Dr. Meng's Lab Members

Principal Investigator

X.J. Meng, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Virology
E-Mail: xjmeng@vt.edu

Current Lab Members

Staff Members

	Barbara Dryman, B.S. badryman@vt.edu 2007-present Laboratory Specialist			Yao-Wei Huang, Ph.D. yhuang@vt.edu 2003-present Research Scientist
	Nathan M. Beach, Ph.D. nbeach@vt.edu 2008-present Postdoctoral Associate			Dianjun Cao, Ph.D. djcao@vt.edu 2008-present, Postdoctoral Associate
	Laura Cordoba Garcia, Ph.D. lcordoba@vt.edu 2008-present, Postdoctoral Associate			Scott P. Kenney, Ph.D. spk151@vt.edu 2008-present Postdoctoral Associate
	Hyuk Moo Kwon, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D. 2009-2010 Visiting Professor			Nicole Plaskon, B.S., M.S. nplaskon@vt.edu 2009-present Research Associate
	Kylie Harrall, B.S. kharrall@vt.edu 2009-present Laboratory Specialist

Graduate Students

	Alicia Feagins, B.S. afeagins@vt.edu 2006-present PhD student			Jennifer Gillespie, B.S. jgillesp@vt.edu 2005-present DVM/MS parallel Student
	R. S. Pudupakam, D.V.M., M.S. sumanthp@vt.edu 2005-present PhD student			Brent Sanford, D.V.M., M.S. bsanford@vt.edu 2007-present PhD student
	Yanyan Ni, B.S. nyy7@vt.edu 2008 - present PhD student			Sara Smith, B.S. smithsm@vt.edu 2009-present M.S. Student

Former Lab Members

Former Staff Members

Crystal Gilbert, B.S., Lab Specialist, 1999-2001
Gholamreza "Reza" Haqshenas, DVM, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, 2000-2002
B. Edward Fulton, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, 2002
Marga Martin, DVM, PhD, Visiting Scientist, 2003
Bibiana Peralta Ramos, D.V.M., Ph.D., 2008. Visiting Scholar
Fang-Fang Huang, D.V.M., Ph.D, Postdoctoral Associate, 2004-2007
Alicia Feagins, B.S., Research Associate, 2005-2006
Jennifer DiCristina, B.S., Laboratory Specialist, 2005-2007
Denis K. Guenette, B.S. Laboratory Specialist, 2000-2007
Sheela Ramamoorthy, D.V.M., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, 2006-2008

Former Graduate Students

Trevor Williams, M.S. (awarded Spring 2001), D.V.M. (awarded 2005)
Martijn Fenaux, Ph.D.(awarded Spring 2004)
Kerri Cooper, M.S. (awarded Summer 2004)
Fang-Fang Huang, Ph.D. (awarded Fall 2004)
Zhi-Feng Sun, Ph.D. (awarded Spring 2005)
Kijona F. Key, D.V.M.(awarded Spring 2005), Ph.D. (awarded Spring 2007)
Nicole McKeown Juhan, Ph.D.(awarded Spring 2007)
Padma Billam, Ph.D. (awarded Spring 2007)

Former Undergraduate Students

Martijn Fenaux, Biology, 1999
Kijona Key, MAOP summer student, 2000
M. Ben Potters, Biochemistry, 1999-2000
Amy Weaver, Biology, 2000
Nicole E. McKeown, Biology, 2001-2002
Leslie Wahlgren, Biology, 2002-2003
Erin Sturgil, Veterinary Medicine, 2003
Alan Dunlop, Biology (ISEP student), 2002
Jennifer Gillespie , Animal Sciences (Honor Student), 2004-2005
Christine George, Biology (Honor Student), 2006-2007.
Christina Connor, Veterinary Medicine (Preceptorship), 2007.