Girija Regmi

Syed Islam

Ricardo Mendes

Devanjan Dey

Lucas Demey

Katie Metcalf

Mackenzie Long

Mekala Sundaram

Akaterina Davros

Ethan Stinchcomb

Adam Edge

Juliana Calil brondani

Isha Mhatre winters

Jacob Boos

Karin Allenspach jorn

Leigh Anne Clark

Shiquan Cui

Tatum Mortimer

Paulo Gomes filho

Jonathan Mochel

Meghan Fick

Douglas Paton

Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria, is a deadly parasite that is spread through the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes. My lab is committed to developing new and novel ways to reduce global malaria burden, and studies the interaction of Plasmodium parasites with their Anopheles mosquito host, with an emphasis […]

Jason Richardson

Bryan Torres

Bryan Torres

Rachel Pfeifle

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Jayshree Samanta

Blake Billmyre

Human fungal pathogens cause more than 1.5 million deaths annually. In particular, Cryptococcus species are responsible for life threatening meningitis and kill nearly 200,000 people a year. There are only three classes of effective antifungal drugs available to treat Cryptococcus and developing new drugs is difficult because many potential antifungal […]

Hui Zhang

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Jason Richardson

Gregory Phillips

Education & Background Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, B.A.(1979) Biological Sciences Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, M.A. (1981) Microbiology University of Georgia, Athens, GA , Ph.D. (1987) Genetics Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Postdoctoral Fellow (1990) Molecular Biology College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Assistant Professor (1993) Biology Iowa State […]

Hui Zhang

Grazieli Maboni

Grazieli Maboni

Sarah Wheat

Shaolin Liu

Dan Zhao

Meigeng Hu

Dax Ovid

Discipline-Based Education Researcher Science Faculty with Education Specialties Trained in Reproductive Neuroendocrinology First-generation college going

Meghan Seabolt

Amber Harris

Hillary Hammond

Hillary Hammond

Bryce Miller

Nicole Jones

S. Nicole Jones

Nicole joined the CVM in September 2022 as the Assessment and Accreditation Coordinator for the DVM program. Prior to this role, she worked 14 years in higher education (academic advising / student success and program evaluation / assessment) and 5 years in the federal government (qualitative data collection & analysis). […]

Ania Majewska

Jarrod Call

Alex Rosenberg

Dr. Alex Rosenberg is a trained molecular microbiologist and parasitologist. His research program focused on the interaction of the apicomplexan intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii and its mammalian host. This fascinating microorganism is able to invade any nucleated cell, block phagosome acidification, inhibit interferon response, prevent cell death, and grow rapidly […]

Daniel Peach

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animals, but they have a secret life that doesn’t involve biting us. It’s this whole secret life, that includes everything from mosquito pollination to the non-human animals they feed on to mosquito-mosquito competition to how they find each other to mate, that fascinates me and […]

Eniope Oluwayinka

Michelle Coleman

Michelle Coleman

Staci Cannon

M.A. McCrackin

Karthick Chennakesavan

Angie Mcdaniel

Brian Sutherland

Arthi Kanthasamy

Anumantha Kanthasamy

Huajun Jin

Grant Crane

Samantha Schlemmer

Sarah E. Everett

Sarah Schneider

Lilian Oliveira

Ellen Haynes

Catherine Vetter

Binu Velayudhan

Binu Velayudhan is the Director of Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a veterinarian and a board-certified virologist. Dr. Velayudhan earned his PhD in infectious diseases from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from Texas Tech University. […]

Jeffrey Sanford

Whitney Hinson

Allison K. Dockery

Allison K. Dockery

Dr. Allison Dockery is an avid horse enthusiast that grew up competing and training Hunter Jumpers in San Diego, California and then went on to compete in both the English and Western show ring. She attended California Polytechnic State University where she obtained her B.S. in Animal Science, followed by […]

Katie Ellis

Jacqueline Parr

Dr. Parr, a 2009 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® with the American College of Veterinary Nutrition, joined the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2020 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Nutrition. In her role, Dr. Parr leads the Small Animal […]

Valentine Verpaalen

Lauren Markovic

Erin Graham

Richard Tuckfield

Chester Joyner

Dr. Chet Joyner is a trained immunologist and parasitologist. His research program focuses on understanding the biology of Plasmodium vivax, malaria immunology and pathogenesis, and the biology of B cells and plasma cells. The ultimate goals of his research is to use cutting-edge technologies to help development new treatments and […]

Ebru Karpuzoglu Belgin

Lei Yin

Carole Miller

Claudio Afonso

Jonathan Towner

Raquel Rech

Terry Ng

Jeffrey Fisher

Susan Wynn

Amelia Woolums

Arun Kulkarni

Egbert Mundt

Guillermo Zavala

Hector Cervantes

Ivan Alvarado

J Day

Jose Bruzual

Martin Smeltzer

Peter Holt

Richard Buhr

Robert Owen

Samantha Gibbs

Randy Eggleston

Maricarmen Garcia

Moges Woldemariam

Jo Smith

Jo Smith

Joerg Mayer

Andrew Moorhead

Patti Miller

Daniela Rajao

Dr. Rajao is an assistant professor within the Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center in the Department of Population Health, at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Rajao is also affiliated with the Center for Vaccines and Immunology. Dr. Rajao’s current research focuses on understanding the molecular elements involved with host […]

Kathryn Diehl

Evan White

Cody Laas

Hind Yahyaoui Azami

Hind Yahyaoui Azami is an early-career researcher in the field of infectious diseases, with 10 years’ cumulative post-graduate experience in the epidemiology of zoonotic diseases. She has carried out research in Morocco and Switzerland and possess strong skills in managing international knowledge networks, research partnerships and program development in the […]

Shannon Hostetter

Shannon Jones Hostetter

Brittany McHale

Christopher Cleveland

John Fischer

Bianca Lourenço

Melinda Brindley

Dr. Melinda Brindley is a molecular virologist, with expertise in positive and negative sense RNA viruses. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa studying how Ebola virus and equine infectious anemia virus enters host cells. As a postdoc at Emory University, she characterized how the measles virus glycoprotein […]

Karen A. Norris

Karen Norris, PhD, received her doctorate in biomedical sciences and microbiology from Wright State University School of Medicine and completed post-doctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Norris was appointed as Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, then joined the newly formed Department […]

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Valerie Moorman

Jesse Hostetter

Dr. Hostetter is the Barry G. Harmon Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He also is the Executive Director of the Tifton and Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories. In these positions he is responsible for all aspects of the service, teaching and research […]

Yung-Yi Mosley

BVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM Dr. Mosley is from Taiwan where she earned her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Science from National Chung Hsing University. Later she got her PhD degree from Purdue University in Virology & Vaccinology. She is a board certified Veterinary Microbiologist with experience of […]

Colleen Sheridan

Robyn Ellerbrock

Wendy Watford

Wendy Watford

Inflammation is necessary for efficient pathogen clearance, but inappropriate inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of infectious and autoimmune diseases. The focus of the Watford lab is to gain a better understanding of immunoregulatory networks, especially at pulmonary and gastrointestinal barriers that represent major sites for pathogen entry. Current efforts are […]

Balazs Rada

My laboratory studies mechanisms of respiratory innate immunity supporting immune responses to pathogens or underlying pathogeneses of lung diseases. The first major project focuses on cystic fibrosis lung disease and studies host-pathogen interactions between neutrophils and respiratory pathogens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium abscessus. The second main project investigates […]

Eric Harvill

Eric Harvill

Eric T. Harvill completed his Ph.D in Immunology at UCLA in 1996 and postdoctoral studies in Microbial Pathogenesis. He has served the National Academies, NIH, USDA, DOD and other agencies in a variety of capacities and has served on many national and international review panels and editorial boards. He advanced […]

Roberto A. Palomares

Roberto A. Palomares

I was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, a very warm, colorful, coastal city with cultural and geographical importance for the development of the region. With no doubts, one of the most beautiful countries on the planet, not only for the natural and economic resources, but also for our lovely and diverse […]

Emmanuel Rollin

Emmanuel Rollin

Brenton Credille

Bradley Dale Heins

Bradley Dale Heins

Dr. Heins has lived in various regions of the United States and has a diverse background as a veterinary for beef, swine, and dairy operations as well as prior experience working in small animal medicine.  Having grown up in rural Georgia, Dr. Heins sees the importance of mentoring students to […]

Michael W. Overton

Roy Berghaus

Roy Berghaus

Mark Ruder

Michael Perlini

Rebecca Poulson

Michael J. Yabsley

Daniel G. Mead

Sonia M. Hernandez

Joseph Bartges

Mandy Wallace

Mandy Wallace

Corey Saba

Corey Saba

Branson Ritchie

Jane Quandt

Jane Quandt

Marc Kent

Marc Kent

Tim Burg

Kate Myrna

Kate Myrna

Amie Koenig

Amie Koenig

Stephen Divers

Karen M. Wells

Karen M. Wells

Benjamin Brainard

Benjamin Brainard

Daniel Rissi

Nikki Shariat

Nikki Shariat

Paul A. Eubig

Paul A. Eubig

Jarrod J. Mousa

Jarrod Mousa received his PhD from the University of Florida where he studied the structure and mechanism of multidrug transporters in pathogenic bacteria. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University in the Vaccine Center where he studied the human antibody response to respiratory syncytial virus. Dr. Mousa joined […]

Sara E. Gonzalez

Michaela G. Austel

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Lisa K. Nolan

Xiaoqin Ye

Xiaoqin Ye

John J. Wagner

John J. Wagner

Maria M. Viveiros

Carmen Herrera

Throughout my professional career, my main research goal has been to contribute significantly in the field of microbial sciences concentrating on the study of pathogenic bacteria. The Trent Lab is interested in uncovering the molecular mechanisms required for assembly and maintenance of membranes in Gram-negative bacteria. Working as member of […]

Sherry Sanderson

Sherry Sanderson

Daniel R. Perez

Carla Jarrett

Carla Jarrett

Robert M. Gogal Jr.

John F. Peroni

James Moore

Kelsey A. Hart

Kelsey A. Hart

Hemant Naikare

I am a board certified diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists with twenty years of experience in the field of diagnostic microbiology: classical and conventional methodologies to detect diseases of livestock, companion animals, zoonotic diseases, food safety, antimicrobial resistance and public health. Currently, I am a tenured Professor […]

Frane Banovic

Frane Banovic

Kira L. Epstein

Kira L. Epstein

Stephen Harvey

Krzysztof Czaja

Leanne Alworth

Leanne Alworth

Kristina Meichner

Chris King

Steven D. Holladay

Steven D. Holladay

Gaylen Edwards

Gaylen L. Edwards

Dennis Kyle

Department of Cellular Biology profile

Brandy Burgess

Demba Sarr

Demba Sarr

I grew up and experienced several severe malaria episodes. I decided to dedicate my life to infectious diseases especially malaria. After my 4 years of college in biology, I applied to graduate school and spent 3 years at the French Institute of Research and Development located in Dakar. I diagnosed […]

Dr. Ted Ross

Ted M. Ross

M. Stephen Trent

Understanding the bacterial cell envelope provides valuable insights for two crucial areas: the discovery of new antibiotics and the understanding of microbe-host interactions. The cell envelope serves as a prime target for antibiotic development, as its unique components and processes can be exploited to disrupt bacterial growth and survival. By […]

Pejman Rohani

Odum School of Ecology profile

Sherry Clouser

Sherry Clouser

Dr. Clouser is a 2005 graduate of the University of Georgia Department of Adult Education and joined the CVM in 2018 after 19 years at the UGA Center for Teaching and Learning. Her professional interests include new models for curriculum in veterinary medical education, online and hybrid designs for faculty […]

Richard Hall

Richard Hall

Odum School of Ecology profile

Yyan Lin

Yuan Lin

I have been investigating virus-host interactions, focusing on the roles of host proteins in regulating virus replication.

Russell Karls

Dr. Karls is a Senior Research Scientist in the Infectious Diseases Department at the University of Georgia. He received undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his doctorate in Bacteriology from UW-Madison applying biochemistry and molecular genetics to study transcriptional control of bacterial photosynthesis. […]

Leslie P. Jones

My research interests include the development of novel antiviral therapeutic agents, as well as the re-purposing of existing therapies applied to counter viral infection. Host cells, triggered by virus infection, induce multiple anti-viral and pro-viral pathways utilized, suppressed or evaded by viruses presenting potential druggable host targets. Our lab studies […]

Tuhina Gupta

Dr. Tuhina Gupta is an immunologist and a bacteriologist, with expertise in mycobacterial diseases. She joined the University of Georgia in 2007 and works with Dr. Frederick Quinn on multiple projects. Her research focuses on developing animal models of mycobacterial pathology, meningitis, latency, and transmission, testing novel methods for TB […]

Michael Dzimianski

Jamie Barber

Jamie Barber received an undergraduate degree from a small liberal arts honors college in Maryland and began his professional career at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Oncology Center in the Bone Marrow Transplant Research Unit. After completing a masters degree in Environmental Science with a focus on Toxicology, […]

Vincent Starai

Department of Microbiology profile

Andrew W. Park

Andrew W. Park

Odum School of Ecology profile

Jeff Hogan

Robert Jeffrey Hogan

Dr. Hogan began his 30 year scientific career studying host-pathogen interactions during his graduate studies, which focused on immune responses to viral infection in teleosts. After receiving his doctoral degree, he joined the laboratory of Dr. David Woodland at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where his research focused on cell-mediated […]

Ralph Tripp

Ralph A. Tripp

Dr. Ralph Tripp is a Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine and is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Vaccine and Therapeutics. Dr. Tripp was trained in the field of viral immunity with Laureate Professor Peter C. Doherty and led a research […]

S. Mark Tompkins

Mark Tompkins is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research, a NIAID Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR) at the University of Georgia. He received his doctorate in Immunology from Emory University and then studied immune mechanisms of autoimmune diseases […]

Fred Quinn

Frederick D. Quinn

Frederick D. Quinn, Ph.D., is Athletic Association Professor of Infectious Diseases, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Interim Director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. Dr. Quinn oversaw several laboratory groups at the Centers for Disease […]

David S. Peterson

The research in my lab is focused on Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria. The parasite uses a protein encoded by an antigenically variant gene family to bind receptors on host cells, allowing the parasites to avoid passage through the spleen. One member of this family encodes a protein […]

Eric R. Lafontaine

Eric R. Lafontaine

One component of my research program consists of identifying and characterizing surface antigens expressed by pathogenic bacteria including Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. Given their cellular location at the host-pathogen interface, surface antigens play key roles in bacterial virulence. We believe that studying their biological functions will shed light on […]

Mary Hondalus

Mary Hondalus

Dr. Hondalus is a graduate from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, and following graduation, she was an equine and small animal private practitioner. She subsequently completed a Large Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology […]

Whitney Rabacal

Whitney Rabacal

Whitney Rabacal obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME) in 2006 and then worked as a research assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA) in the laboratory Dr. Vicki Rubin Kelley from 2016-2010, focusing on models of autoimmune kidney disease. In 2016, Dr. Rabacal then received her […]

Biao He

Dr. He’s lab has been studying paramyxoviruses including PIV5, mumps virus and emerging Jeilongviruses. His work has led to development of paramyxovirus-based vaccines

Donald Harn

Donald Harn

Dawn Clarke

Dawn Clarke

Daniel Sakai

Daniel Sakai

Catherine Logue

Catherine Logue

Dr. Logue specializes in the detection and characterization of foodborne pathogens from food animal sources and has extensive research programs in pathogens of human and animal health; antimicrobial resistance; Food Safety and bacterial pathogenesis of poultry and poultry production. She has published extensively in research areas including, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus […]

María Ferrer

James Stanton

James Stanton

Justin Bahl

My research interests span the ecology, evolution, population dynamics, and molecular epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases. I am primarily interested in viral disease systems, such as influenza A virus, where transmission at individual (including between host species), population and global scales are difficult to observe or quantify.

Jesse R. Schank

Ankita Garg

Ankita Garg

Dr. Garg received Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science, India, followed by postdoctoral training from the University of Texas Health Science Center and the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Garg also spent a few years in the R&D divisions of pharmaceutical companies where […]

Koichi Nagata

Spencer Johnston

Spencer Johnston

Susan Sanchez

Dr. Susan Sanchez is a tenured Department of Infectious Diseases professor and the University of Georgia Curriculum Committee Chair. She has received numerous microbiology, research, mentoring, and teaching awards. Her former students occupy prominent science positions nationally and internationally. Dr. Sanchez is a member of the Council of Councils at […]

Susan M. Williams

Elizabeth Uhl

Andrew Parks

Kaori Sakamoto

Kaori Sakamoto

Tamas Nagy

Doris M. Miller

Doris M. Miller

Marcia Ilha

Elizabeth Howerth

Jaroslava Halper

Jaroslava Halper

Nicole Gottdenker

Bridget Garner

Bridget Garner

Alvin C. Camus

Chad Schmiedt

Chad Schmiedt

Monique S. França

Nicole Northrup

Nicole Northrup

Jarred M. Williams

Britt Thevelein

Michele Barletta

Tai L. Guo

Tai L. Guo

Leticia Dantas

Leticia Dantas

Holly S. Sellers

Nicole Nemeth

Nicole Nemeth

Cassan Pulaski

Brian Beasley

Brian Beasley

Renee Barber

Renee Barber

Ashutosh Pathak

I am interested in determining how parasite fitness is shaped by interactions with host(s) and environment. Questions that motivate my research include: 1) How do biotic and abiotic factors regulate dynamics of parasite populations within and between hosts? 2) To what extent do parasites and their hosts vary naturally in […]

Brian Jordan

Janet Grimes

Janet Grimes

Nicolle Barbieri

Dr. Barbieri is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She is specialized in Extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) – which encompass avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and Neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC). She has […]

Travis Laver

Rachel Reed

Erin M. Beasley

Erin M. Beasley

Jenny Nicholds

Jenny Nicholds

Karen Grogan

Karen Grogan

Clare Ryan

Clare Ryan

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