CeZAP affiliated faculty awards and honors
CeZAP affiliated faculty members awards and honors
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Mohamed Seleem elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors , articleThe Virginia Tech bacteriologist's 21 patents target a global crisis of antimicrobial-resistant infections that kill 1.27 million people annually.
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Meet the Fabulous Fralin Five , articleJoshua Drake, Nisha Duggal, Daniel English, Bryan Hsu, and Courtney Leisner were recognized for exemplifying the power of interdisciplinary research to address humanity’s greatest challenges.
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X.J. Meng named second vice president of Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine , articleMeng's appointment builds on a career defined by solving problems that matter. As holder of more than 20 U.S. patents and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors since 2014, he's proven that basic scientific research can translate into tangible products that change lives, grow the economy, and benefit society.
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Ira Blader among 65 fellows elected to American Academy of Microbiology , articleBlader, head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine researches how parasites interact with their hosts.
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Veterinary college researcher Kylene Kehn-Hall receives 2024 Zoetis Research Excellence Award , articleKehn-Hall's lab uses artificial intelligence to unlock the secrets of hemorrhagic fever viruses.
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Roger Ramirez-Barrios recognized with 2024 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award , articleRamirez-Barrios teaches parasitology content across all four years of the curriculum, witnessing students' entire journey to becoming veterinarians.
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Virginia Tech’s Linsey Marr named 2023 MacArthur Fellow , articleThe University Distinguished Professor is one of 20 people who will receive an $800,000 award, a highly prestigious award commonly called a “genius grant.”
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William Ducker named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor in Chemical Engineering , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2008, Ducker has made a number of game-changing and high-impact contributions to the fields of colloid and surface science.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science honors X.J. Meng as Lifetime Fellow , articleMeng, University Distinguished Professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and professor of internal medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, is being honored for his paradigm-shifting discoveries of animal hepatitis E viruses leading to the recognition of human hepatitis E as a zoonotic disease that is transmitted from animals to human and between different animals species.
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Liwu Li named College of Science Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2005, Li serves as the director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Virginia Tech.
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine names Paul R. Skolnik chair of Department of Basic Science Education , articleSkolnik will provide leadership, mentoring, and strategy development for the department and faculty representing a spectrum of research and medical science specialties, including further development of a shared vision focused on continuing excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, and service.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science honors X.J. Meng as Lifetime Fellow , article
Meng, University Distinguished Professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and professor of internal medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, is being honored for his paradigm-shifting discoveries of animal hepatitis E viruses leading to the recognition of human hepatitis E as a zoonotic disease that is transmitted from animals to human and between different animals species.
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Linsey Marr honored as University Distinguished Professor , articleMarr’s expertise on airborne pathogenic viruses helped shape national and global policies during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as empowered the public to make sound decisions backed by science.
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Margie Lee named associate dean for research and graduate studies at veterinary college , articleLee, among the third class of graduates from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986 and one of its earliest Black graduates, has been head of the college's Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology since 2018.