First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Daniel,Bowen,Associate Professor,"Daniel Bowen is an Associate Professor with the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development and a Research Affiliate of Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium. His research examines the impacts of arts, humanities, and civic engagement activities, interventions, and programs through experimental and quasi-experimental research methods. Dr. Bowen serves as the Co-Director of the Arts, Humanities, & Civic Engagement Lab, dedicated to the rigorous investigation of the arts and humanities in promoting student success, social and emotional well-being, and civic engagement, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.",Associate Professor,Educational Administration and Human Resource Development,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n05abd5f4
Donald,Brightsmith,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on the conservation, ecology, health, and welfare of parrots and their relatives in both the wild and captivity.",Professor||Associate Professor,Veterinary Pathobiology||Veterinary Pathobiology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n19a331cf
Divya,Bhargava,Instructional Assistant Professor,,Instructional Assistant Professor,Aerospace Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1b434801
David,Bearce,Professor and Department Head,,Professor and Department Head,International Affairs,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n206d6694
Diane,Bedford,Clinical Assistant Professor,,Clinical Assistant Professor,Kinesiology and Sport Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n27415ebc
Deborah,Bell-Pedersen,Professor,"Research in the Bell-Pedersen lab focuses on determining how the circadian clock functions in organisms to regulate daily rhythms in gene expression, behavior, and physiology. The molecular clock in higher eukaryotes involves a master clock in the brain regulating clocks in peripheral tissues, posing significant obstacles for understanding circadian output mechanisms. Thus, a major strength of our work is using a single-celled model eukaryote, Neurospora crassa, to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of rhythmic gene expression and protein synthesis. Clock dysfunction in humans is associated with a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, metabolic disorders, mental illness, sleep disorders, and aging. In addition, daily changes in metabolism and cell division rates influence the efficacy and toxicity of many pharmaceuticals, including cancer drugs. Therefore, knowing how clocks work to control rhythmic gene expression, and what they regulate, is critical for the development of therapeutics. Research to understand clock-controlled rhythmic gene expression has focused primarily on transcriptional mechanisms, and little was known about posttranscriptional control. We discovered that the clock regulates highly conserved translation initiation and elongation factors, tRNA synthetase levels, and ribosome heterogeneity. This regulation determines what mRNAs are rhythmically translated and the accuracy of the translation process (translation fidelity). We are capitalizing on these exciting discoveries to determine how the clock regulates translation fidelity. These studies will provide the foundation for understanding the impact of daily rhythms in translation fidelity on protein diversity beyond what is encoded for in the genome.",Professor and Associate Department Head,Biology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2a2bfb97
Daniela,Bazan,Clinical Assistant Professor,,Clinical Assistant Professor,Pharmacy Practice,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n326815ff
Dan,Burch,Clinical Associate Professor,,Asociate Department Head||Program Director||Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatric Dentistry||Pediatric Dentistry||General Dentistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n338d5e21
Douglas,Baxter,Instructional Professor,,Instructional Professor,Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3e6ac00a
Dragomir,Bukur,Professor,"A multiple award winner for furthering knowledge in his field, Dragomir Bukur's research interests are in the areas of gas (or coal)-to-liquids technology, applied catalysis and multiphase reaction systems.","Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering",College of Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n54c59a01
David,Bapst,Assistant Instructional Professor,"I am an analytical paleobiologist, focused how we infer evolutionary relationships in the fossil record, date when lineages diverge from each other, and how we can use relationships among extinct organisms to say something about evolutionary processes in deep time. I work on whatever group of organism is best for a particular question (because every fossil record is different), so my research includes everything from living brachiopods to fossil birds. I most often work on the planktonic graptolites, a group of colonial zooplankton that diversified rapidly and went extinct during the Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian periods, hundreds of millions of years ago. Graptolites have a fantastically detailed fossil record for asking evolutionary questions, but they have also long been important as a biostratigraphic tool in economic geology in the early Paleozoic.",Assistant Instructional Professor,Geology and Geophysics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n56db717f
David,Bierling,TTI Research Scientist,,TTI Research Scientist,Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI),https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6d7c29d6
Daniel,Ball,Associate Professor of the Practice,,Associate Professor of the Practice,College of Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n70617010
Dawn,Baletka,Instructional Asst Professor- Term Appt,,Instructional Asst Professor- Term Appt,Kinesiology and Sport Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n773001bc
David,Barondeau,Associate Professor,Our group conducts research on Fe-S cluster biogenesis.,Associate Professor,Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n83588e44
Damon,Bach,Lecturer,,Lecturer,History,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n853df702
Delbert,Bullard,TTI Senior Research Engineer,,TTI Senior Research Engineer,Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI),https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n88397d25
Daniel,Bare,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,College of Liberal Arts,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n98ec82e5
Daniel,Brossart,Professor,"My research focuses on psychological interventions, psychological treatment process & outcomes, and statistical methods for studying change. I'm also interested in the interface between psychology, business, and consulting.",Professor,School of Education and Human Development,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na00e1d60
David,Briske,Professor,"Professor Briske's scholarship and pedagogy focus on the ecological function, management strategies, and policy implications on global rangelands. His teaching program emphasizes preparation of the next generation of leaders to navigate the challenging environmental issues of our time. His scholarship seeks to create translational science to inform natural resource managers and policy makers.",Professor,Ecology and Conservation Biology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na03f6850
Rodrigo,Bezerra De Matos,Visiting Assistant Professor,,Visiting Assistant Professor,Mathematics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na2c5bf7a
David,Byrne,Professor,,Professor,Horticultural Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na77739a4
Darrell,Borchardt,TTI Senior Research Engineer,,TTI Senior Research Engineer,Houston Region,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naad3ded2
Debjyoti,Banerjee,Professor,"My research focuses on thermo-fluidics fundamentals (multi-phase flows, boiling-condensation, phase change materials; thermal management); micro/ nanotechnology (scanning probe lithography, nanosynthesis), nanofluids, MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical-systems), microfluidics, nanofluidics, confined fluids (shale-oil/ non-conventional reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing); energy-water nexus, thermal energy storage/ concentrated solar power, molten salt nanofluids; numerical simulations: network models/ lumped systems models, Finite Elements Analyses (FEA), Computational Fluids/ Heat Transfer (CFD/CHT), Molecular Dynamics (MD).",Member||Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Engineering Education Research Taskforce||Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbc853099
David,Brenner,Lecturer,,Lecturer,International Studies,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbf4eb224
David,Baltensperger,Professor and Head,"Dr. Baltensperger provides leadership and administration for a large comprehensive program of research, teaching and extension in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences . The department is widely recognized for its quality, size, and diversity of subject matter areas. Nationally and internationally recognized research programs are conducted by Soil and Crop Sciences Faculty in such disciplines as plant breeding and genetics, biotechnology, crop physiology, agronomy, forage and turfgrass management, cereal chemistry, soil science, weed science, and environmental soil, water and crop science.",Professor and Head,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc8c78390
Danny,Ballard,Adjunct Professor - Term Appoint,,Adjunct Professor - Term Appoint,Kinesiology and Sport Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc96c15fc
Dean,Baskin,Associate Professor,"My research interests focuses on partial differential equations: microlocal analysis, evolution equations, general relativity, and differential geometry.",Associate Professor,Mathematics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd6357de1
Diane,Boellstorff,Professor and Extension Specialist,"My primary areas of focus are developing educational outreach and applied research programs involving water resource management, including water conservation, water quality and aquatic ecosystems, watershed protection planning, and groundwater and private water well protection. Investigations concern identifying, evaluating and mitigating bacteria and nutrient loading to streams. Outreach includes developing and delivering educational programs involving supporting source water protection for residents using drinking water wells and facilitating community-driven watershed planning efforts. Program areas are aquatic ecosystems; drinking water and public health; water and wastewater treatment; and water quality and watershed protection.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndbb341dd
David,Bergbreiter,Professor,"Our group explores new chemistry related to catalysis and polymer functionalization using the tools and precepts of synthetic organic chemistry to prepare functional oligomers or polymers that in turn are used to either effect catalysis in a greener, more environmentally benign way or to more efficiently functionalize polymers. Often this involves creatively combining the physiochemical properties of a polymer with the reactivity of a low molecular weight compound to form new materials with new functions. These green chemistry projects involve undamental research both in synthesis and catalysis but has practical aspects because of its relevance to practical problems.
A common theme in our catalysis studies is exploring how soluble polymers can facilitate homogeneous catalysis. Homogeneous catalysts are ubiquitously used to prepare polymers, chemical intermediates, basic chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Such catalysts often use expensive or precious metals or expensive ligands or are used at relatively high catalyst loadings. The products often contain traces of these catalysts or ligands - traces that are undesirable for esthetic reasons or because of the potential toxicity of these impurities. Both the cost of these catalysts of these issues require catalyst/product separation - separations that often are inefficient and lead to chemical waste. These processes also use volatile organic solvents - solvents that have to be recovered and separated. Projects underway in our lab explore how soluble polymers can address each of these problems. Examples of past schemes that achieve this goal in a general way as highlighted in the Figure below.
We also use functional polymers to modify existing polymers. Ongoing projects involve molecular design of additives that can more efficiently modify polymers' physical properties. We also use functional polymers in covalent layer-by-layer assembly to surface polymers' surface chemistry.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf01e95dd
David,Brooks,Professor,"My research focuses on observations and models of shelf, coastal and marginal seas; western boundary currents; tides and tidal power schemes; ocean observing systems; ecosystem dynamics and sustainability.",Professor,Oceanography,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf1a126cd
David,Bessler,Regents Professor Emeritus,"Dr. Bessler's research is in the area of applied decision analysis, especially as it contributes to understanding agricultural price uncertainty. He teaches graduate courses in research methodology and applied time series analysis.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf70e7e08