Principal Investigators

Jason Gill, PhD
CPT Co-Director Phage therapy, phage genomics and applications |
Associate Professor Department of Animal Science | Molecular Pathogenesis and Immunology | Faculty of Genetics |
Email: jason.gill@tamu.edu |
Gill lab website |

Carlos Gonzalez, PhD
CPT Affiliated Faculty | CPT Founding Director Phage plant applications, phage therapy |
Professor Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology |
Email: carlos.gonzalez@ag.tamu.edu |
Faculty webpage |

Mei Liu, PhD
CPT Program Director Phage therapy, phage genomics and applications |
Program Director Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: meiliu@tamu.edu |

Jolene Ramsey, PhD
CPT Affiliated Faculty Phage lysis systems and applications |
Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology Department of Biology |
Email: jolenerr@tamu.edu |
Ramsey Lab website |

Ry Young, PhD
Director Emeritus | CPT Founding Director Phage lysis systems and applications |
Emeritus Professor | Regents and University Distinguished Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: ryland@tamu.edu |
Faculty webpage |

Lanying Zeng, PhD
CPT Co-Director Phage gene regulation and decision-making |
Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: lanying.zeng@ag.tamu.edu |
Zeng lab website |

Junjie Zhang, PhD
CPT Co-Director Phage structural biology |
Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: junjie.zhang@ag.tamu.edu |
Zhang lab website |
CPT Scientists & Staff

Justin Boeckman, PhD
Associate Research Scientist |
Email: justin.boeckman@ag.tamu.edu |

Prasanth Manohar, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Email: prasanth.manohar@ag.tamu.edu |

Abby Korn, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
gvalencia@tamu.edu |

Lupita Valencia Toxqui, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
gvalencia@tamu.edu |

Guichun Yao
Research Scientist |
Email: guichun.yao@ag.tamu.edu |

Tram Le
Laboratory Manager |
Email: tram.le@ag.tamu.edu |

Bailey Smith
Technician |
Email: bailey.smith@ag.tamu.edu |

Curtis Ross
Galaxy Admin |
Email: curtis.ross@ag.tamu.edu |

Jonathan Miller
Technician |
Email: joshua.wan@agnet.tamu.edu |
CPT Students

Daniel Mora
Ph.D. student, Genetics |
danielmora@tamu.edu |

Hannah Peterson
M.Sc. student, Plant Pathology |
hannah.peterson@ag.tamu.edu |

Zihao Yu
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zihao.yu@tamu.edu |

Matthew Theodore
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
matttheodore@tamu.edu |

Addison Frese
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
addizero@tamu.edu |

Zhi Zhao
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zhizhao@tamu.edu |

Chaohua Wu
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
chaohua_wu@tamu.edu |

Harrison Lee
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
harrison.r.lee@tamu.edu |

Zaina Aljayyousi
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zainaaljayyousi@tamu.edu |

Michael Baffour Awuah
Ph.D. student, Microbiology |
baffour@tamu.edu |

Michael Debrah
Ph.D. student, Microbiology |
michdebrah@tamu.edu |

Vihashini Selvakumar
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
vihashini.selvakumar@tamu.edu |

Zachary Hoover
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zachhoov@tamu.edu |

Utkarsh Narsaria
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
utkarsh.narsaria@tamu.edu |

Zach Lill
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zachlill@tamu.edu |

Joonyoung Shin
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
bioshin94@tamu.edu |

Wen Xiao
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
wxiao5@tamu.edu |

Jirapat Thongchol
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
jirapat.tho@tamu.edu |

Gillie Brown
Ph.D. student, Microbiology |
gilliebrown@tamu.edu |