About Us

At TIGSS our team is composed of scientists from various disciplines including microbial pathogenesis, genomics, genetics, biochemistry, chemistry, neuroscience, and biology. We are always looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to join our highly collaborative team! Join us and help push the conventional boundaries of genomic and phenotypic research.

Administrative Staff

For general TIGSS questions or for help reaching a specific researcher, contact Elizabeth Bustamante at tigss@tamu.edu.

Jeffrey Cirillo

Jeffrey Cirillo, Ph.D.

Regents’ Professor Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology Texas A&M College of Medicine Director Texas A&M Institute for Genome Sciences and Societies (TIGSS)
Center for Airborne Pathogen Research and Imaging (CAPRI)
Texas A&M University
Elizabeth Bustamante

Elizabeth Bustamante, B.S.

Senior Administrative Coordinator Texas A&M Institute of Genome Sciences & Society

Molecular Genomics Core

For questions specific to the Molecular Genomics Core, their services, and their pricing, contact Jun Fan at one of the following emails:
genome_core@tamu.edu for questions from customers
genome_business@tamu.edu for questions from vendors

Jun Fan

Jun Fan, Ph.D.

Core Director Molecular Genomics Core
Paola Galvan

Paola Galvan, B.S.

Research Associate
Yanni Lun

Yanni Lun, Ph.D.

Research Associate Molecular Genomics Core
Sarah Sharpton

Sarah Sharpton, M.S.

Research Specialist I Molecular Genomics Core
Nicholas Wolff

Nicholas Wolff, B.S.

Research Associate Molecular Genomics Core

Bioinformatics Core

For questions specific to the Bioinformatics Core, their services, and their pricing, contact J. Chris Blazier at bioinformatics-core@tamu.edu.

J. Chris Blazier

J. Chris Blazier, Ph.D.

Core Director Bioinformatics Core Cert – BICB Instructor Bioinformatics Core
Devon J. Boland

Devon J. Boland, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Scientist Bioinformatics Core Cert – BICB Instructor Bioinformatics Core
Dongmei Zhang

Dongmei Zhang, Ph.D.

Research Associate Bioinformatics Core

Texas A&M Preclinical Phenotyping Core

For questions specific to Texas A&M Preclinical Phenotyping Core, their services, and their pricing, contact Sunja Kim at tppc@tamu.edu.

Sunja Kim

Sunja Kim, Ph.D.

Core Director Texas A&M Preclinical Phenotyping Core

L. James Hendricks, B.S.

Research Assistant Texas A&M Preclinical Phenotyping Core
Eunhye Grace Jeon

Eunhye Grace Jeon, B.S.

Research Associate Texas A&M Preclinical Phenotyping Core