ID IGEP People

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Azhar Ali

A. Jonathan Auguste

Anne M. Brown

Juhong Chen

Rachel Cheng

Yifan Cheng

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Gillian Eastwood

Aaron Gross

Brandon Jutras

Michael Klemba

Leigh-Anne Krometis

David Kuhn

Chloe Lahondere

Song Li

John Maurer

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Mizuho Nita

Reza Ovissipour

Christina Petersson-Wolfe

Monica Ponder

David Schmale

Ryan Senger

Igor Sharakhov

Maria Sharakhova

Daniel J. Slade

Pablo Sobrado

Venkataramana Sridhar

Wujin Sun 

Zhijian Tu

Boris Vinatzer

Clement Vinauger

Xiaofeng Wang

Mark A. Williams

Clay Wright

Kang Xia

Yuan Zeng

Mike Zhang

Bingyu Zhao

Jinsong Zhu

 

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Ansar Ahmed

Coy Allen

Andrea S Bertke

Clay Caswell

Sherrie Clark

Alasdair Cohen

Nisha Duggal

Raj Gaji

Erin Gloag

Laura Hungerford

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Kevin Lahmers

Margie Lee

Tanya LeRoith

Xin Luo

Xiang-Jin Meng

Patrick Pithua

Roger Ramirez-Barrios

Cassidy Rist

James Romero-Masters

Nick Ruktanonchai

Mohamed Seleem

Stephen A. Smith

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Sophie Wenzel

James Weger-Lucarelli

Sharon Witonsky

Lijuan Yuan

College of Engineering

Bahareh Behkan

Juhong Chen

William Ducker

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Lenwood S. Heath

Blake Johnson

Leigh-Anne Krometis

Jingqiu Liao

Linsey Marr

T.M. Murali 

Amy Pruden

Wujin Sun 

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Peter Vikesland

Clay Wright

Xuan Wang

Huaiyang Zhong

 

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

E. Thomas Ewing

Julie Gerdes

Rebecca J. Hester

 

College of Natural Resources and Environment

Kathleen Alexander

Willandia Chaves

Kevin Edgar

Luis Escobar

Luke Juran

Korine Kolivras

William Mark Ford

Peter Sforza

 

College of Science

Rana Ashkar

Frank Aylward

Lisa Belden

Lauren M. Childs

Stanca Ciupe

Jeremy Draghi

Ron Fricker

Emily Gentry

Dana Hawley

Joseph Hoyt

Bryan Hsu

Leah R. Johnson

Kate Langwig

Iulia Lazar

Liwu Li

Andrew N. Lowell

Stephen Melville

Joseph S. Merola

Emily Mevers

David Popham

Webster Santos

Omar Saucedo

Birgit Scharf

Michael Schulz

Rachel Silverman

Ann M. Stevens

Uwe C. Tauber

Zhaomin Yang

 

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Ekta Bansal

Katherine Brown

Thomas M Kerkering

Jayasimha Rao

Mengxi Zhang

 

 

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

Carla Finkielstein

 

 

Bacteria

Kathleen Alexander

Azhar Ali

Coy Allen

Rana Ashkar

Frank Aylward

Ekta Bansal

Bahareh Behkan

Lisa Belden

Clay Caswell

Juhong Chen

Rachel Cheng

Yifan Cheng

Alasdair Cohen

Jeremy Draghi

William Ducker

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Gillian Eastwood

Kevin Edgar

Luis Escobar

Carla Finkielstein

Emily Gentry

Erin Gloag

Dana Hawley

Lenwood S. Heath

Bryan Hsu

Laura Hungerford

Blake Johnson

Leah R Johnson

Luke Juran

Brandon Jutras

Thomas M Kerkering

Korine Kolivras

Leigh-Anne Krometis

David Kuhn

Kevin Lahmers

Kate Langwig

Margie Lee

Liwu Li

Song Li

Jingqiu Liao

Andrew N. Lowell

Xin Luo

Linsey Marr

John Maurer

Stephen Melville

Emily Mevers

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Mizuho Nita

Reza Ovissipour

Christina Petersson-Wolfe

Patrick Pithua

Monica Ponder

David Popham

Amy Pruden

Jayasimha Rao

Cassidy Rist

Webster Santos

Birgit Scharf

David Schmale

Mohamed Seleem

Ryan Senger

Peter Sforza

Daniel J. Slade

Stephen A. Smith

Pablo Sobrado

Venkataramana Sridhar

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Ann M. Stevens

Wujin Sun 

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Peter Vikesland

Boris Vinatzer

Mark A. Williams

Sharon Witonsky

Clay Wright

Kang Xia

Zhaomin Yang

Yuan Zeng

Bingyu Zhao

 

Parasite

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Fungi

Bahareh Behkan

Lisa Belden

Yifan Cheng

Anna Duraj-Thatte

William Mark Ford

Joseph Hoyt

Laura Hungerford

Leah R Johnson

Thomas M Kerkering

Kate Langwig

Liwu Li

Song Li

Emily Mevers

Mizuho Nita

David Schmale

Mohamed Seleem

Peter Sforza

Pablo Sobrado

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Clay Wright

Yuan Zeng

 

Protozoa

Kathleen Alexander

Coy Allen

Etka Bansal

Lisa Belden

Lauren M Childs

Alasdair Cohen

Luis Escobar

Raj Gaji

Laura Hungerford

Leah R Johnson

Thomas M Kerkering

Michael Klemba

Kevin Lahmers

Amy Pruden

Roger Ramirez-Barrios

Cassidy Rist

Igor Sharakhov

Stephen A. Smith

Pablo Sobrado

Zhijian Tu

Peter Vikesland

Sharon Witonsky

 

Virus

Kathleen Alexander

Azhar Ali

Coy Allen

Rana Ashkar

A. Jonathan Auguste

Frank Aylward

Ekta Bansal

Andrea S Bertke

Anne M. Brown

Juhong Chen

Yifan Cheng

Lauren M Childs

Stanca Ciupe

Sherrie Clark

Alasdair Cohen

Jeremy Draghi

William Ducker

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Nisha Duggal

Gillian Eastwood

Kevin Edgar

Luis Escobar

Carla Finkielstein

Ron Fricker

Julie Gerdes

Lenwood S. Heath

Laura Hungerford

Blake Johnson

Leah R Johnson

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Thomas M Kerkering

Kevin Lahmers

Chloe Lahondere

Kate Langwig

Tanya LeRoith

Linsey Marr

Xiang-Jin Meng

T.M. Murali 

Mizuho Nita

Amy Pruden

Cassidy Rist

Nick Ruktanonchai

Webster Santos

Omar Saucedo

Birgit Scharf

Michael Schulz

Peter Sforza

Wujin Sun 

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Zhijian Tu

Peter Vikesland

Clement Vinauger

James Weger-Lucarelli

Xiaofeng Wang

Xuan Wang

Lijuan Yuan

Mike Zhang

Huaiyang Zhong

Antimicrobial Countermeasures (vaccine and drug)

Group leaders:

Mike Zhang

Affiliated Faculty:

Bahareh Behkan

Andrea S Bertke

Juhong Chen

Yifan Cheng

William Ducker

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Kevin Edgar

Carla Finkielstein

Bryan Hsu

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Thomas M Kerkering

Michael Klemba

David Kuhn

Margie Lee

Jingqiu Liao

Andrew N. Lowell

Xiang-Jin Meng

Emily Mevers

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Reza Ovissipour

Monica Ponder

David Popham

Amy Pruden

Jayasimha Rao

Webster Santos

Michael Schulz

Mohamed Seleem

Pablo Sobrado

Venkataramana Sridhar

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Wujin Sun 

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Mark A. Williams

Clay Wright

Kang Xia

Zhaomin Yang

Bingyu Zhao

Mike Zhang

 

Ecology and Epidemiology

Group leaders:
Kathleen Alexander
Dana Hawley

Affiliated Faculty:

Kathleen Alexander

A. Jonathan Auguste

Lisa Belden

Lauren M Childs

Alasdair Cohen

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Gillian Eastwood

Luis Escobar

Carla Finkielstein

William Mark Ford

Erin Gloag

Dana Hawley

Lenwood S. Heath

Joseph Hoyt

Bryan Hsu

Leah R Johnson

Korine Kolivras

Chloe Lahondere

Kate Langwig

Jingqiu Liao

Mizuho Nita

Patrick Pithua

Monica Ponder

Roger Ramirez-Barrios

Cassidy Rist

Nick Ruktanonchai

Omar Saucedo

David Schmale

Peter Sforza

Uwe C. Tauber

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Boris Vinatzer

Clément Vinauger

 

Host-Pathogen Interactions

Group leaders:
Clayton Caswell
Stephen Melville

Affiliated Faculty:

Kathleen Alexander

Coy Allen

Rana Ashkar

Etka Bansal

Bahareh Behkan

Lisa Belden

Andrea S Bertke

Clay Caswell

Rachel Chen

Stanca Ciupe

Sherrie Clark

Jeremy Draghi

Luis Escobar

William Mark Ford

Raj Gaji

Emily Gentry

Aaron Gross

Dana Hawley

Joseph Hoyt

Bryan Hsu

Brandon Jutras

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Michael Klemba

David Kuhn

Kevin Lahmers

Chloe Lahondere

Kate Langwig

Iulia Lazar

Margie Lee

Tanya LeRoith

Xin Luo

John Maurer

Stephen Melville

Xiang-Jin Meng

Emily Mevers

Mizuho Nita

Christina Petersson-Wolfe

David Popham

Roger Ramirez-Barrios

Jayasimha Rao

Omar Saucedo

Birgit Scharf

David Schmale

Mohamed Seleem

Ryan Senger

Paul Skolnik

Stephen A. Smith

Harini Sooryanarain

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Ann M. Stevens

Clement Vinauger

Xiaofeng Wang

James Weger-Lucarelli

Mark A. Williams

Sharon Witonsky

Clay Wright

Yuan Zeng

Bingyu Zhao

 

Zoonotic Diseases

Group leaders:
John Maurer

Patrick Pithua

Affiliated Faculty:

Kathleen Alexander

Coy Allen

Etka Bansal

Clay Caswell

Rachel Cheng

Alasdair Cohen

William Ducker

Nisha Duggal

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Gillian Eastwood

Raj Gaji

Laura Hungerford

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Margie Lee

Tanya LeRoith

John Maurer

Xiang-Jin Meng

Reza Ovissipour

Patrick Pithua

Monica Ponder

Cassidy Rist

Stephen A. Smith

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Wujin Sun 

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

James Weger-Lucarelli

Sharon Witonsky

Public Health and Clinical Microbiology

Group leaders:
Andrea Bertke
Thomas Kerkering

Affiliated Faculty:

Azhar Ali

Ekta Bansal

Andrea S Bertke

Rachel Cheng

Yifan Cheng

Alasdair Cohen

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Carla Finkielstein

Laura Hungerford

Luke Juran

Thomas M Kerkering

Leigh-Anne Krometis

Korine Kolivras

Jingqiu Liao

John Maurer

Patrick Pithua

Amy Pruden

Jayasimha Rao

Mohamed Seleem

Ryan Senger

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Peter Vikesland

Sophie Wenzel

Kang Xia

Mengxi Zhang

Huaiyang Zhong

 

Computational Biology and Disease Modeling

Group leaders:
Stanca Ciupe
Leah Johnson

Affiliated Faculty:

Azhar Ali

Anne M. Brown

Bahareh Behkan

Stanca Ciupe

Rachel Cheng

Jeremy Draghi

Luis Escobar

Carla Finkielstein

Ron Fricker

Lenwood S. Heath

Laura Hungerford

Leah R Johnson

Kate Langwig

Song Li

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

T.M. Murali 

Omar Saucedo

Peter Sforza

Venkataramana Sridhar

Uwe C. Tauber

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Peter Vikesland

Boris Vinatzer

Xuan Wang

Clay Wright

Yuan Zeng

Huaiyang Zhong

 

Environmental Microbiology

Group leaders:
Leigh-Anne Krometis
Amy Pruden

Affiliated Faculty:

Frank Aylward

Bahareh Behkan

Lisa Belden

Juhong Chen

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Carla Finkielstein

Korine Kolivras

Leigh-Anne Krometis

David Kuhn

Song Li

Jingqiu Liao

Linsey Marr

Emily Mevers

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Mizuho Nita

Reza Ovissipour

David Popham

Amy Pruden

Birgit Scharf

David Schmale

Ryan Senger

Venkataramana Sridhar

Ann M. Stevens

Peter Vikesland

Boris Vinatzer

Mark A. Williams

Kang Xia

Yuan Zeng

Bingyu Zhao

 

Human Dimension of Infectious Diseases

Group leaders:

E. Thomas Ewing

Affiliated Faculty:

Etka Bansal

Willandia Chaves

Sherrie Clark

Alasdair Cohen

Anna Duraj-Thatte

E. Thomas Ewing

Carla Finkielstein

Ron Fricker

Julie Gerdes

Rebecca J. Hester

Kathryn Hosig

Luke Juran

Thomas M Kerkering

Leigh-Anne Krometis

Iulia Lazar

Linsey Marr

T.M. Murali 

Peter Sforza

Wujin Sun 

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Clement Vinauger

Sophie Wenzel

Kang Xia

 

Immunology

Group leaders:
Coy Allen
Lijuan Yuan

Affiliated Faculty:

Ansar Ahmed

Coy Allen

A. Jonathan Auguste

Etka Bansal

Lauren M Childs

Stanca Ciupe

Sherrie Clark

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Carla Finkielstein

Emily Gentry

Brandon Jutras

Dana Hawley

Kevin Lahmers

Tanya LeRoith

Liwu Li

Stephen Melville

Webster Santos

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Wujin Sun 

Sharon Witonsky

Lijuan Yuan

Mike Zhang

 

Vector Biology and Vector-borne Diseases

Group leaders:
Michael Klemba
Igor Sharakhov

Affiliated Faculty:

A. Jonathan Auguste

Etka Bansal

Juhong Chen

Lauren M Childs

Nisha Duggal

Gillian Eastwood

Aaron Gross

Leah R Johnson

Brandon Jutras

Michael Klemba

Kevin Lahmers

Chloe Lahondere

Roger Ramirez-Barrios

Cassidy Rist

Omar Saucedo

Igor Sharakhov

Maria Sharakhova

Stephen A. Smith

Ann M. Stevens

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Zhijian Tu

Clement Vinauger

James Weger-Lucarelli

Jinsong Zhu

Pathogen Identification and Disease Diagnostic

Group leaders:
Boris Vinatzer

Affiliated Faculty:

Bahareh Behkan

Rachel Cheng

Blake Johnson

Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy

Boris Vinatzer