Hub Leadership
Aaron Cervantes
Director of Strategic Partnerships
University of Texas at El Paso
Andrew Maas
Co-PI
Louisiana State University
Aprille Busch
Hub Executive Director
University of Texas at Austin
Blake Petty
Lead Instructor
Texas A&M
Cynthia Hipwell
Research Lead
Texas A&M
Elizabeth Hutt-Pollard
Co-PI
Oklahoma State University
Helmut Schneider
Faculty Lead
Louisiana State University
Joe Elabd
Co-PI
Texas A&M
Kaz Karwowski
Faculty Lead
Rice University
Ken Meissner
Co-PI
University of Texas at El Paso
Luis Cifuentes
Co-PI
New Mexico State University
Matt Kammer-Kerwick
Data and Evaluation Lead
University of Texas at Austin
Michael Webber
Faculty Lead
University of Texas at Austin
Peter Rodriguez
Co-PI
Rice University
Richard Gajan
Faculty Lead
Oklahoma State University
Rod McSherry
Co-PI
University of Texas at San Antonio
Roger T. Bonnecaze
Principal Investigator
The University of Texas at Austin
Saurabh Biswas
Faculty Lead
Texas A&M
Teja Guda
Primary Investigator
University of Texas at San Antonio
Thomas Boland
Faculty Lead
University of Texas at El Paso
Weston Waldo
Hub Assistant Director and Mentor Director
University of Texas at Austin
Key Personnel
Alyssa Panepinto
Hub Communications Coordinator
Louisiana State University
Brad Burke
Managing Director — Rice Alliance
Rice University
Brooke Montgomery
Director — AIBE and Innoventure
New Mexico State University
Chris Corbine
TBA
New Mexico State University
Christine Burke
Director of Commercialization and Technology Transfer
University of Texas at San Antonio
Daniel Will
Executive Director — Brightest Orange Ventures / Cowboy Technologies
Oklahoma State University
Jacob Clemmons
I-Corps Program Manager
Louisiana State University
Jason Boudreaux
Associate Director — LSU Innovation Park
Louisiana State University
Jessica Fleenor
Director of Acceleration Programs
Rice University
John Nickel
Assistant Director — Brightest Orange Ventures / Cowboy Technologies
Oklahoma State University
Kerri Smith
Associate Managing Director — Rice Alliance and Executive Director — Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator
Rice University
Kramer Winningham
Program Director — Arrowhead Center
New Mexico State University
Lenae Scroggins
I-Corps Program Manager
Texas A&M
Magdalini Lagoudas
Executive Director, Industry & Nonprofit Partnerships — College of Engineering
Texas A&M
Shanna Spencer
Director — McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M
