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Faculty, research associates, postdocs and graduate students associated with the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, in alphabetical order of last name.

Monica Acosta

Monica Acosta

  • Graduate Student

mma234@psu.edu

 

Christina  Aiello

Christina Aiello

  • PhD Student in Ecology
  • Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey

cxa322@psu.edu
702-374-2597

 

Reka Albert

Reka Albert

  • Professor of Physics and Biology

rza1@psu.edu
814-865-6123

 

Emily Almberg

Emily Almberg

  • Graduate Student, Ecology Program

esa5046@psu.edu
814-863-5895

 

Xiaodong Bao

Xiaodong Bao

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

xub1@psu.edu
814-865-3761

 

Vicki Barclay

Vicki Barclay

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

vcb11@psu.edu
814-863-4572

 

Nita Bharti

Nita Bharti

  • Research Associate

nxb909@psu.edu
814-863-5895

 

Samit Bhattacharyya

Samit Bhattacharyya

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

szb16@psu.edu
814-865-6080

 

Ottar Bjornstad

Ottar Bjornstad

  • Professor of Entomology and Biology
  • Adjunct Professor in Statistics

onb1@psu.edu
814-863-2983

 

Justine Blanford

Justine Blanford

  • Research Associate

jib18@psu.edu
814-865-1643

 

Simon Blanford

Simon Blanford

  • Sr. Research Associate

stb13@psu.edu
814-865-1024

 

Todd Bodnar

Todd Bodnar

  • Graduate Student

tjb5215@psu.edu

 

Craig E Cameron

Craig E Cameron

  • Professor and Eberly Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

cec9@psu.edu
814-863-8705 (office) 814-863-8703 (lab)

 

Ellsworth Marvin Campbell, III MS

Ellsworth Marvin Campbell, III MS

  • Former University Graduate Fellow of the Eberly College of Science
  • PhD Candidate - Biology/CIDD

ells.cubed@gmail.com

 

Spencer Carran

Spencer Carran

  • Graduate Student in Ecology

sac356@psu.edu

 

Lauren Cator

Lauren Cator

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

luc25@psu.edu

 

Isabella M Cattadori

Isabella M Cattadori

  • Assistant Professor of Biology

imc3@psu.edu
814-865-9594

 

Francesca Chiaromonte

Francesca Chiaromonte

  • Professor of Statistics and Health Evaluation Sciences

chiaro@stat.psu.edu
814-865-7075

 

Ronnie Childs

Ronnie Childs

  • Graduate Student

rac298@psu.edu
814-865-3088

 

Yee Ling Chong

Yee Ling Chong

  • Graduate Student

yuc174@psu.edu
814-867-2122

 

Diana Cox-Foster

Diana Cox-Foster

  • Professor of Entomology

dxc12@psu.edu
814-865-1022

 

Jie Cui

Jie Cui

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

jiecui.mail@gmail.com
814-863-4689

 

Liwang Cui

Liwang Cui

  • Professor of Entomology

luc2@psu.edu
814-863-7663

 

Charissa de Bekker

Charissa de Bekker

  • Marie Curie Fellow Research Associate

c.debekker@psu.edu

 

Brittany Dodson

Brittany Dodson

  • Graduate Student, Department of Entomology

bld25@psu.edu

 

Edward G Dudley

Edward G Dudley

  • Casida Development Professor of Food Science
  • Associate Professor of Food Science

egd100@psu.edu
814-867-0439

 

Matthew (Matt) Ferrari

Matthew (Matt) Ferrari

  • Assistant Professor of Biology

mjf283@psu.edu
814-865-6080

 

Roel Fleuren

Roel Fleuren

  • Artist in residence

rhf10@psu.edu

 

John Fricks

John Fricks

  • Associate Professor of Statistics

fricks@stat.psu.edu

 

Katey Glunt

Katey Glunt

  • Graduate student, Biology

kdg149@psu.edu

 

Laura Goodfield

Laura Goodfield

  • Doctoral candidate, Immunology and Infectious Disease Program

llg172@psu.edu
814-865-9134

 

Megan A. Greischar

Megan A. Greischar

  • Graduate Student, Entomology Program

mag450@psu.edu

 

Christina Grozinger

Christina Grozinger

  • Associate Professor, Department of Entomology

cmgrozinger@psu.edu
814-865-2214

 

Murali Haran

Murali Haran

  • Associate Professor of Statistics

mharan@stat.psu.edu
814-863-8126

 

Eric Harvill

Eric Harvill

  • Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Disease

harvill@psu.edu
814-863-8522

 

Rebecca Heinig

Rebecca Heinig

  • Graduate Student

yxh5118@psu.edu
814-867-4192

 

Emily Hornett

Emily Hornett

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

eah25@psu.edu
814-863-2957

 

Peter Hudson

Peter Hudson

  • Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
  • Willaman Professor of Biology

pjh18@psu.edu
814-865-6057

 

David Hughes

David Hughes

  • Assistant Professor of Entomology and Biology

dhughes@psu.edu
814-863-6073

 

Grant Hughes

Grant Hughes

  • Research Associate

glh20@psu.edu

 

David R Hunter

David R Hunter

  • Professor and Head, Department of Statistics

dhunter@stat.psu.edu
814-863-0979

 

Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones

  • Research Associate

mjj16@psu.edu

 

Vandana Kalia

Vandana Kalia

  • Assistant Professor of Immunology

vkalia@psu.edu
814-863-8533

 

Vivek Kapur

Vivek Kapur

  • Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
  • Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

vkapura@psu.edu
814-865-7696

 

Karen Kemirembe

Karen Kemirembe

  • Graduate Student
  • Dr. Liwang Cui lab

kuk195@psu.edu
814-867-6069

 

David Kennedy

David Kennedy

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

dak30@psu.edu
814-863-4572

 

Mary J. Kennett

Mary J. Kennett

  • Director, Animal Resource Program;
  • Professor, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences

mjk26@psu.edu
814-865-1495

 

Girish Kirimanjeswara

Girish Kirimanjeswara

  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Science

gsk125@psu.edu
814-863-5250

 

Abby Levitt

Abby Levitt

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

alk206@psu.edu
814-863-6069

 

Edward Levri

Edward Levri

  • Associate Professor of Biology

epl1@email.psu.edu
814-949-5496

 

Jing Li

Jing Li

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

li_j@math.psu.edu

 

Sheng Li

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

sxl63@psu.edu

 

Darla Lindberg

Darla Lindberg

  • Associate Professor of Architecture

darla.lindberg@psu.edu
814-865-1574

 

Raquel Loreto

Raquel Loreto

  • Graduate Student, Entomology Program

rzg148@psu.edu

 

Kezia Manlove

Kezia Manlove

  • Graduate Student

krm17@psu.edu

 

Luis Miguel Marquez

Luis Miguel Marquez

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

lmm54@psu.edu
814-863-1741

 

Kerry Mauck

Kerry Mauck

  • Postdoctoral Researcher - Entomology Program

kem315@psu.edu
814-863-7812

 

Amalie  McKee

Amalie McKee

  • Graduate Student

azm200@psu.edu

 

Darcy Medica

Darcy Medica

  • Associate Professor of Biology

dlm56@psu.edu
570-385-6176

 

Nicole Mideo

Nicole Mideo

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

nlm12@psu.edu
814-863-4571

 

Joel Miller

Joel Miller

  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Biology

miller@math.psu.edu
814-863-4135

 

Courtney Murdock

Courtney Murdock

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

ccm15@psu.edu
814-865-1024

 

Michael Mwangi

Michael Mwangi

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Science

mmm59@psu.edu
814-865-7696

 

Guodong Niu

Guodong Niu

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

gxn12@psu.edu
814-863-1792

 

Daniel M. Parker

Daniel M. Parker

  • Graduate Student

dmp336@psu.edu

 

Harland Patch

Harland Patch

  • Research Associate

hmpatch@psu.edu
814-867-3023

 

Ashutosh (Ash)  K. Pathak

Ashutosh (Ash) K. Pathak

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

akp13@psu.edu
814-863-2067

 

David Place

David Place

  • Graduate Student
  • Kirimanjeswara Lab

dxp281@psu.edu

 

Raina K.  Plowright

Raina K. Plowright

  • Research Associate

rplowright@gmail.com
406-579-5325

 

Laura Pollitt

Laura Pollitt

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

lcp12@psu.edu

 

Mary Poss

Mary Poss

  • Professor in Biology and in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

mposs@bx.psu.edu
814-867-1213

 

Lauren Quevillon

Lauren Quevillon

  • Campbell Distinguished Graduate Fellow

leq103@psu.edu

 

Jason  L. Rasgon

Jason L. Rasgon

  • Associate Professor of Entomology

jlr54@psu.edu
814-863-3668

 

Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay

Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay

  • Graduate Student Bioinformatics and Genomics
  • Doctoral Fellow The Huck Institutes

raygozag@psu.edu

 

Andrew Read

Andrew Read

  • Director, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
  • Alumni Professor in the Biological Sciences, and Professor of Entomology
  • Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar

a.read@psu.edu
814-867-2396

 

Timothy Reluga

Timothy Reluga

  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Biology

treluga@psu.edu
814-865-3883

 

Gina Riggio

Gina Riggio

  • Research Technologist

gmr159@psu.edu

 

Marilyn J. Roossinck

Marilyn J. Roossinck

  • Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, and Biology

mjr25@psu.edu

 

Joyce Sakamoto

Joyce Sakamoto

  • Research Associate, Department of Entomology


 

Marcel Salathé

Marcel Salathé

  • Assistant Professor of Biology
  • Adjunct Faculty in Computer Science & Engineering
  • Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellow

salathe@psu.edu
814-867-4431

 

Rahel Salathé

Rahel Salathé

  • Senior Research Associate

rms55@psu.edu
814-863-9704

 

Surojit Sarkar

Surojit Sarkar

  • Assistant Professor of Immunology

ssarkar@psu.edu
814-867-4034

 

Steven Schiff

Steven Schiff

  • Director, Penn State Center for Neural Engineering
  • Brush Chair Professor of Engineering
  • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • Professor of Physics (Courtesy Appointment)

sschiff@psu.edu
814-863-4210

 

Anna M. Schmidt

Anna M. Schmidt

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

amschmidt@psu.edu
814-863-7344

 

Stephan Schuster

Stephan Schuster

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

scs@bx.psu.edu
814-863-9278

 

Salil Siriwat

Salil Siriwat

  • Graduate Student

sus317@psu.edu
814-863-2871

 

Timo Smieszek

Timo Smieszek

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

smieszek@psu.edu

 

Rachel Smith

Rachel Smith

  • Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences (CAS)
  • and Human Development & Family Studies (HDFS)

ras57@psu.edu
814-867-4651

 

Emilia  Sola-Gracia

Emilia Sola-Gracia

  • Graduate Student
  • NSF Scholar
  • Gates Millennium Scholar
  • Ronald E. McNair Scholar
  • Kearns Scholar

exs399@psu.edu

 

Molly Steele

Molly Steele

  • Graduate Student

mks5245@psu.edu
814-867-2941

 

Andy Stephenson

Andy Stephenson

  • Distinguished Professor of Biology

as4@psu.edu
814-863-1553

 

Eleanore  Sternberg

Eleanore Sternberg

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

eds16@psu.edu
814-865-1024

 

Yasutsugu Suzuki

Yasutsugu Suzuki

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

yxs18@psu.edu
814-863-1792

 

Moriah L.  Szpara

Moriah L. Szpara

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

mls164@psu.edu
814-867-0008

 

Matt Thomas

Matt Thomas

  • Professor of Entomology

mbt13@psu.edu
814-865-2480

 

Hitoshi Tsujimoto

Hitoshi Tsujimoto

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

hxt15@psu.edu
814-863-1792

 

Kurt Vandegrift

Kurt Vandegrift

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

kurtvandegrift@gmail.com
814-574-9852

 

Anne Vardo-Zalik

Anne Vardo-Zalik

  • Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State York

amv12@psu.edu
717-718-6705

 

Jessica Waite

Jessica Waite

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

jlw1073@psu.edu

 

Nina Wale

Nina Wale

  • Graduate Student, Read Lab

nxw162@psu.edu

 

Rebecca Weinberg

Rebecca Weinberg

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

rbw127@psu.edu

 

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