ID IGEP People
Leadership | Co-directors
Steering Committee
Administrative
Sarah Gouger
Coordinator, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens (CeZAP)
sgouger@vt.edu
Affiliated Faculty
At the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens is an interdisciplinary and growing network of more than 100 Virginia Tech faculty from seven of Virginia Tech’s Colleges:
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
- College of Natural Resources & Environment
- College of Science
- Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Azhar Ali
A. Jonathan Auguste
Warren Booth
Anne M. Brown
Rachel Cheng
Yifan Cheng
Dennis Cladis
Siobhan Craige
Mengyi Dong
Joshua Drake
Anna Duraj-Thatte
Gillian Eastwood
Enakshi Ghosh
Soumi Ghosh
Aaron Gross
Ashley Jernigan
Michael Klemba
Leigh-Anne Krometis
David Kuhn
Chloe Lahondere
Song Li
John Maurer
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Mizuho Nita
Monica Ponder
Karl Rich
Lina Rodriguez Salamanca
David Schmale
Ryan Senger
Igor Sharakhov
Maria Sharakhova
Daniel J. Slade
Venkataramana Sridhar
Laura Strawn
Wujin Sun
Zhijian Tu
Boris Vinatzer
Clement Vinauger
Xiaofeng Wang
Clay Wright
Yuan Zeng
Mike Zhang
Bingyu Zhao
Jinsong Zhu
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Sahar Abdelrazek
Coy Allen
Andrea S Bertke
Ira Blader
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
Kirsten Nielsen
Roger Ramirez-Barrios
Cassidy Rist
James Romero-Masters
Nick Ruktanonchai
Mohamed Seleem
Stephen A. Smith
Xiaogang Wang
Sophie Wenzel
James Weger-Lucarelli
Sharon Witonsky
Lijuan Yuan
College of Engineering
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
College of Natural Resources and Environment
College of Science
Sweta Agrawal
Julie Allen
Rana Ashkar
Frank Aylward
Lisa Belden
Lauren M. Childs
Stanca Ciupe
Jeremy Draghi
Ron Fricker
Emily Gentry
Austin Gray
Dana Hawley
Joseph Hoyt
Bryan Hsu
Leah R. Johnson
Kate Langwig
Iulia Lazar
Liwu Li
Andrew N. Lowell
Stephen Melville
Joseph Merola
Emily Mevers
David Popham
Michael Robert
Webster Santos
Omar Saucedo
Birgit Scharf
Michael Schulz
Rachel Silverman
Ann M. Stevens
Wei Sun
Uwe C. Tauber
Jose Vargas-Muniz
Zhaomin Yang
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Bacteria
Sahar Abdelrazek
Kathleen Alexander
Azhar Ali
Coy Allen
Julie Allen
Rana Ashkar
Frank Aylward
Ekta Bansal
Bahareh Behkam
Lisa Belden
Ira Blader
Clay Caswell
Rachel Cheng
Yifan Cheng
Dennis Cladis
Alasdair Cohen
Sanket Deshmukh
Mengyi Dong
Jeremy Draghi
William Ducker
Anna Duraj-Thatte
Gillian Eastwood
Kevin Edgar
Luis Escobar
Carla Finkielstein
Emily Gentry
Enakshi Ghosh
Soumi Ghosh
Erin Gloag
Austin Gray
Dana Hawley
Lenwood S. Heath
Bryan Hsu
Laura Hungerford
Ashley Jernigan
Blake Johnson
Leah R Johnson
Luke Juran
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
Elizabeth Nowak
Yuchin Albert Pan
Monica Ponder
David Popham
Amy Pruden
Jayasimha Rao
Karl Rich
Cassidy Rist
Webster Santos
Birgit Scharf
David Schmale
Mohamed Seleem
Ryan Senger
Daniel J. Slade
Stephen A. Smith
Venkataramana Sridhar
Ann M. Stevens
Wujin Sun
Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy
Peter Vikesland
Boris Vinatzer
Xiaogang Wang
Sharon Witonsky
Clay Wright
Zhaomin Yang
Yuan Zeng
Bingyu Zhao
Parasite
Fungi
Sahar Abdelrazek
Bahareh Behkam
Lisa Belden
Ira Blader
Yifan Cheng
Siobhan Craige
Mengyi Dong
Anna Duraj-Thatte
William Mark Ford
Joseph Hoyt
Laura Hungerford
Ashley Jernigan
Leah R Johnson
Kate Langwig
Liwu Li
Song Li
Emily Mevers
Kirsten Nielsen
Mizuho Nita
Karl Rich
David Schmale
Mohamed Seleem
Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy
Jose Vargas-Muniz
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
Michael Klemba
Kevin Lahmers
Amy Pruden
Roger Ramirez-Barrios
Cassidy Rist
Michael Robert
Igor Sharakhov
Stephen A. Smith
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
Ira Blader
Anne M. Brown
Yifan Cheng
Lauren M Childs
Stanca Ciupe
Sherrie Clark
Alasdair Cohen
Sanket Deshmukh
Jeremy Draghi
Joshua Drake
William Ducker
Anna Duraj-Thatte
Nisha Duggal
Gillian Eastwood
Kevin Edgar
Luis Escobar
Carla Finkielstein
Ron Fricker
Julie Gerdes
Soumi Ghosh
Lenwood S. Heath
Laura Hungerford
Blake Johnson
Leah R Johnson
Kylene Kehn-Hall
Kevin Lahmers
Chloe Lahondere
Kate Langwig
Tanya LeRoith
Linsey Marr
Xiang-Jin Meng
T.M. Murali
Mizuho Nita
Yuchin Albert Pan
Amy Pruden
Karl Rich
Cassidy Rist
Michael Robert
James Romero-Masters
Nick Ruktanonchai
Webster Santos
Omar Saucedo
Birgit Scharf
Michael Schulz
Wujin Sun
Esra Büyüktahtakιn Toy
Zhijian Tu
Peter Vikesland
Clement Vinauger
James Weger-Lucarelli
Xiaofeng Wang
Xuan Wang
Lijuan Yuan
Mike Zhang
Huaiyang Zhong
Affiliated Faculty Sorted by Thematic Area
Antimicrobial Countermeasures (vaccine and drug)
Group leaders:
Mike Zhang
Affiliated Faculty:
Bahareh Behkam
Andrea S Bertke
Yifan Cheng
William Ducker
Anna Duraj-Thatte
Kevin Edgar
Carla Finkielstein
Enakshi Ghosh
Bryan Hsu
Kylene Kehn-Hall
Michael Klemba
David Kuhn
Margie Lee
Jingqiu Liao
Andrew N. Lowell
Xiang-Jin Meng
Emily Mevers
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Kirsten Nielsen
Elizabeth Nowak
Monica Ponder
Ecology and Epidemiology
Group leaders:
Kathleen Alexander
Dana Hawley
Affiliated Faculty:
Sahar Abdelrazek
Kathleen Alexander
Julie Allen
A. Jonathan Auguste
Warren Booth
Lisa Belden
Lauren M Childs
Alasdair Cohen
Anna Duraj-Thatte
Gillian Eastwood
Luis Escobar
Carla Finkielstein
William Mark Ford
Enakshi Ghosh
Erin Gloag
Austin Gray
Dana Hawley
Lenwood S. Heath
Joseph Hoyt
Bryan Hsu
Leah R Johnson
Melanie A. Kiechle
Korine Kolivras
Environmental Microbiology
Group leaders:
Leigh-Anne Krometis
Amy Pruden
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Group leaders:
Clayton Caswell
Stephen Melville
Affiliated Faculty:
Kathleen Alexander
Coy Allen
Rana Ashkar
Etka Bansal
Bahareh Behkam
Lisa Belden
Andrea S Bertke
Ira Blader
Clay Caswell
Rachel Cheng
Stanca Ciupe
Dennis Cladis
Jeremy Draghi
Luis Escobar
William Mark Ford
Raj Gaji
Emily Gentry
Soumi Ghosh
Aaron Gross
Dana Hawley
Joseph Hoyt
Bryan Hsu
Ashley Jernigan
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
Kirsten Nielsen
Mizuho Nita
Yuchin Albert Pan
David Popham
Roger Ramirez-Barrios
Jayasimha Rao
Michael Robert
James Romero-Masters
Omar Saucedo
Birgit Scharf
David Schmale
Mohamed Seleem
Ryan Senger
Paul Skolnik
Stephen A. Smith
Ann M. Stevens
Wei Sun
Jose Vargas-Muniz
Clement Vinauger
Xiaofeng Wang
Xiaogang Wang
James Weger-Lucarelli
Sharon Witonsky
Clay Wright
Yuan Zeng
Bingyu Zhao
Human Dimension of Infectious Diseases
Group leaders:
E. Thomas Ewing
Immunology
Group leaders:
Coy Allen
Lijuan Yuan
Pathogen Identification and Disease Diagnostic
Group leaders:
Boris Vinatzer
Public Health and Clinical Microbiology
Group leaders:
Andrea Bertke
Vector Biology and Vector-borne Diseases
Group leaders:
Michael Klemba
Igor Sharakhov
Affiliated Faculty:
A. Jonathan Auguste
Warren Booth
Etka Bansal
Lauren M Childs
Nisha Duggal
Gillian Eastwood
Aaron Gross
Leah R Johnson
Michael Klemba
Kevin Lahmers
Chloe Lahondere
Alexey Onufriev
Roger Ramirez-Barrios
Zoonotic Diseases
Group leaders:
John Maurer
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