
Professor
ESCNE 3.134
(956) 665-2169
Edinburg
liang.zeng@utrgv.edu
Lecturers

Corpuz, MaAileen
Lecturer III
ESCNE 3.142
(956) 665-3529
Edinburg
ma.corpuz@utrgv.edu

Dadashvand, Neda
Lecturer II
ESCNE 1.615
Edinburg
neda.dadashvand@utrgv.edu

Hobosyan, Mkhitar
Lecturer I
BINAB 2.131
(956) 882-6736
Brownsville
mkhitar.hobosyan@utrgv.edu

Izadparast, Masoumeh
Lecturer I
ESCNE
Edinburg
masoumeh.izadparast@utrgv.edu

Lee, Hyun-Chul
Senior Lecturer
ESCNE 3.620
(956) 665-5374
Edinburg
hyun.lee@utrgv.edu

Ortega, Ruben
Lecturer I
ESCNE 1.606
(956) 665-7294
Edinburg
ruben.ortega01@utrgv.edu

Peiris, Manoj
Lecturer I
ESCNE 1.606
Edinburg
manoj.peiris@utrgv.edu
Part-Time Faculty Members

Guevara, Juan
Research Associate Professor
(956) 882-6673
Brownsville
juan.guevara@utrgv.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Daniel Bessis
Texas Southern University
Jordan Camp
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Belczynski Krzysztof
University of Warsaw
Robert Grosso
University of Nuremberg