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Administration

Dr. Ansar Ahmed, DVM, PhD Director & Professor of Immunology ansrahmd@vt.edu
Alba Hall Administrative Assistant aghall@vt.edu

CMMID Faculty

Name Research Areas Email
Dr. Ansar Ahmed, DVM, PhD Immunology ansrahmd@vt.edu
Dr. Stephen M.Boyle, PhD Molecular Genetics smboyle@vt.edu
Dr. Bob Gogal, DVM Immunology/
Imunotoxicology		 rgogal@vt.edu
Dr. Thomas Inzana, PhD Molecular & Clinical Bacteriology tinzana@vt.edu
Dr. Tanya LeRoith, DVM, PhD Pathology tleroith@vt.edu
Dr. David S. Lindsay, PhD Parasitology lindsayd@vt.edu
Dr. Xiang-Jin Meng, MD, PhD Molecular Virology xjmeng@vt.edu
Dr. Bill Pierson, DVM, PhD Avian Medicine pierson@vt.edu
Dr. Christopher Roberts, PhD Molecular Virology pcroberts@vt.edu
Dr. Gerhardt Schurig, DVM, PhD, Dean Immunology cvmdean@vt.edu
Dr. Stephen A. Smith, DVM, PhD Aquatic Medicine stsmith7@vt.edu
Dr. Nammalwar Sriranganathan,
DVM, PhD		 Molecular Bacteriology nathans@vt.edu
Dr. Elankumaran Subbiah,
BVSc, MVSc, PhD		 Molecular Virology kumarans@vt.edu
Dr. Yasuhiro Suzuki, PhD Immunopathobiology ysuzuki@vt.edu
Dr. Lijuan Yuan, PhD Molecular Virology lyuan@vt.edu
Dr. Sharon Witonsky, DVM, PhD Equine Medicine switonsk@vt.edu
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Research Assistant Professors/EVVCOM

Dr. Abey Bandara, PhD Molecular Bacteriology
EVVCOM faculty		 abandara@vt.edu
Dr. Christopher Reilly, PhD Immunology/Physiology
EVVCOM faculty		 chreilly@vt.edu
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Research Scientists/ Post Docs/ Associates

Dr. Rujuan Dai Immunology rdai05@vt.edu
Dr. Laura Deflube Molecular Virology ladeflub@vt.edu
Dr. Yaowei Huang Molecular Virology yhuang@vt.edu
Dr. Abigail D. Peairs Immunology/Physiology apeairs@vcom.vt.edu
Dr. Sheela Ramamoorthy Molecular Virology sheelar@vt.edu
Dr. Indra Sandal Molecular and Clinical Bacteriology isandal@vt.edu
Dr. Naguieb Seleem Molecular Bacteriology naguieb@vt.edu
Dr. Binu Velayudhan Molecular Virology tv_binu@yahoo.com
Kristin Knight Molecular and Clinical Bacteriology kknight@vt.edu
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Emeritus/Retired Professors

Carter, Gordon grcarte@vt.edu
Domermuth, C.H cdomer@vt.edu
Gross, W.B. wbg@vt.edu
Larsen, Cal (Avian Medicine) clarsen@vt.edu
Misra, Hara (Molecular Toxicology)-EVVCOM faculty hmisra@vcom.vt.edu
Toth, Thomas (Virology) ttoth@vt.edu
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Staff

Kay Carlson Molecular Bacteriology cbcarlsn@vt.edu
Anna Champion Molecular & Clinical Bacteriology annac@vt.edu
Barbara Dryman Molecular Virology badryman@vt.edu
Carmine Graniello Immunology cgraniel@vt.edu
Alba Hall Main Office aghall@vt.edu
Lynn Heffron Molecular Virology cheffron@vt.edu
Bettina Heid Equine Medicine bheid@vt.edu
Richard Kerr Molecular Toxicology Dr. Gogal rkerr@vt.edu
Mary Mainous Avian and Aquatic Medicine memain@vt.edu
Nancy Tenpenny Molecular Gen./Parasitology ntenpenn@vt.edu
Michelle Todd Pathology smtodd@vt.edu
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Glassware

Sandra Chinault Glassware schinaul@vt.edu
Jen Mirabella Glassware jen.mirabella@vt.edu
Debby Saville Glassware dsaville@vt.edu
Doris Tickle Glassware dtickle@vt.edu
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TRACSS

Pete Jobst TRACSS pjobst@vt.edu
Dustin Lucas TRACSS dlucas05@vt.edu
Pamela Mohr TRACSS pmohr@vt.edu
Steve Salmon TRACSS sjalmo@vt.edu
Dixon Smiley TRACSS smileyd@vt.edu
Shannon Viers TRACSS sviers@vt.edu
Virginia Topp TRACSS vtopp@vt.edu
Marlice Vonck TRACSS mjvonck@vt.edu
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Physical Plant Maintenance

Roger Cook Maintenance Building rocook2@vt.edu
Tim Jennings Maintenance Building timmyj@vt.edu
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Undergraduate Students

Erin Brockwell Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Roberts		 elrock@vt.edu
Suzanne Hirst Immunology
Advisor: Dr. Reilly		 suzieq.goulet@gmail.com
Hillary Hudson Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Roberts		 hudsonh@vt.edu
Larmara Perry MAOP program
Advisor: Dr. Boyle		 ljp28@vt.edu
Alex Portolano Avian Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Pierson		 xander@vt.edu
Nehal Shah Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Subbiah		  
Megan Thomas Immunology
Advisor: Dr. Reilly		 megtomo8@vt.edu
Jill Weikert MAOP program
Advisor: Dr. Boyle		 weikert@vt.edu
Megan Wicks Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Roberts		 wicksmk@vt.edu
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Graduate Students

Rabab Afifi Avian Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Pierson		 rafifi@vt.edu
Alana Barnes Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Roberts		 alanab@vt.edu
Cliffton Cassidy Molecular Genetics
Advisor: Dr. Boyle		 clifftoncassidy@vt.edu
Anna Champion Bacterial Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Inzana		 annac@vt.edu
Vrushali Chavan Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Subbiah		 vrushali@vt.edu
Amy Cheatham Aquatic Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Smith		 acheathan@vt.edu
Alicia Feagins Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Meng		 afeagins@vt.edu
Jennifer Gillespie Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Meng		 jgillesp@vt.edu
Matthew Goff Molecular Toxicology
Advisor: Dr. Gogal		 mgoff@vt.edu
David Goodwin Parasitology
Advisor: Dr. Lindsay		 dgoodwin37@yahoo.com
Andrew Herbert Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Roberts		 asherbert@vt.edu
Neeta Jain Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Nathan		 njain80@vt.edu
Kusum Jasuja Bacterial Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Inzana		 kjasuja@vt.edu
Deena Khan Immunology
Advisor: Dr. Ahmed		 dkhan@vt.edu
Tila Khan Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Roberts		 tilakhan@vt.edu
Gade Kimsawatde Molecular Bacteriology
Advisor: Dr. Nathan		 gade@vt.edu
Sumanth Kumar Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Meng		 sumanthp@vt.edu
Rochelle Lewis Equine Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Witonsky		 r.lewis@vt.edu
Megan Lighty Avian Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Pierson		 mlighty@vt.edu
John Machen Aquatic Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Smith		 jmachen@vt.edu
Sheila Mitchell Parasitology
Advisor: Dr. Lindsay		 smitchell2@vt.edu
Amjad Mustafa Molecular Toxicology
Advisor: Dr. Gogal		 amustafa@vt.edu
Yanyan Ni Immunopathobiology
Advisor: Dr. Suzuki		 nyy7@vt.edu
Michael Nolan Aquatic Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Smith		 mwnolan@vt.edu
Jag Patlola Bacterial Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Inzana		 patlola@vt.edu
Rebecca Phillips Immunology
Advisor: Dr. Ahmed		 raphilli@vt.edu
Rajeev Prasad Molecular Bacteriology
Advisor: Dr. Nathan		 raphilli@vt.edu
Dan Qiao Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Subbiah		 qiao@vt.edu@vt.edu
Shobana Raghunath Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Subbiah		 shoba@vt.edu
Parthiban Rajasekaran Molecular Genetics
Advisor: Dr. Boyle		 parthi@vt.edu
Ashish Ranjan Molecular Bacteriology
Advisor: Dr. Nathan		 aranjan@vt.edu
Eva Restis Molecular Bacteriology
Advisor: Dr. Nathan		 erestis@vt.edu
Jamille Robinson PREP Scholar
Advisor: Dr. Boyle		 scoop804@vt.edu
Thomas Rogers-Cotrone Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr Subbiah		 trogersc@vt.edu
Ronald Tyler Molecular Bacteriology
Advisor: Dr. Nathan		 rontyler@vt.edu
Cheryl Ryder Bacterial Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Inzana		 cryder@vt.edu
Brent Sanford Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Meng		 bsanford@vt.edu
Lori Settle Avian Medicine
Advisor: Dr. Pierson		 lsettle@vt.edu
Naveen Surendran Immunology
Advisor: Dr. Witonsky		 naveenan@vt.edu
Dominic Steele Immunology
Advisor: Dr. Reilly		 dominics@vt.edu
Ke Wen Molecular Virology
Advisor: Dr. Yuan		 wenke316@vt.edu
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