Faculty Members | Emeritus Faculty

 

Bossis, Ioannis
BSc-MSc Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens (Greece);
Ph.D Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Oklahoma State University. Dr. Bossis’s area of expertise is in animal sciences, cell biology and virology. 
-Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Baya, Ana
B.S. Biology, Universidad Catolica Valparaiso (Chile); M.S. Microbiology, Universidad de Barcelona (Spain); Ph.D., Universidad de Granada (Spain). Dr. Baya's area of expertise is in the necropsy and diagnosis of diseases of both fresh and saltwater fish.
- Extension Associate, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Khattar, Sunil
B.V.Sc., Haryana Agricultural University, India, 1984; M.V.Sc., Haryana Agricultural University, India, 1987; Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 1997. Dr. Khattar’s research focuses on development of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and other poultry paramyxoviruses as vaccine vector for animal and human pathogens and studying the molecular mechanism of avian paramyxovirus pathogenesis.
-Research Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Kim, Shin - Hee
Ph.D., Oregon State University
Dr. Kim’s research interests are to develop a safe and effective recombinant vaccine viruses to control avian metapneumovirus infection by using a reverse genetics system and to understand host interaction of multidrug-resistant pathogens and their biofilm formation.
-Research Assistant Professorr, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Pal, Utpal
B.Sc/ M.Sc/ Ph.D., University of Calcutta, India. Dr. Pals primary research interest is to study diverse molecular interactions of pathogen with arthropod vector and mammalian host.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Perez, Daniel
B.S./M.S., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1995.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Samal, Siba K.
B.V.Sc., Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, 1976; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1981; Ph.D., Texas A&M University & Baylor College of Medicine, 1986. Dr. Samals research is focused on molecular biology and pathogenesis of two economically important negative-strand RNA viruses, bovine respiratory syncytial virus and Newcastle disease virus.
- Associate Dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
   website: www.vetmed.vt.edu
- Associate Dean, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

 

Solórzano, Alicia

B.S. Biology, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain); Ph.D., Universidad de Salamanca (Spain).
Dr. Solórzano’s interests are focused to the design of live-attenuated vaccines against pandemic influenza. In addition, Alicia is drawn to study the differential avian host responses to influenza A.

-Research Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences.

 

Tablante, Nathaniel L.
D.V.M.,University of the Philippines, 1976; M.P.V.M.,University of California-Davis, 1985; M.S., University of Guelph, 1995; Diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians. Dr. Tablante's areas of expertise are in poultry medicine, epidemiology, and poultry health management. He is currently the Director of the Veterinary Medical Sciences Graduate Program.
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/tablante.html
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
   website: www.vetmed.umd.edu

Vakharia, Vikram
B.S., Bombay University, 1971; M.S., Wichita State University, 1979; Ph.D.,University of Kansas, 1983. Dr. Vakharia is studying the molecular biology of economically important poultry disease viruses which cause immunosuppression. His research interests are in developing rational strategies for the diagnosis and control of viral infections.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
- Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Bioengineering

Walters, Bettye
D.V.M., Tuskegee University. Dr. Walters is the Director of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, with primary responsibility for programs directed at post-graduate veterinarians in public and corporate veterinary medicine.
- Director, Veterinary Medical Sciences

Zhang, Yanjin
DVM 1984 Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; MS 1989 The National Control Institute of Veterinary Bioproducts and Pharmaceuticlas, Beijing, China; Ph.D 1998 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Dr. Zhang's research focuses on development of molecular antivirals against herpesvirus and a swine arterivirus and studying the molecular mechanism of virus-induced tumorigenesis and virus-cell interactions.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Zhu, Xiaoping
D.V.M., 1984, Ningxia University, China; MS Pathology, 1987, China Agricultural University; Ph.D Virology, 1997, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Zhu's major area of interest involves the study of immunology in humans and animals.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

Faculty Members | Emeritus Faculty

Mallinson, Edward
V.M.D., University of Pennsylvania. Now retired as Professor Emeritus, Dr. Mallinson continues to maintain a Salmonella Food Safety Laboratory at the Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center. His work emphasizes regional/national team projects on the practical Salmonella risk reduction at the poultry or livestock productions farm level.
- Professor Emeritus, Veterinary Medical Sciences

 

Administrative | Research

 

Administrative Staff:

 

Keith McBean
Director of Administration
301 314-6830

Sonavie Ong
Business Manager

 

Ireen Dryburgh-Barry
Coordinator

301 314-6834

 

Dorothea O’Toole
Facilities Manager

 

Tam Ong
IT Coordinator

301 314-8153

 

Michelle Wilson
Administrative Assistant I
301 314-6830

 

 

Research Staff:

 

Gerard Edwards, Jr.
Research Specialist

Ivan Gomez-Osorio
Research Specialist
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Sreekumar Kadavil
Research Specialist
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Daniel Rockemann
Research Specialist
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