Director

Peter J. Lammers, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, NMSU
PO Box 30001 — MSC 3C
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone (505) 646-2505
FAX (505) 646-2649

Deputy Director

John B. Spalding, Ph.D.
Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center
PO Box 30002 — MSC PSL
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8002
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone (505) 646-5031
FAX (505) 646-3371
Dr. Spalding also served as the Principal Investigator for the National
Biotechnology Information Facility during the NBIF grant.


Team Leaders

Biotechnology

Peter J. Lammers, Ph.D.
(Information above)

Informatics

John B. Spalding, Ph.D.
(Information above)

Education

Sherri Clark, Ph.D.
Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center
Box 30002 — MSC PSL
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8002
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone (505) 646-5033
FAX (505) 646-3371


Professional Staff

     Stefan Long, Scientist (2001-)
     Gabriel Rivera, Scientist (1998-)
     Patrick McDougle, Software Engineer/Programmer (1997-)

Students

     Amanda Bird (2001-)
     Audrey Franco (2000-)
     Oliver Hampton (2001-)
     Ciju John (2000-)
     Kelly Marshall (2000-)

Participating Faculty

     James Botsford, PhD
     Department of Biology
     New Mexico State University

     Fernando Cadena, PhD, PE
     Civil, Agricultural & Geological Engineering
     New Mexico State University

     Gopal Gupta, PhD
     Department of Computer Science
     New Mexico State University

     Colleen Jonsson, PhD
     Department of Chemistry
     New Mexico State University

     N. Khandan, PhD, PE
     Civil, Agricultural & Geological Engineering
     New Mexico State University

     Brook Milligan, PhD
     Department of Biology
     New Mexico State University

     Kevin Oshima, PhD
     Department of Biology
     New Mexico State University

     Enrico Pontelli, PhD
     Department of Computer Science
     New Mexico State University

     Desh Ranjan, PhD
     Department of Computer Science
     New Mexico State University

Visiting Faculty

     Narayanan Perumal, PhD
     Florida State University
     Tallahassee, FL

     Stuart Brown, PhD
     New York University - Medical School
     New York, NY

SWBIC Alumni

Professional Staff

     Arlene Antilla PhD, Scientist (2000-2001)
     Richard Bernstein PhD, Scientist (2000-2001)
     Edward Burlbaw PhD, Scientist (1996-2000)
     Debi Brown, Records Technician (1998)
     Donald Bustamante, Scientist (1996-2001)
     Cristina Chacon, Physical Scientist (1997)
     Janet Greenlee, Physical Scientist (1998)
     Reid Hayhow, Scientist (1998-2000)
     Chris Hoxworth, Scientist (1997-2001)
     Sandy Kelly, Administrative Secretary (1997)
     Elizabeth King, Secretary (1996-2001)
     Bernie Margolis, Scientist (1999-2000)
     Sean O'Brien PhD, Scientist (1998-2001)
     Mendell Rimer, Post-doctoral scientist (1997-1998)
     Alex J. Ryncarz II, Ph.D., Scientist (2000-2002)
     Mike Strand, Scientist (1997-1999)
     Selene Virk, Scientist (1999-2000)
     Tao Wei, Post-doctoral scientist (1997-1998)

Students

     Sarah Anderson (1999-2000)
     Aaron Begay (1997)
     AK Beyer (1997)
     Mgavi Brathwaite, Student Intern (1999)
     Sal Briones (1997)
     Carlos Cantu (2000)
     Ed Carpenter (1998)
     Guoyou Chen (2000)
     Praveen Cherukuri (2000-2001)
     Hae-Ri Choe (2001)
     Padmaja Chowti (2001)
     Samantha Cicero (1998)
     Daniel Cloyd (1999-2000)
     Roy Coble (1997)
     Tari Cook (1997)
     Jeff Dage (1998)
     Bo Du (2000-2001)
     Zhidian Du (2001)
     William English (1999)
     Michael Fajardo (1997)
     David Fashena (1997)
     Ephraim Ford (1998-2001)
     Antonio Fortes (1997)
     Jennifer Gonzales (1997)
     Marco Gonzalez (2000-2001)
     Vishnu Govindarajulu (1998-1999)
     Laura Haas (1998)
     Joe Horton (1997)
     Juan Iglesias (2000-2001)
     Anuradha Jayanti (2001)
     Mary Jones (2000-2001)
     Daniel Kim (2000)
     Gem Kosan (1999-2000)
     Chaitanya Kudikala (2000-2001)
     Robert Lamb (1997)
     Gil Lara (1999)
     Chongbing Liu (2000-2001)
     Ravindra Matur (1997)
     Erik Measure (2001)
     Joseph T. Meier (1997)
     Marcus Mendoza (1996-1997)
     Shahram Mori (1998)
     Sanjeev Nirmalakhandan (1998-2001)
     Pramod Pesara (2000-2001)
     Harish Ramanathan (2001)
     Tobias Rodriguez (1997)
     Jason Rosenberg (1997)
     John Schutte (1997)
     Phillip Seitsinger (1998)
     Joshua Shagam (2001)
     David Sultemeier (1999)
     Jennifer Tabullo (1999-2000)
     Pradeep Thota (2000-2001)
     Michael Wildman (1999-2000)
     Teresa Wildman (1998-2000)
     Liansheng Zheng (1997)