Roster - Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

S. Ansar Ahmed
DVM, PhD

Professor, Immunology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Associate Dean

Research & Graduate Studies

ansrahmd@vt.edu
F. William Pierson
MS, DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACPV

Interim Department Head

Professor,
Biosecurity and Infection Control / Avian Medicine

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

pierson@vt.edu
Andrew B. Allison
MS, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular Virology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

aba25@vt.edu
Irving C. Allen
PhD

Assistant Professor, Inflammatory Disease

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

icallen@vt.edu
Roger J. Avery
PhD

Professor, Virology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

avery@vt.edu
Abdullah Awaysheh

Graduate Student, Pathology

abod442@vt.edu
Sarah Barrett
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

shammond@vt.edu
Joseph Bassaganya-Riera

DVM, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Director

Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Tech

jbassaga@vt.edu
Dennis J. Blodgett
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ABVT

Associate Professor Emeritus, Toxicology

dblodg@vt.edu
Katie M. Boes
DVM, MS
Diplomate ACVP

Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

kmn@vt.edu
Tiffany Borjeson
DVM

Adjunct Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine

borjeson@vt.edu
Stephen M. Boyle
MS, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Microbiology

smboyle@vt.edu
Thomas Brickler

Graduate Student, Stem Cell Physiology

tomrb3@vt.edu
James Budnick

Graduate Student, Bacteriology

jab5771@vt.edu
Tam Bui

Graduate Student, Immunology and Virology

hibiscus@vt.edu
Dianjun Cao
PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Molecular Virology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

djcao@vt.edu
Qian Cao

Graduate Student, Molecular Virology

qiancao@vt.edu
Clayton Caswell
PhD

Assistant Professor, Bacteriology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

caswellc@vt.edu
Nicholas Catanzaro

Graduate Student, Virology

cata9270@vt.edu
Thomas Cecere
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

tcecere@vt.edu
Miao Chen

Graduate Student, Stem Cell Physiology

miao13@vt.edu
Cyril R. Clarke
BVSc (RSA), PhD, Diplomate ACVCP

Dean

VA-MD Vet Med

cvmdean@vt.edu
Stacy Clothier
DVM

Resident / Graduate Student,
Clinical Pathology

slc3377@vt.edu
Donald O. Cordes
BVSc, MS, MACVSc
Diplomate ACVP

Professor Emeritus, Pathology

dcordes@xtra.co.nz
Sheryl Coutermarsh-Ott
DVM, Diplomate ACVP

Graduate Student, Inflammatory disease

slc2003@vt.edu
Catherine Cowan

Graduate Student, Immunology (parallel DVM/PhD student)

crc3d@vt.edu
Rujuan Dai
PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

rdai05@vt.edu
Jennifer L. Davis
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVIM, Diplomate ACVCP

Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

jdavis4@vt.edu
J. P. Dubey
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Senior Scientific Research Service, (ES-1), ARS, USDA

jdubey@anri.barc.usda.gov
Kristin Eden
DVM, Diplomate ACVP

Graduate Student, Virology

keden@vt.edu
Marion F. Ehrich
MS, RPh, PhD
Diplomate ABT

Professor, Pharmacology/Toxicology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

marion@vt.edu
Ludeman A. Eng
MA, PhD

Associate Professor Emeritus, Anatomy & Cell Biology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

laeng@vt.edu
Eda Erdogan
PhD

Research Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

erdoge@vt.edu
Marigold Ernst
DVM

Resident / Graduate Student,
Clinical Pathology

marigold@vt.edu
Peter Eyre
BVMS, PhD, MRCVS

Professor Emeritus, Pharmacology

Former Dean of VA-MD Vet Med

cvmpxe@vt.edu
Mark R. Finkler
DVM

Adjunct Professor, Exotic Animal Medicine

finklerrah@cox.net
Larry E. Freeman
DVM, MS

Associate Professor Emeritus, Anatomy

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

lfreeman@vt.edu
Kelly Freudenberger

Graduate Student, Bacteriology

kcflogan@vt.edu
Theresa Gillian
MS

Instructor, Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

theresag@vt.edu
Robert G. Gourdie
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Director,
Cardiovascular & Regenerative Biology Center, VTCRI

gourdier@vtc.vt.edu
Julie M. Green
DVM, MS

Special Research Assistant Professor,
Veterinary Medical Informatics

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

jmgreen@vt.edu
Erwin Kristobal Gudenschwager

Graduate Student, Cell Biology

kristoba@vt.edu
Shireen Hafez
DVM, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anatomy

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

shafez@vt.edu
Qian Han
DVM, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry

qianhan@vt.edu
Cory Hanks

DVM

Resident / Graduate Student,
Anatomic Pathology

chanks@vt.edu
Jia-Qiang He
PhD

Assistant Professor, Stem Cell Physiology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

jiahe@vt.edu
Theresa Hrubec
DVM, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

thrubec@vcom.vt.edu
Neeta Jain-Gupta
PhD

Senior Research Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

njain80@vt.edu
Yaowei Huang
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

yhuang@zju.edu.cn
William R. Huckle
MS, PhD

Associate Professor, Cell Biology / Pharmacology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

wrhuckle@vt.edu
Thomas J. Inzana
MS, PhD
Diplomate ABMM

Director / Professor, Clinical Microbiology

Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Chair of Bacteriology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

tinzana@vt.edu
Marcelo A. Gomez Jaramillo
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Universidad Austral de Chile

marcelogomez@uach.cl
Bernard S. Jortner
VMD, MS
Diplomate ACVP

Professor Emeritus, Pathology

bjortner@vt.edu
Bradley G. Klein
PhD

Associate Professor, Neurobiology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

bklein@vt.edu
Victoria Kok
MLS

Adjunct Professor

Professor, University Libraries (Biomedical Library Science)

vkok@vt.edu
Kevin Lahmers
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Clinical Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

klahmers@vt.edu
Tanya LeRoith
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Clinical Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

tleroith@vt.edu
Benjamin Ledford

Graduate Student, Stem Cell Pysiology

btledfor@vt.edu
John C. Lee
PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

jclee@vt.edu
Yong Woo Lee
MS, PhD

Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

ywlee@vt.edu
Shaohua Lei

Graduate Student, Virology

lsh2013@vt.edu
Liwu Li
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Associate Professor, Department of Biology LSI, Virginia Tech

lwli@vt.edu
Wen Li
MD, MS

Research Scientist

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

liwen@vt.edu
Yunbo Li
MD, MPH, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology

yli@campbell.edu
Xiaofeng Liao

Graduate Student, Immunology

xifeli@vt.edu
David S. Lindsay
PhD

Professor, Parasitology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

lindsayd@vt.edu
Xin Luo
PhD

Assistant Professor, Immunology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

xinluo@vt.edu
Robert MacPhail
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Research Psychologist

rcmp13@vt.edu
Shannon Matzinger
PhD

Postdoctoral Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

mshann2@vt.edu
Sarah McDonald
PhD

Assistant Professor, Virology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Assistant Professor

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

mcdonaldsa@vtc.vt.edu
Allison McKell

Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences

aomckell@vt.edu
David L. McRurer
DVM

Adjunct Professor

Director,
Veterinary Sciences Wildlife Center of Virginia

dmcrurer@wildlifecenter.org
Dylan Mcdaniel

Graduate Student, Inflammatory disease

dylan92@vt.edu
J. Blair Meldrum
DVM, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Toxicology

bmeldrum@vt.edu
Xiang-Jin Meng
MD, MS, PhD

University Distinguished Professor, Molecular Virology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

xjmeng@vt.edu
Hara P. Misra
BVSc, MS, PhD
Diplomate ACFE

Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry

misra@vt.edu
David M. Moore
DVM, MS
Diplomate ACLAM

Associate Vice President for Research Compliance

Virginia Tech

Adjunct Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

moored@vt.edu
Qinghui Mu

Graduate Student, Immunology

qhmu@vt.edu
Nanda Nanthakumar
PhD

Associate Professor,
Mucosal Immunology, Microbiome, & Inflammatory Diseases

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

nanda@vt.edu
Ken Oestreich
PhD

Assistant Professor, Immunology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Assistant Professor

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

oestrk@vtc.vt.edu
Benjamin Okyere

Graduate Student, Anatomic Pathology

bokyere@vt.edu
Christopher Overend
PhD

Postdoctoral Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

coverend@vt.edu
Richard Sawyer

Graduate Student, Parasitology

richard5@vt.edu
Katelynn Monti

Graduate Student, Parasitology

kmonti1@vt.edu
Jingjing Ren

Graduate Student, Immunology

renjj@vt.edu
Amanda Hazy

Graduate Student, Stem Cell Physiology

amanh15@vt.edu
Briana Petruzzi

Graduate Student, Bacteriology

bripet@vt.edu
Carl J. Pfeiffer
MA, MS, PhD

Professor Emeritus,
Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology / Cellular Ultrastructure

carlsan@vt.edu
M. Renee Prater
DVM, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

mrprater@vcom.vt.edu
Ashwin Ramesh

Graduate Student, Inflammatory Disease

akramesh@vt.edu
Srinivas Rao
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Adjunct Professor

Chief,
Translational Research Program, NIH Bethesda, MD

srao1@mail.nih.gov
Christopher Reilly
PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

chreilly@vcom.vt.edu
Adam Rogers
PhD

Postdoctoral Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

adamjr@vt.edu
Beverly Rzigalinski
MS, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

brzigali@vcom.vt.edu
Meriam Saleh

Graduate Student, Parasitology

msaleh1@vt.edu
Geoffrey K. Saunders
DVM, MS
Diplomate ACVP

Associate Professor, Pathology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

gsaun@vt.edu
Betsy Schroeder

Graduate Student, Bacteriology

bschroed@vt.edu
Gerhardt G. Schurig
DVM, MS, PhD

Professor, Immunology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

gschurig@vt.edu
Lauren Sheehan

Graduate Student, Bacteriology

xlaurro@vt.edu
Zhi Sheng
PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Assistant Professor

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

zhisheng@vtc.vt.edu
Bonnie J. Smith
DVM, PhD

Associate Professor,
Anatomy / Embryology / Physiology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

bjsmith@vt.edu
Garrett Smith

Graduate Student, Bacteriology (parallel DVM/PhD student)

gps17@vt.edu
Stephen A. Smith
DVM, MS, PhD

Professor,
Aquatic Medicine & Fish Health / Wildlife & Exotic Animal Medicine

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

stsmith7@vt.edu
D. Phillip Sponenberg
DVM, PhD

Professor, Pathology / Genetics

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

dpsponen@vt.edu
Nammalwar Sriranganathan
BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Diplomate ACVM

Director,
Center for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Diseases

Professor, Bacteriology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

nathans@vt.edu
Sakthivel Subramaniam
PhD

Postdoctoral Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

sakthism@vt.edu
Monica C. Taylor

Administrative Assistant

mctaylor@vt.edu
Michelle Theus
PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Neurobiology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

mtheus@vt.edu
Debin Tian
PhD

Postdoctoral Associate

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

debint@vt.edu
Lynette Tobias
DVM, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Veterinary Medical Officer,
USDA, APHIS (Pathology)

Lynette.Tobias@usda.gov
Thomas E. Toth
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVCP

Professor Emeritus, Virology

ttoth@vt.edu
Oscar Alejandro Peralta Troncoso
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Universidad Austral de Chile

oscarperalta@uach.cl
Erica Twitchell
DVM, Diplomate ACVP

Graduate Student, Virology

etwitche@vt.edu
Ramesh Vemulapalli
PhD

Adjunct Professor

Department Head, Department of Comparative Pathobiology

Professor, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology

Purdue University

rvemulap@purdue.edu
Backiyalakshmi Ammayappan Venkatachalam

Graduate Student, Virology

backiya@vt.edu
Steven Waldrop

Graduate Student, Bacteriology (parallel DVM/PhD student)

stevenw3@vt.edu
Jeff R. Wilcke
DVM, MS
Diplomate ACVCP

Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf Professor of Veterinary Medical Informatics

Professor, Clinical Pharmacology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

jwilcke@vt.edu
Hehuang "David" Xie
MS, PhD

Associate Professor, Epigenomics and Computational Biology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Associate Professor

Biocomplexity Institute

Epigenomics and Computational Biology Laboratory

davidxie@vbi.vt.edu
Lijuan Yuan
MS, PhD

Associate Professor, Immunology and Virology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

lyuan@vt.edu
Ruoix Yuan

Graduate Student, Immunology

rxyuan@vt.edu
Danielle Yugo

Graduate Student, Molecular Virology

mydan12@vt.edu
Anne M. Zajac
DVM, MS, PhD

Professor, Parasitology

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

azajac@vt.edu
Kurt Zimmerman
DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Professor, Pathology / Informatics

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

kzimmerm@vt.edu

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology Roster