Our department is a tight-knit, welcoming community of teachers and learners united by a passion for biomedical sciences and animal well-being. We are driven by student success and advancing knowledge. We achieve these goals through teaching and faculty/student-led research.

Name Title Email Phone
Evelyn "Ellie" Abraham Graduate Student - Plant Biology eja173@psu.edu 814-865-3650
Srijana Adhikari Graduate Student - Pathobiology sva5726@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Morris Aguilar Graduate Student - Medicine/Bioformatic Genomics mua447@psu.edu 814-865-0794
Savannah Anez Graduate Student - Plant Biology sga5169@psu.edu 814-865-3650
Avery August, PhD Adjunct Faculty Member aa749@cornell.edu 607-253-3401
Adrian A. Barragan, DVM, MS, PhD Associate Research Professor axb779@psu.edu 814-863-5849
Rhiannon Barry Research Technologist rms347@psu.edu 814-863-5300
Jessica Betts Research Technologist jyb5628@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Beckie Bomberger Research Technologist 2 / Receiving Tech rab5536@psu.edu 814-863-4347
Nina Boyle Graduate Student - Physiology nrb5391@psu.edu
Jason W. Brooks, VMD, PhD, Diplomate ACVP Adjunct Faculty Member jwb21@psu.edu 814-863-5260
Brandy Brown Administrative Coordinator bcm12@psu.edu 814-865-0836
Justin Brown, DVM, PhD Assistant Teaching Professor jdb56@psu.edu 814-863-4883
Karen Brown Administrative Support (Undergraduate Programs) kbs10@psu.edu 814-865-5630
Richelle Brown, HT (ASCP) Research Technologist - Histotechnician rib5366@psu.edu (814) 865-5796
Anna-Marie Buck, CCT Necropsy Research Technician akw5528@psu.edu 814-865-0590
Maurice Byukusenge, DVM, PhD, DACVM Assistant Clinical Professor mpb5554@psu.edu 814-863-1949
Margherita T Cantorna, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Molecular Immunology mxc69@psu.edu 814-863-2819
Allison Causey Serology Technician acc5306@psu.edu
Francisco "Cisco" Chacon Graduate Student - Plant Biology ftc5040@psu.edu 814-867-1383
Debopriya Chakraborty Graduate Student - Pathobiology dxc923@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Meghna Chakraborty Graduate Student - BMMB mvc6292@psu.edu 814-852-8557
Santoshi Chaudhary Graduate Student - Pathobiology smc7847@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Xiaoling Chen Graduate student - Pathobiology xzc5221@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Darnella Cole Graduate Student - Pathobiology ddc37@psu.edu
Megan Copeland Research Assistant Serology Lab mec62@psu.edu
Denise Coslo Research Technologist dmw178@psu.edu 814-865-1572
Jessie Crosby Administrative Support Assistant jmc6052@psu.edu 814-865-7833
Arshiya Dewan Pathobiology Graduate Student azd5929@psu.edu 8148528701
Jeffery Dodds, DVM Animal Resource Program & IACUC Veterinarian jwd12@psu.edu 814-863-7813
Edward G Dudley, Ph.D. Director of E. coli Reference Center egd100@psu.edu 814-867-0439
Jonathan Elissa Avian Pathology Resident jye5138@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Cassandra Field Graduate Student cif5202@psu.edu 814-863-6350
Nicole Froelich Graduate Student - Pathobiology nef5148@psu.edu
Adam Glick, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis abg11@psu.edu 814-865-7170
Hangdi "Di" Gong Graduate Student hvg5190@psu.edu 814-863-8234
Abhinay Gontu Graduate Student - Pathobiology abhinay@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Lester C. Griel, VMD, MS, Diplomate American College of Theriogenologists Professor Emeritus lcg1@psu.edu 814-865-1321
Molly Hall, Ph.D., M.S. Assistant Professor mah546@psu.edu 814-865-0794
Fuhua Hao Postdoctoral Scholar fxh147@psu.edu 814-865-1415
Ernest Hovingh, DVM, PhD Clinical Professor & Extension Veterinarian eph1@psu.edu 814-863-8526
Lola Hubler Research Technologist lah161@psu.edu 814-865-5794
Todd Jackson, DVM, DACLAM Director of the Animal Resource Program taj5330@psu.edu 814-865-1495
Padmaja Jakka, PhD • Post-Doctoral Scholar pkj5121@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Bhushan M. Jayarao, MVSc, Ph.D., MPH Professor of Public Health bmj3@psu.edu 814-863-5939
Teal Jordan, M.S. Research Technologist & Laboratory Manager, Kellogg Lab rtj5@psu.edu 814-863-0642
Kaile Jump Research Technologist 2 - Kalantari Lab kej19@psu.edu 814-865-6146
Parisa Kalantari, PhD Assistant Professor of Immunology puk103@psu.edu 814-865-6610
Bhuvana Katkere, MD, PhD Assistant Teaching Professor bxk33@psu.edu 814-865-5949
Joshua Kellogg Assistant Professor jjk6146@psu.edu 814-865-2887
Mary J. Kennett, DVM, Ph.D., Diplomate ACLAM Professor Emeritus mjk26@psu.edu 814-865-1495
Abigail Kerr Research Technologist 2 aek9@psu.edu
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, BVSc, MVSc, Ph.D. Associate Professor gsk125@psu.edu 814-863-5250
Jennifer Koehl, VMD Assistant Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator jzk335@psu.edu 814-863-5938
Jody A. Kull, DVM Assistant Teaching Professor jodykull@psu.edu 814-865-6702
Manoj Kumar Post-Doctoral Scholar mmk6053@psu.edu 814-863-7912
Tyler Lantiegne Research Tech thl5122@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Tai-Jung "Reness" Lee Graduate Student (MCIBS) txl560@psu.edu 814-863-8234
LingLing Li Research Technologist lul17@psu.edu 814-865-3087
Megan Lighty, DVM, PhD, DACPV Associate Clinical Professor mul132@psu.edu 814-863-2007
Pengyu Liu Graduate Student - Pathobiology pvl5229@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Amy Long Proposal and Awards Generalist all18@psu.edu 814-865-1103
Huaguang Lu, DVM, MS, MPVM Clinical Professor Emeritus hxl15@psu.edu 814-863-4369
Rajeswaran Mani Director, Flow Cytometry Facility rpm5900@psu.edu 814-865-6595
Marcela Martinez Research Technologist cmm427@psu.edu 814-863-0489
Tammy Matthews, MLT, (ASCP) Research Technologist tlm8@psu.edu 814-863-1257
Fred Metzger, DVM, MRCVS, Diplomate ABVP Adjunct Professor flm5093@psu.edu 814-865-7833
Reneé Miller Administrative Support Coordinator rgm13@psu.edu 814-865-1107
Ethan Morgan Graduate Student / BMMB ewm5400@psu.edu
Kayla Niel, DVM, MS Assistant Clinical Professor krn127@psu.edu 814-863-3036
Ruth Nissly Assistant Research Professor rah38@psu.edu 814-863-6027
Megan Nitchman Graduate Student (MCIBS) msn5269@psu.edu 814-865-6146
Curt Omiecinski, PhD Professor Emeritus of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences cjo10@psu.edu 814-863-1625
Troy L. Ott, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Professor of Reproductive Physiology tlo12@psu.edu 814-441-2657
Nikki Palmiero Research Technologist nep63@psu.edu 814-865-0794
Devanshi Patel Graduate student - Pathobiology drp5323@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Dhwani Patel Graduate student dbp5384@psu.edu 814-863-7610
Andrew D. Patterson, Ph.D. John T. and Paige S. Smith Professorship adp117@psu.edu 814-867-4565
Robert F. Paulson, Ph.D. Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences rfp5@psu.edu 814-863-6306
Gary H. Perdew, Ph.D. H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair in Agricultural Sciences ghp2@psu.edu 814-865-0400
Jeffrey M. Peters, PhD Distinguished Professor of Molecular Toxicology & Carcinogenesis jmp21@psu.edu 814-863-1387
Traci Pierre, MT (ASCP) Research Technologist tap129@psu.edu 814-863-1257
K. Sandeep Prabhu, Ph.D. Department Head ksp4@psu.edu 814-863-8976
Michael Quickel Graduate Student - Pathobiology mdq5001@psu.edu 814-863-0331
Dane Rahoi, DVM Assistant Clinical Professor dmr6597@psu.edu 814-865-3728
C. Channa Reddy, PhD Distinguished Professor Emeritus ccr1@psu.edu
Erin Reilly Graduate Student - BMMB err5178@psu.edu
Katherine Restori Assistant Research Professor khr114@psu.edu
Andre Luis Garao Rico Programmer / Analyst 4 alr6366@psu.edu 814-865-0794
Deborpita Sarkar Graduate Student - MCIBS dqs6048@psu.edu 814-863-8234
Anthony Schmitt, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Virology aps13@psu.edu 814-863-6781
Phuong Schmitt, PharmD Part-Time Research Associate pts13@psu.edu 814-865-0211
Kayla Septer Graduate Student - Pathobiology kbs5797@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Aashka Shah Graduate Student - BMMB aqs6368@psu.edu
Ashley Shay Affiliate Professor, Dept. of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences aes5254@psu.edu 814-863-2274
Hayley Springer, MS, DVM Associate Clinical Professor hrs131@psu.edu 814-867-2040
Troy Sutton, PhD Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences tcs38@psu.edu
Mengzhu Tang Graduate Student - Pathobiology mvt5730@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Mary "Dani" Thomas Administrative Support Assistant mdt5182@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Sara Trimidal BMMB Graduate Student sgt5083@psu.edu
Robert J. Van Saun, DVM, MS, PhD Extension Veterinarian rjv10@psu.edu 814-865-6995
Jack (John) P. Vanden Heuvel, PhD Professor of Molecular Toxicology jpv2@psu.edu 814-863-8532
Anitha Vijay Post Doc azv2@psu.edu 814-867-4565
Bill Weaver Research Technologist wcw10@psu.edu 814-865-5797
Veronika Weaver Research Technologist vcw100@psu.edu 814-865-3520
Nate Webb Avian Virology Diagnostic Technician npw5248@psu.edu 814-863-0839
Margaret Weber Academic Program Coordinator maw71@psu.edu 814-865-7697
Udeshi Pramodya Wickramarachchi Imaduwa Wickramarachchige Graduate Student - MCIBS uwi5002@psu.edu
Kathryn J. Williams Research Technologist kjk149@psu.edu 814-863-4347
Michele Yon Research Technologist mly104@psu.edu 814-863-0837
Pedram Zarei MS Pathobiology Student pbz5098@psu.edu 814-863-5849
Shuling Zhou Graduate Student - Pathobiology sxz347@psu.edu 814-865-7696
Xiaoyang Zhu Assistant Research Professor xzz145@psu.edu 814-865-7174