Faculty
Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty
![Matt Benacquista](../../_files/images/faculty/dr. benacquista - resized.jpg)
Benacquista, Matt
Professor Emeritus
matthew.benacquista@utrgv.edu
![Mohammad Bhatti](../../_files/images/faculty/Mohammad Bhatti resized1.jpg)
Bhatti, Muhammad
Professor
ESCNE 3.616
(956) 665-2393
Edinburg
muhammad.bhatti@utrgv.edu
![Dorina Chipara](../../_files/images/faculty/dorina chipara resized1.jpg)
Chipara, Dorina
Professor
ESCNE 3.156
(956) 665-3532
Edinburg
dorina.chipara@utrgv.edu
![Mircea Chipara](../../_files/images/faculty/mircea chipara resized.jpg)
Chipara, Mircea
Professor
ESCNE 3.126
(956) 665-2152
Edinburg
mircea.chipara@utrgv.edu
![Edgar Corpuz](../../_files/images/faculty/edgar corpuz1 resized1.jpg)
Corpuz, Edgar
Professor
ESCNE 3.130
(956) 665-2153
Edinburg
edgar.corpuz@utrgv.edu
![Teviet Creighton](../../_files/images/faculty/dr. creighton1 resized1.jpg)
Creighton, Teviet
Professor
BINAB 2.123
(956) 882-6651
Brownsville
teviet.creighton@utrgv.edu
![Mario Diaz](../../_files/images/faculty/mario diaz resized.jpg)
Diaz, Mario
Professor, Director CGWA
BINAB 2.126
(956) 882-6690
Brownsville
mario.diaz@utrgv.edu
![Dimakis Nikolaos](../../_files/images/faculty/nicholas dimakis resized.jpg)
Dimakis, Nikolaos
Department Chair and Professor
ESCNE 3.617
(956) 665-8761
Edinburg
nicholas.dimakis@utrgv.edu
![Dr. Natalia Guevara](../../_files/images/faculty/Natalia Guevara.png)
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
![HyeongJun Kim](../../_files/images/faculty/HYEONGJUN_KIM1_resized.jpg)
Kim, HyeongJun
Assistant Professor
ESCNE 3.619
956-665-2171
Edinburg
hyeongjun.kim@utrgv.edu
![Karen Martirosyan](newkmartirosyan.jpg)
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
![Ruben Mazariegos](../../_files/images/faculty/ruben-mazariegos resized.jpg)
Mazariegos, Ruben
Associate Professor
ESCNE 3.132
(956) 665-2154
Edinburg
ruben.mazariegos@utrgv.edu
![Mukherjee, Soma](../../_files/images/faculty/soma-mukherjee.jpg)
Mukherjee, Soma
Professor
BINAB 2.139
(956) 882-6679
Brownsville
soma.mukherjee@utrgv.edu
![Nicolas Pereyra](../../_files/images/faculty/nicolas pereyra resized.jpg)
Pereyra, Nicolas
Professor
ESCNE 3.152
(956) 665-7392
Edinburg
nicolas.pereyra@utrgv.edu
![Volker Quetschke](../../_files/images/faculty/dr. quetschke1 resized1.jpg)
Quetschke, Volker
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, Professor
BINAB 2.117
(956) 882-6723
Brownsville
volker.quetschke@utrgv.edu
![Malik Rakhmanov](../../_files/images/faculty/dr. rakhmanov resized1.jpg)
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
![liliana headshot](liliana1.jpg)
Assistant Professor BINAB 2.116
Phone number pending
Brownsville liliana.riverasandoval@utrgv.edu
Assistant Professor ESCNE 4.633
(956) 665-7461 haoyuan.chen@utrgv.edu
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
![josephromano](josephromano.jpg)
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
![MaAileen Corpuz](../../_files/images/faculty/maaileen-corpuz resized.jpg)
Corpuz, MaAileen
Lecturer III
ESCNE 3.142
(956) 665-3529
Edinburg
ma.corpuz@utrgv.edu
![delaram mirfenderesk](../../_files/images/faculty/delaram-mirfenderesk.jpg)
Delaram Mirfendereski
Lecturer I
ESCNE 1.617
Edinburg
delaram.mirfendereski@utrgv.edu
![Neda Dadashvand](../../_files/images/faculty/Dr. Neda Dadashvand resized.png)
Dadashvand, Neda
Lecturer II
ESCNE 1.615
Edinburg
neda.dadashvand@utrgv.edu
![Mkhitar Hobosyan](../../_files/images/faculty/Hobosyan_resized.jpg)
Hobosyan, Mkhitar
Lecturer I
BINAB 2.131
(956) 882-6736
Brownsville
mkhitar.hobosyan@utrgv.edu
![Dr. Masoumeh Izadparast](screen-shot-2022-06-03-at-13.10.43.jpg)
Izadparast, Masoumeh
Lecturer I
ESCNE
Edinburg
masoumeh.izadparast@utrgv.edu
![Hyun-Chul Lee](../../_files/images/faculty/hyun_lee_resized.jpg)
Lee, Hyun-Chul
Senior Lecturer
ESCNE 3.620
(956) 665-5374
Edinburg
hyun.lee@utrgv.edu
![Manoj Peiris](../../_files/images/faculty/Dr. Manoj Peiris resized.png)
Peiris, Manoj
Lecturer I
ESCNE 1.606
Edinburg
manoj.peiris@utrgv.edu
Part-Time Faculty Members
![Juan Guevara](../../_files/images/faculty/juan-guevara resized.jpg)
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