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
Anne M. Brown
Juhong Chen
Rachel Cheng
Yifan Cheng
Dennis Cladis
Anna Duraj-Thatte
Gillian Eastwood
Aaron Gross
Ashley Jernigan
Michael Klemba
Leigh-Anne Krometis
David Kuhn
Chloe Lahondere
Song Li
John Maurer
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Mizuho Nita
Monica Ponder
Lina Rodriguez Salamanca
David Schmale
Ryan Senger
Igor Sharakhov
Maria Sharakhova
Daniel J. Slade
Pablo Sobrado
Venkataramana Sridhar
Laura Strawn
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
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
Nammalwar Sriranganathan
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
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
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
Sweta Agrawal
Kathleen Alexander
Azhar Ali
Coy Allen
Julie Allen
Rana Ashkar
Frank Aylward
Ekta Bansal
Bahareh Behkan
Lisa Belden
Ira Blader
Clay Caswell
Juhong Chen
Rachel Cheng
Yifan Cheng
Dennis Cladis
Alasdair Cohen
Sanket Deshmukh
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
Ashley Jernigan
Blake Johnson
Leah R Johnson
Luke Juran
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
Xiaogang Wang
Mark A. Williams
Sharon Witonsky
Clay Wright
Kang Xia
Zhaomin Yang
Yuan Zeng
Bingyu Zhao
Parasite
Fungi
Sweta Agrawal
Bahareh Behkan
Lisa Belden
Ira Blader
Yifan Cheng
Anna Duraj-Thatte
William Mark Ford
Joseph Hoyt
Laura Hungerford
Ashley Jernigan
Leah R Johnson
Thomas M Kerkering
Kate Langwig
Liwu Li
Song Li
Emily Mevers
Kirsten Nielsen
Mizuho Nita
David Schmale
Mohamed Seleem
Peter Sforza
Pablo Sobrado
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
Thomas M Kerkering
Michael Klemba
Kevin Lahmers
Amy Pruden
Roger Ramirez-Barrios
Cassidy Rist
Michael Robert
Igor Sharakhov
Stephen A. Smith
Pablo Sobrado
Zhijian Tu
Peter Vikesland
Sharon Witonsky
Virus
Sweta Agrawal
Kathleen Alexander
Azhar Ali
Coy Allen
Rana Ashkar
A. Jonathan Auguste
Frank Aylward
Ekta Bansal
Andrea S Bertke
Ira Blader
Anne M. Brown
Juhong Chen
Yifan Cheng
Lauren M Childs
Stanca Ciupe
Sherrie Clark
Alasdair Cohen
Sanket Deshmukh
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
Michael Robert
James Romero-Masters
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
Fralin Life Sciences Institute
Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC)
Integrated Life Science Building (ILSB)
1981 Kraft Dr, Room 2036
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Ann Stevens:
ams@vt.edu
Office Phone: (540)-231-9378
Lab Phone: (540)-231-2342
FAX: (540)-231-9307
Clay Caswell
caswellc@vt.edu