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Administration

S. Ansar Ahmed Department Head ansrahmd@vt.edu
Patricia M. Goudy Administrative Assistant pgoudy@vt.edu
Monica C. Taylor Administrative Assistant mctaylor@vt.edu

Professors

S. Ansar Ahmed DVM, PhD, Immunology ansrahmd@vt.edu
Roger J. Avery PhD, Virology (Senior Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies) avery@vt.edu
Marion F. Ehrich MS, RPh, PhD, Diplomate A.B.T., Pharmacology/Toxicology marion@vt.edu
Thomas J. Inzana MS, PhD, Diplomate ABMM, Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Chair of Bacteriology tinzana@vt.edu
David S. Lindsay PhD, Parasitology lindsayd@vt.edu
Xiang-Jin Meng MD, MS, PhD, Molecular Virology xjmeng@vt.edu
John L. Robertson VMD, PhD, Pathology drbob@vt.edu
Gerhardt G. Schurig DVM, MS, PhD, Immunology (Dean) gschurig@vt.edu
Stephen A. Smith DVM, MS, PhD, Aquatic Medicine stsmith7@vt.edu
D. Phillip Sponenberg DVM, PhD, Pathology/Genetics dpsponen@vt.edu
Nammalwar Sriranganathan BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVM, Bacteriology nathans@vt.edu
Jeff R. Wilcke DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVCP, Clinical Pharmacology;
Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf Professor
of Veterinary Medical Informatics		 jwilcke@vt.edu

Associate Professors

Thomas Caceci PhD, Biology, Histology elitist@vt.edu
Ludeman A. Eng MA, PhD, Anatomy, Cell Biology laeng@vt.edu
Larry E. Freeman DVM, MS, Anatomy lfreeman@vt.edu
Jennifer L Hodgson BVSc, PhD, MRCVS, Diplomate ACVM, Microbiology (Associate Dean for Professional Programs) jennieh@vt.edu
William R. Huckle MS, PhD, Cell Biology/Pharmacology wrhuckle@vt.edu
Bradley G. Klein PhD, Neurobiology bklein@vt.edu
Yong Woo Lee MS, PhD, Cardiovascular Physiology ywlee@vt.edu
David M. Moore DVM, MS, Diplomate ACLAM,
(Assistant Vice Provost for Research Compliance)		 moored@vt.edu
Paul Christopher Roberts BSc, MSc, PhD, Virology robec06@vt.edu
Geoffrey K. Saunders DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP, Pathology gsaun@vt.edu
Bonnie J. Smith DVM, PhD, Anatomy/Embryology bjsmith@vt.edu
Elankumaran Subbiah   MVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVM, Virology kumarans@vt.edu
Anne M. Zajac DVM, MS, PhD, Parasitology azajac@vt.edu
Kurt Zimmerman DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Clinical and Anatomic Pathology kzimmerm@vt.edu

Assistant Professors

Irving C. Allen PhD, Genetics and Molecular Biology icallen@vt.edu
Katie M. Boes DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP, Clinical Pathology (clinical track) kmn@vt.edu
David L. Caudell DVM, PhD, Anatomic Pathology dcaudell@vt.edu
Thomas Cecere DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Anatomic Pathology (clinical track) tcecere@vt.edu
Jia-Qiang He PhD, Stem Cell Physiology jiahe@vt.edu
Tanya LeRoith DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Anatomic Pathology tleroith@vt.edu
Xin Luo PhD, Immunology xinluo@vt.edu
Sarah McDonald PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, VTCRI mcdonaldsa@vtc.vt.edu
Zhi Sheng PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology, VTCRI zhisheng@vtc.vt.edu
Michelle Theus PhD, Neuroscience mtheus@vt.edu
Nicole M. Weinstein DVM, Diplomate ACVP, Clinical Pathology (clinical track) nweinste@vt.edu
Lijuan Yuan MS, PhD, Immunology and Virology lyuan@vt.edu

Instructors

Theresa Gillian MS, Biomedical Engineering theresag@vt.edu
Juan Claudio Gutierrez DVM, PhD, Anatomy jcgutier@vt.edu
Shireen Hafez DVM, PhD, Anatomy shafez@vt.edu
Carlos Trincado DVM, MS, Infectious Diseases tcarlos2@vt.edu

Special Research Faculty

Aloka B.P.A. Bandara PhD, Research Assistant Professor abandara@vt.edu
Dianjun Cao PhD, Research Scientist djcao@vt.edu
Rujuan Dai PhD, Research Scientist rdai05@vt.edu
Julie M. Green DVM, MS, Research Assistant Professor jmgreen@vt.edu
Theresa Hrubec DVM, PhD, Research Assistant Professor thrubec@vcom.vt.edu
Yaowei Huang PhD, Research Assistant Professor yhuang@vt.edu
Scott Kenney PhD, Sr. Research Associate spk151@vt.edu
Sandeep Kumar PhD, Research Scientist sandy80@vt.edu
Guohua Li PhD, Research Scientist lguohua@vt.edu
Wen Li MD, MS, Research Scientist liwen@vt.edu
Shannon Matzinger PhD, Postdoctoral Associate mshann2@vt.edu
M. Renee Prater DVM, PhD, Research Assistant Professor mrprater@vcom.vt.edu
Abdul Gafoor Puthiyaveetil PhD, Postdoctoral Associate gafoor@vt.edu
Christopher Reilly PhD, Research Assistant Professor chreilly@vcom.vt.edu
Beverly Rzigalinski MS, PhD, Research Assistant Professor brzigali@vcom.vt.edu
Suzanne Santamaria DVM, MS, Research Assistant Professor slsantamaria@vt.edu
Sakthivel Subramaniam PhD, Postdoctoral Associate sakthism@vt.edu
Ke Wen PhD, Postdoctoral Associate wenke316@vt.edu
Lei Zhou PhD, Postdoctoral Associate leosj@vt.edu

Residents

Bonnie Brenseke-Chastain DVM, Anatomic Pathology bmbrense@vt.edu
Sarah Hammond DVM, Clinical Pathology shammond@vt.edu
Pablo Pineyro DVM, Anatomic Pathology pablop@vt.edu
Miranda Vieson DVM, Anatomic Pathology mvieson@vt.edu

Graduate Students

Jeffry Alexander Veterinary Medical Informatics jcalex01@vt.edu
Adria Allen Virology ajallen@vt.edu
Hamzeh Alqublan Bacteriology zico2004@vt.edu
Javiera Pilar Bahamonde-Azcuy Biomedical Science bahaj07@vt.edu
Bonnie Brenseke-Chastain DVM, Anatomic Pathology bmbrense@vt.edu
Tam Bui Immunology and Virology hibiscus@vt.edu
Emily Cain MS, Bacteriology elcain@vt.edu
Sarah Casey Parasitology sjcasey1@vt.edu
Cristen Chafin Bacteriology cchafin@vt.edu
Anna Champion Microbiology annac@vt.edu
Courtney Cohen Immunology cohenca@vt.edu
Caitlin Cossaboom Virology cmcossa@vt.edu
Catherine Cowan Immunology (parallel DVM/PhD student) crc3d@vt.edu
Jagadeeswaran Deventhiran Virology eeswar@vt.edu
Amanda Gasser Virology algasser@vt.edu
Erwin Kristobal Gudenschwager Cell Biology kristoba@vt.edu
Sarah Hammond Clinical Pathology shammond@vt.edu
Alice Houk Parasitology aehouk@vt.edu
Neeta Jain BVSc & AH, Microbiology njain80@vt.edu
Vanessa Keller Biomedical Science ekvanes@vt.edu
Gade Kimsawatde Bacteriology gade@vt.edu
Jacob Kocher Immunology and Virology jacobk09@vt.edu
Allison McKell Biomedical Sciences aomckell@vt.edu
Anne Michalenka Bacteriology vtmaroon@vt.edu
Jenna Moore Toxicology (parallel DVM student) jmoore@vt.edu
Yanyan Ni Molecular Immunology nyy7@vt.edu
Benjamin Okyere Anatomic Pathology bokyere@vt.edu
Yu Pan Bacteriology pyu08@vt.edu
Pablo Pineyro DVM, Anatomic Pathology pablop@vt.edu
Haritha Potineni Biomedical Sciences haritha@vt.edu
Shobana Raghunath Molecular Virology shoba@vt.edu
Nicole Regna Bacteriology appleton@vt.edu
Owen Richmond Anatomic Pathology obr001@vt.edu
Thomas Rogers-Cotrone Virology (parallel DVM/PhD student) trogersc@vt.edu
Cheryl Ryder Microbiology cryder@vt.edu
Meriam Saleh Parasitology msaleh1@vt.edu
Betsy Schroeder Bacteriology bschroed@vt.edu
Nehal Shah Bacteriology nesmall2@vt.edu
Garrett Smith Bacteriology (parallel DVM/PhD student) gps17@vt.edu
Stephanie Todd Anatomic Pathology smtodd@vt.edu
Miranda Vieson DVM, Anatomic Pathology mvieson@vt.edu
Xingdong Yang Virology xingy86@vt.edu

Emeritus Professors

Dennis J. Blodgett DVM, PhD, Diplomate ABVT, Toxicology dblodg@vt.edu
Stephen M. Boyle MS, PhD, Bacteriology smboyle@vt.edu
Donald O. Cordes BVSc, MS, MACVSc, Diplomate ACVP, Pathology dcordes@xtra.co.nz
Peter Eyre BVMS, PhD, MRCVS, Pharmacology cvmpxe@vt.edu
Bernard S. Jortner VMD, MS, Diplomate ACVP, Pathology bjortner@vt.edu
John C. Lee PhD, Physiology jclee@vt.edu
J. Blair Meldrum DVM, PhD, Toxicology bmeldrum@vt.edu
Hara P. Misra BVSc, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACFE, Biochemistry misra@vt.edu
Carl J. Pfeiffer MA, MS, PhD, Gastrointestinal
Pathophysiology/Cellular Ultrastructure		 carlsan@vt.edu
Thomas E. Toth DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVCP, Virology ttoth@vt.edu

Adjunct Professors

Joseph Bassaganya-Riera DVM, PhD, Director, Laboratory of Nutritional Immunology & Molecular Nutrition, Virginia Tech jbassaga@vt.edu
J. P. Dubey PhD, Senior Scientific Research Service, (ES-1), ARS, USDA jdubey@anri.barc.usda.gov
Bernadette M. Dunham DVM, PhD, Deputy Director,
Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation,
Center for Veterinary Medicine,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Public Policy)		 bdunham@cvm.fda.gov
Mark R. Finkler DVM (Exotic Animal Medicine) finklerrah@cox.net
Marcelo A. Gomez Jaramillo PhD, Universidad Austral de Chile marcelogomez@uach.cl
A. Wallace Hayes MS, PhD, Diplomate ABT, FATS, CNS, FIBiol Gradient Corporation (Toxicology) awallacehayes@comcast.net
Zhenquan Jia PhD, VCOM zjia@vcom.vt.edu
Victoria Kok MLS, Professor, University Libraries
(Biomedical Library Science)		 vkok@vt.edu
Liwu Li PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology LSI, Virginia Tech lwli@vt.edu
Yunbo Li PhD, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology/Toxicology, VCOM yli@vcom.vt.edu
David L. McRurer DVM, Director, Veterinary Sciences Wildlife Center of Virginia dmcrurer@wildlifecenter.org
Oscar Alejandro Peralta Troncoso PhD, Universidad Austral de Chile oscarperalta@uach.cl
Indra Sandal PhD, Biotechnology, University Of Utah, School of Medicine indra.sandal@hsc.utah.edu
Arben Santo PhD, VCOM asanto@vcom.vt.edu
Lynette Tobias DVM, PhD, Veterinary Medical Officer,
USDA, APHIS (Pathology)		 Lynette.Tobias@usda.gov
Ramesh Vemulapalli PhD, Purdue University rvemulap@purdue.edu
Hong Zhu MD, VCOM hzhu@vcom.vt.edu