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
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Alexander Kazansky
Associate ProfesorPhone: (956) 882-5780
Email: alexander.kazansky@utrgv.edu
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Andrea Schwarzbach
Associate ProfesorPhone: (956) 882-5057
Email: andrea.schwarzbach@utrgv.edu
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Andrew Tsin
Sr. Associate Dean of ResearchPhone: 956-665-6599
Email: andrew.tsin@utrgv.edu
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Christopher Jenkinson
ProfessorPhone: (956)-665-6474
Email: christopher.jenkinson@utrgv...
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Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (956) 665-3824
Email: debasish.bandyopadhyay@utrg...
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Evangelia Kotsikorou
Associate ProfessorPhone: (956) 665-2851
Email: evangelia.kotsikorou@utrgv.edu
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Hansapani Rodrigo
Assistant ProfessorPhone: 956-665-2349
Email: hansapani.rodrigo@utrgv.edu
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Javier MacossayTorres
ProfessorPhone: (956) 665-3377
Email: javier.macossaytorres@utrgv...
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Kristina Vatcheva
Assistant ProfessorPhone: 956-882-7496
Email: kristina.vatcheva@utrgv.edu
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Manar Shoshani
Assistant ProfessorBMSLC 3.229
Phone: (956) 882-7472
Email: manar.shoshani@utrgv.edu
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Manish Tripathi
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (956)-296-1735
Email: manish.tripathi@utrgv.edu
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Ravindranath Duggirala
ProfessorPhone: (956)-665-6456
Email: ravindranath.duggirala@utrg...
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Rectory Arya
Assistant Professor of ResearchPhone: (956)-665-6476
Email: rector.arya@utrgv.edu
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Robert Gilkerson
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (956) 665-7838
Email: robert.gilkerson@utrgv.edu
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Saraswathy Nair
Associate ProfessorPhone: (956) 882-5108
Email: saraswathy.nair@utrgv.edu
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Satish Kumar
Assistant Professor of ResearchPhone: (956)-665-6477
Email: satish.kumar@utrgv.edu
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Seratna Beltran
Assistant Professor of Immunology and MicrobiologyPhone: (956) 296-1447
Email: seratna.beltran@utrgv.edu
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Srinivas Mummidi
Associate Professor of ResearchPhone: (956)-665-6423
Email: srinivas.mummidi@utrgv.edu
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Subhash Chauhan
Professor and ChairmanPhone: (956)-296-5000
Email: subhash.chauhan@utrgv.edu
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Veerachandra Yemmireddy
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (919) 208-3578
Email: veerachandra.yemmireddy@utr...
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Xiaoqian Fang
Assistant Professor of Molecular SciencePhone: (956) 296-1610
Email: xiaoqian.fang@utrgv.edu
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