Executive Leadership
Executive Director
Phone: 361.825.2720
Richard.Smith@tamucc.edu
Associate Executive Director
Phone: 361.825.3226
Gina.Concannon@tamucc.edu
Scientific Leadership
Isidro X. Garza, RPLS
Conrad Blucher Chair for Excellence in Surveying
Desireé Hurst, RPLS, PS, CFedS
Conrad Blucher Chair for Excellence in Surveying
Director, National Spill Control School
Phone: 361.825.3335
Keith.Muhlestein@tamucc.edu
Conrad Blucher Chair for Excellence in Hydrographic and Coastal Surveying
Jim.Naismith@tamucc.edu
CBI Chair for Remote Sensing & Autonomous Systems for Geomatics
Phone: 361.825.3978
Michael.Starek@tamucc.edu
Assistant Director, Research Operations
Phone: 361.825.3846
Devon.Steffan@tamucc.edu
CBI Chair for Coastal Artificial Intelligence
Director, Coastal Dynamics Lab
Phone: 361.825.3776
Philippe.Tissot@tamucc.edu
Coastal Research Scientist
Deidre.Williams@tamucc.edu
Core Leadership
Assistant Director, Research Administration
Phone: 361.825.5717
Deanna.Crites@tamucc.edu
Assistant Director, CBI Analytics & Technology Solutions (C.A.T.S)
Son.Nguyen@tamucc.edu
Research Faculty
Assistant Director, MANTIS & Assistant Professor
Phone: 361.825.2685
Tianxing.Chu@tamucc.edu
Director, GOAL & Assistant Professor
Phone: 361.825.2548
Antonio.Medrano@tamucc.edu
Geospatial Research Scientist & Instructor of Geospatial Science
Phone: 361.825.2802
Seneca.Holland@tamucc.edu
Director, GCL & Professor
Phone: 361.825.2646
Lucy.Huang@tamucc.edu
Affiliated Teaching Faculty
Research Staff
Research Engineering Associate III
Jacob.Berryhill@tamucc.edu
Claire Carrisales
Administrative Associate IV
Phone: 361.825.5850
Claire.Carrisales@tamucc.edu
Communications Specialist II
Phone: 361.825.2717
Brenda.Davis@tamucc.edu
Marketing Coordinator
Edgar.Delagarza@tamucc.edu
End-User Support Specialist III
Patrick.Delossantos@tamucc.edu
Software Application Developer II
Niall.Durham@tamucc.edu
Bernie Estavillo
Software Applications Developer
Bernard.Estavillo@tamucc.edu
Program Coordinator 1
Margo.Fritz@tamucc.edu
Research Engineering Associate I
Hannah.Hanley@tamucc.edu
Field Operations Lead
Zachary.Hasdorff@tamucc.edu
Software Application Developer I
Long.Huynh@tamucc.edu
Research Engineering Associate III
Hugo.Mahlke@tamucc.edu
Mechanic II
Craig.Palmer@tamucc.edu
Research Engineering Associate I
Joshua.Salazar@tamucc.edu
Shelby Sharpe
Instructional Designer & Educational Researcher
Shelby.Sharpe@tamucc.edu
Danielle Smilovsky, Ph.D.
Geospatial Research Scientist
Danielle.Smilovsky@tamucc.edu
Research Technician I
Dominic.Vargas@tamucc.edu
Lead Software Applications Developer
Juan.Womack@tamucc.edu
