Director - Education Research Center, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
celeste.alexander@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4528

Expertise: Manages and coordinates multiple research and evaluation grants and contracts for the Educational Research Center.

Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
halper@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4417

Expertise: Our group focuses on engineering biology to produce organic molecules of interest such as biofuels, commodity and specialty chemicals and protein pharmaceuticals.  Specifically, our lab alters cells and “hijacks” the basic metabolism to convert cellular systems into industrially-relevant biochemical factories.  We utilize a variety of host systems including microbial (eg. Eschericia coli), fungal (eg. the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica), and mammalian cells (eg. Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells and human HEK293).  To accomplish these tasks, traditional pathway engineering approaches are merged with novel synthetic biology tools, protein engineering strategies, systems biology paradigms and applied genetic engineering capabilities.  Our research group focuses on the integration and implementation of these tools and knowledge for the design, production, and elicitation of phenotypes relevant to biotechnological processes and medical interest.  In addition, we are heavily invested in developing novel synthetic biology approaches aimed at increasing our capacity to engineer cells.

Professor Emeritus, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
baldick@mail.utexas.edu

Expertise: Analysis of restructured electricity markets and electric transmission; Electricity system analysis, operations, and planning; Vulnerability of electric grids to terrorist attack; Very large-scale integration circuit analysis

Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
beevers@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3706, +1 512 471 1157

Expertise: Cognitive etiology, maintenance, and treatment of unipolar depression, psychology, psychopathology, metal health

Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: U.S. Latina/o media studies; U.S. television and film history; mixed race and media culture; feminist media studies.

Clinical Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
cbrownson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6990

Expertise: Research interests include mental health public policy, college student mental health and suicide prevention, collaborative care models of behavioral health in primary care, and the intersection of mental health and academic success.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
julia.campbell@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Central auditory and visual processing in children and adults. Cortical plasticity, or the ability of the brain to adapt to incoming information.

Associate Professor, Department of Design
katecat@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0902

Expertise: History and theory of design; furniture and product design

Director for Data Intensive Computing, Texas Advanced Computing Center
ngaffney@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9504

Expertise: Design of data workflows in parallel computing systems; Data discovery systems; Data preservation; Astronomical data reduction and analysis

Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
smgrasso@utexas.edu

Expertise: Speech-language pathology, bilingualism and aphasia, neurologically-based communication disorders

Professor of Practice, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
srgreenberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8324, +1 512 656 6592

Expertise: A member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1991-2001, Greenberg?s areas of expertise include state and local government, public finance and budgeting, education, health care, transportation, and campaigns and elections in the state of Texas.

Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Emerita, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
helper@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1009

Expertise: Dr. Helper is a field geologist, a generalist whose interests span igneous and metamorphic petrology, structural geology, tectonics, mineralogy and planetary field geology. His current research explores geochemical and isotopic similarities of Proterozoic and Archean crust in East Antarctica and the southwestern U.S., the Precambrian geology of Texas, the origin of epidote blueschists in the Klamath Mountains of northern California and the rheology and tectonic significance of melange and blueschist in the SW Chugach Mountains, Alaska. Senior honors theses under his supervision have examined the mineralogy of Texas topaz, hydration and textural patterns in Balmorhea blue agate, and the distribution and origin of joints in the Hueco Tanks syenite. Working with NASA colleagues, he is also involved in analog planetary field research that examines the utility and efficacy of robotically gathering field data, both as a prelude to and follow-on to human geologic field work on the Moon and Mars. As co-chair of FEAT (Field Exploration and Analysis Team), he helped develop a new curriculum for the geological field training of astronauts and currently co-leads NASA's astronaut field geology training exercises. He also teaches field mapping techniques to NASA engineers and scientists who are developing capabilities for exploring the surface of asteroids, the Moon and Mars.

Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
horton@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1869
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Tectonics of sedimentary basins, evolution of orogenic systems, sediment provenance and routing systems, nonmarine depositional processes.

Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
mliu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6248, +1 512 471 5942

Expertise: Areas of expertise include designing and developing immersive, media-rich environments for learners at all age levels and research the effects of them using mixed-methods; studying the effect of other emerging technologies on learning and motivation; focusing on problem-based learning, project-based learning, and game-based learning pedagogical approaches; learning analytics in serious games and other online environments, and understanding MOOCs as an emerging online learning tool.

Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Undergraduate College
richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7551, +1 512 475 8587

Expertise: Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.

Professor and Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
pschmidt@mail.utexas.edu

Expertise: Industrial electrotechnology applications and economics; Industrial energy management and conservation; Project-based engineering instruction

Professor, School of Law
david.spence@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1369

Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
msuizzo@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0379, +1 512 471 4155

Expertise: Studies how cultural beliefs and values shape parent-child relationships, parental socialization, and children's and adolescents' development and learning.

Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
telch@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3393, +1 512 475 8488, +1 512 560 4100

Expertise: Agrophobia; Anxiety and phobic disorders; Behavioral medicine; Behavioral therapies; Cognitive processes of behavior change; Therapy outcome evaluation