Scientific Directors
Evelien Bunnik
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
UT Health San Antonio
(210) 450-8146
Chiung-Yu Hung
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
(210) 458-7018
Luis Martinez Sobrido
Ph.D.
Professor, Disease Intervention and Prevention
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Joe McDonough
Ph.D.
Director, Pharmaceuticals and Bioengineering Department
Southwest Research Institute
(210) 522-3670
Jean Patterson
Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of BSL-4 Task Force / Host Pathogen Interaction
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
(210) 258-9431
Guoquan Zhang
DVM, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
(210) 458-7020
Guangming Zhong
M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Dielmann Endowed Chair of Genetic and Environmental Risk
UT Health San Antonio
(210) 567-1169
Administrative Leadership Team
Bernard Arulanandam
Ph.D., M.B.A.
Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise
University of Texas at San Antonio
(210) 862-9753
Andrea Giuffrida
Ph.D.
Professor and Vice President for Research
UT Health San Antonio
(210) 567-4219
Michael MacNaughton
Ph.D., P.E.
Vice President, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Southwest Research Institute
(210) 522-5162
Joanne Turner
Ph.D.
Executive Vice President for Research
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
(210) 258-9576