Graduate Students

Dr. DeGuise’s Lab:
Christopher Perkins- PhD ( )
Dr. Frasca’s Lab:
Dr. Akinyi Nyaoke- PhD (2009)- "An aquarium-based model to study the pathogenesis of exophialosis in marine fish."
Vanessa Schumacher- PhD (2012) – Adenovirus in tortoises. (thesis title not determinied.)
Dr. Garmendia’s Lab:
Christopher Overend- PhD (2009) - “Mechanisms of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Evasion of Host Innate Immune Responses.”
Dr. Geary’s Lab:
Steve Szczepanek- PhD (2010) - “Elucidation of Mechanisms of Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma gallisepticum."
Elaina Hancock- MS (2009) - “Evaluating causes of attenuation in various mutants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.”
Dr. Khan’s Lab:
Zeinab Ahmed- PhD (2008)- visiting from Al Azhar University, Egypt – “Molecular techniques for typing and susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium species.”
Sankhiros Babapoor- PhD (2010) – Use of reverse genetics to rescue an attenuated avian influenza vaccines virus and in ovo vaccination for prevention of infectious bronchitis. (thesis title not determined)
Dipu Mohan Kumar- PhD (2011) - DNA barcoding- Avian Influenza virus. (thesis title not determined)
Dr. Risatti’s Lab:
Boris Gavrilov- PhD (2011) - “The Role of Glycosylation of Classical Swine Fever Virus Envelope Proteins on Virus Virulence, Antigenicity and Immunogenicity.”
Inga Gudmundsdottia- MS (2008) - “Mapping Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Genetic Determinants of Macrophage Host Range and Immune Modulation.”
Dr. Smyth’s Lab:
Tom Martin- PhD (2010) – Working with Clostridium perfringens which is the causative agent of Necrotic Enteritis in poultry. (thesis title not determined)
Dr. Van Kruiningen’s Lab:
Heather Mispagel- MS (2009) – “Postnatal Thimerosal exposure in swine - an assessment of ethylmercury toxicity.”
Dr. Radhakrishna Sura- PhD (2009) – “Crohn’s disease is a disease of lymphatics.”