Faculty

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Our faculty members make up the Instructional Areas that include Biomedical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Sciences, and One Health.

Faculty Member	Contact Information	Reseach Interest
	Xiaoping Zhu , DVM, Ph.D. Associate Dean & Department Chairman Phone: 301-314-6814 Email: xzhu1@umd.edu Webpage	Mucosal Immunology Inflammation Immune Response to Infection
	George Belov, Ph.D. Professor & Director, CBSC Graduate Program Director Phone: 301-314-1259 Email: gbelov@umd.edu Webpage	Enterovirus Replication Vaccine and Antiviral Development
	Alix K. Berglund, DVM, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Telephone: 301-405-2989 Email: akberglu@umd.edu Webpage	Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Regulation of MHC I Antigen Processing and Presentation
	Seth Dickey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Telephone: 301-405-2989 Email: sdickey@umd.edu	Pathway analysis of MRSA Pore-forming antimicrobial peptides
	Mostafa Ghanem, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Telephone: 301-314-1191 Email: mghanem@umd.edu Webpage
	Chrysoula Kitsou, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Phone: 301-314-8257 Email: ckitsou@umd.edu
	Weizhong Li, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Phone: 301-314-5626 Email: WLi123@umd.edu
	Daniel Nelson, Ph.D. Professor Phone: 240-314-6249 Email: nelsond@umd.edu
	Utpal Pal, Ph.D. Professor Phone: 301-314-2118 Email: upal@umd.edu Webpage
	Jaekeun Park, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Telephone: 301-314-0687 Email: jpark138@umd.edu
	Sean Riley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Phone: 301-314-6821 Email: sriley3@umd.edu Web page	Spotted Fever Rickettsia Intracellular bacteria Innate Immunology Vaccination Host-pathogen Interactions
	Meiqing Shi, DVM, Ph.D. Associate Professor Phone: 301-314-1122 Email: mshi@umd.edu	Fungal immunology Brain invasion by Cryptococcus neoformans Host-pathogen interactions Parasite immunology
	Nathaniel Tablante, DVM, MPVM, MSc Professor Phone: 301-314-6810 Emai: nlt@umd.edu
	Ekaterina Viktorova, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Phone: 301-314-1400 Email: eviktoro@umd.edu
	Xiuli Yang, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Phone: 301-226-2756 Email: xyang1@umd.edu
	Yanjin Zhang, DVM, MSc, Ph.D. Associate Professor Phone: 301-314-6596 Email: zhangyj@umd.edu	Molecular virology Virus-cell interactions Innate immunity, antiviral signaling Vaccine development

Faculty Member	Contact Information	Research Focus
	Maria Salvato , Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Phone: 401-493-8912 Email: msalvat1@umd.edu	Pathogenesis of RNA viruses Bioinformatics of Hemorrhagic fever Immune response to virus infection Taxonomy of Negative Strand Viruses
	Shankar Mondal , Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor Phone: 410-543-6610 Email: shankar.mondal@maryland.gov	Avian Viruses Food-borne pathogens Viral epidemiology Host-Pathogen interaction Vaccinology Immunology
	Joan K Lunney, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Phone: 240-645-5536 Email: joan.lunney@usda.gov webpage
	Jia-Ray Yu, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor Phone: 202-960-1846 Email: jiarayyu@vt.edu	Chromatin regulation Cancer epigenetic Neural differentiation Developmental disorders
	Gerardo Kaplan, PhD Adjunct Professor Phone: 240-402-9620 Email: gerardo.kaplan@fda.hhs.gov	Hepatitis viruses and filoviruses Food- and blood-borne pathogens Viral pathogenesis Viral cell entry Extracellular vesicles Vaccinology Immunology
	Kristen K. Coleman, PhD Affiliate Assistant Professor Phone: 301-405-5509 Email: kkcolema@umd.edu	Airborne infectious disease transmission Viral epidemiology Human and animal influenza viruses Adenovirus One Health
	Youssef A. Kousa, MS, D.O., Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor Phone: 202-545-2784 Email: ykousa@cnmc.org	Host-pathogen interaction Genetic risk for virally induced injury Brain development Viral autophagy
	Shaik Rahaman, Ph.D. Affiliate Professor Phone: 301-405-2940 Email: srahaman@umd.edu	Fibrosis Atherosclerosis Foreign body response Immunology Mechanotransduction
	Chinta Lamichhane, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Phone: 240-832-9699 Email: Chinta.lamichhane@antechdx.com
	Andrew J Broadbent, Ph.D. Affiliate Assistant Professor Phone: 301 405-0376 Email: ajbroad@umd.edu

Post Doctoral	Contact Information	Lab
	Shalka Lanka Acharige, Ph.D. Faculty Assistant Phone: 301-314-8257 Email: slankaac@umd.edu	Dr. Pal Lab
	Sumana Bhowmick, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Phone: 301-314-5787 Email: sub29@umd.edu	Dr. Dickey Lab
	Mustapha Dahmani, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Phone 301-314-5787 Email mdahmani@umd.edu	Dr. Riley Lab
	Zhang, Min, Ph.D. Faculty Specialist Phone: 301-314-8257 Email mzhang23@umd.edu	Dr. Pal Lab
	Kathryn Nassar Research Coordinator Phone 301-314-4060 Email knassar@umd.edu	Dr. Pal Lab
	Kepple, Oleksandra, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Phone 301-314-8257 Email okepple@umd.edu	Dr. Berglund Lab
	Arunraj Mekhemadhom Rajendrakumar, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Phone: 301-314-7862 Email :arunraj@umd.edu	Dr. Zhu Lab
	Vipin Rana, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Phone: 301-314-8257 Email: vrana@umd.edu	Dr. Pal Lab
	Tao Wang, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Research Professor Phone: 301-314-5626 Email: tottiwang@hotmail.com	Dr. Zhu Lab
	Sonia Sharma, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Phone: 301-314-8257 Email: ssharm25@umd.edu	Dr. Pal Lab

Faculty Member	Contact Information	Research Focus

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