VDL Faculty Directory

Administration

Halbur, Pat DVM, MS, PhD
Chair, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
Professor
Executive Director, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Circovirus, Hepatitis E Virus, Swine Respiratory Disease, PRRSV
515-294-6970
pghalbur@iastate.edu
Main, Rodger DVM, PhD
Director
Diagnostic Medicine, Area Regional Disease Control, Swine Production Medicine
515-294-6945
rmain@iastate.edu

Faculty

Picture Name Title Focus Areas Phone
Almeida, Marcelo
DVM, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor Swine Diagnostics 515-294-7385
Baum, David
DVM, MS, PhD
Clinical Professor Serology 515-294-1186
Borts, David
MS, PhD
Clinical Professor Analytical Chemistry 515-294-9267
Burrough, Eric R
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Professor Pathology, Brachyspira, Enteric Diseases of Swine 515-294-0190
Clavijo, Maria
DVM, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Bacteriology, Mycoplasma 612-868-4396
Derscheid, Rachel
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Associate Professor Pathology 515-294-1173
El-Gazzar, Mohamed Medhat
DVM, MAM, PhD, Diplomate ACPV
Associate Professor Poultry 515-294-1763
Gauger, Phillip C.
DVM, MS, PhD
Professor Pathology, Virology, Swine Influenza, PED, PRRSV, PCV2 515-294-2437
Gimenez-Lirola, Luis
MS, PhD
Associate Professor Serology/immunology, Emerging Viruses, Disease Modeling 515-294-7025
Gorden, Patrick J
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ABVP-Dairy, Diplomate ACVCP
Professor Dairy Production Medicine, Milk Quality, Clinical Pharmacology 515-294-3096
Krueger, Karen M.
PhD
Clinical Professor Molecular and Viral Diagnostics, Characterization of Animal Bacteria and Viruses 515-294-1950
Li, Ganwu
MS, PhD
Professor Molecular, Microbiology 515-294-3358
Macedo, Nubia
DVM, MS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor Diagnostic Bacteriology 515-294-9074
Madson, Darin
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Clinical Professor Swine - Nursery/Grow Finish Health 515-294-9808
Magstadt, Drew
DVM, MS
Clinical Associate Professor Diagnostic Pathology, BRD, Johne’s Disease, Applied Infectious Disease Research 515-294-5720
Mainenti, Marta
DVM, Diplomate ACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor Diagnostic Pathology 515-294-1124
Michael, Alyona
DVM, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor Diagnostic Pathology 515-294-9019
Nelli, Rahul
BVSc & AH, MVM, PhD
Research Assistant Professor 3D cell-cultures, Immune responses, Flow-cytometry assays, high throughput gene expression assays 515-294-7012
Opriessnig, Tanja I
DVM, PhD
Professor Pathology, Porcine Circovirus, Erysipelas, Hepatitis E Virus, Porcine Parvovirus, Swine Respiratory Diseases 515-294-1137
Pineyro, Pablo
DVM, MVSc, DVSc, PhD
Associate Professor Pathology, Swine medicine, PRRSV, PCV2, SVA, PEDV 515-294-6250
Radke, Scott
DVM, MS, DABVT
Clinical Assistant Professor Toxicology/Nutrition 515-294-9029
Ruden, Rachel
VMD, PhD
Affiliate Assistant Professor Wildlife 515-294-8205
Sahin, Orhan
DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM
Associate Professor Bacteriology 515-294-3861
Sato, Yuko
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACPV
Associate Professor Poultry Diagnostics and Production Medicine 515-294-0710
Siepker, Chris
DVM, Diplomate ACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor Diagnostic Pathology, Infectious Diseases of Livestock, Swine and Bovine Respiratory Disease, Applied Research Relating to Swine and Cattle 515-294-9404
Thomas, Joseph
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP (Anatomic Pathology), Diplomate ACVM (Virology), CPT USAR
Clinical Assistant Professor Diagnostic Pathology 515-294-5750
Trevisan, Giovani
DVM, MBA, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Veterinary Epidemiology 515-294-3556
Yoon, Kyoungjin J.
DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM
Professor Viral Diseases and Diagnostics, PRRS, PED, Influenza, Parainfluenza, Rotavirus, Senecavirus, Teschovirus 515-294-1083
Zhang, Jianqiang
MD, MS, PhD
Professor Molecular and Viral Diagnostics 515-294-8024
Zimmerman, Jeffrey J
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVPM-Specialty Epidemiology
Professor Ecology of Viral Infections of Swine 515-294-1073