Members

Director

Candace Mathiason, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Immunology, Prion Biology, Virology

Executive Committee

Richard Bowen, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Dean Crick, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Mycobacterial Diseases

Gregg Dean, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Clinical Pathology, Immunology, Microbiome, Virology

Steve Dow, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Expertise: Cancer Biology

Greg Ebel, ScD

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Genomics, Vector Biology, Virology

Raymond Goodrich, PhD

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Marcela Henao Tamayo, M.D., Ph.D.

Monfort Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Immunology, Mycobacterial Diseases, Pedagogy

Nicole Kelp, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Pedagogy, Science Communication

Kelly Santangelo, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Clinical Pathology, Clinical Diagnostics,

Glenn Telling, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Prion Biology, Virology

Allison Vilander, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, And Pathology
Expertise: Anatomic Pathology, Immunology, Virology

Zaid Abdo, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Computational Biology, Genomics, Microbiome

Ashley Anderson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Journalism and Media Communication
Expertise: Environmental Communication, Social Media, Public Engagement with science, Public opinion

Ramesh Akkina, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Genomics, Immunology, Virology

Lisa Bartner, D.V.M.

Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences

Randall Basaraba, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Anatomic Pathology, Immunology, Mycobacterial Diseases

Jude Bayham, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Expertise: Wildfire Economics, Economic Epidemiology

John Belisle, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Mycobacterial Diseases

Jifeng Bian, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Research Microbiologist, Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS
Expertise: Immunology, Prion Biology, Virology

Carol Blair, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Vector Biology, Virology

Brad Borlee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Genomics, Microbiome,

Angela Bosco-Lauth, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Patrick Brennan, Ph.D.

University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Mycobacterial Diseases

Delphi Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Mycobacterial Diseases

Hamid Chitsaz, Ph.D.

Staff Software Engineer, AutoX

David Dandy, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Josh Daniels D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Diagnostics, Bacteriology

Karen Dobos, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Immunolgy, Mycobacterial Diseases

Colleen Duncan, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Diagnostics

Nicole Ehrhart, V.M.D.

Director
Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging

Brian Foy, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Parasitology, Vector Biology, Virology

Brian Geiss, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Computational Biology, RNA Biology, Virology

Soham Ghosh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Immunology, Mycobacterial Diseases

Barb Graham, M.S.

Biostatistician
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Karyn Hamilton, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science
Director, Translational Research on Aging and Chronic Disease Lab

Chuck Henry, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Head
Department of Chemistry

Matthew Hickey, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Health and Human Sciences
Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science

Wade Ingle, M.Ed.

Associate Director
Department of Outreach and Engagement
Expertise: Education/Engagement STEM outreach

Mary Jackson, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Mycobacterial Diseases

Jaime Jacobsen, M.F.A.

Director, Center for Science Communication
Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Communications

Andrew Jones, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist/Scholar
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Rebekah Kading, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Vector Biology, Virology

Nicole Kelp Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Pedagogy, Science Communication

Lon Kendall

Director, Lab Animal Resources
Professor,
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Host Immune Response, Diagnostics, Laboratory Animal Pathology

Michael Kirby, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Mathematics

Lori Kogan, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences

Nicole Kruh-Garcia, Ph.D.

BioMARC
Expertise: Mycobacterial Diseases

Justine Liepkalns, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Discipline-based Education Research

Hannah Love, Ph.D.

Co-Founder, Divergent Science

Michael Lyons, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Computational Biology, Mycobacterial Diseases

Amy MacNeil, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Cancer Biology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Diagnostics

Sheryl Magzamen Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Expertise: Epidemiology

Doreen Martinez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies
Expertise: Indigenous epistemologies, research methodologies, visual culture, sociopolitical land and environment issues

Christie Mayo, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Clinical Pathology, Clinical Diagnostics, Virology

Stephanie McGrath, D.V.M.

Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Expertise: Neurology

Julie Moreno, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Expertise: Prion Biology

Rebecca Moritz, Ph.D.

Director, CSU Biosafety
Instructor,
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Andres Obregon-Henao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Bacteriology

Kenneth Olson, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: RNA Biology, Vector Biology, Virology

Kristy Pabilonia, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Director of Clinical Diagnostics
Veterinary Health System
Expertise: Clinical Diagnostics, Virology

Rebecca Packer, D.V.M.

Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences

Rushika Perera, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Vector Biology, Virology

Brendan Podell, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Anatomic Pathology, Immunology, Mycobacterial Diseases

Katriana Popichak, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Expertise: Pedagogy

Sandra Quackenbush, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Dan Regan, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Anatomic Pathology, Cancer Biology, Immunology

Greg Robertson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Eric Ross, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Joel Rovnak, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Elizabeth Ryan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

Tony Schountz, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Immunology, Vector Biology, Virology

Paula Schaffer, D.V.M., M.Sc.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Anatomic Pathology

Alan Schenkel, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Katie Sikes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences

Richard Slayden, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Computational Biology, Genomics, Mycobacterial Diseases, RNA Biology

Christopher Snow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

John Spencer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Immunology, Mycobacterial Diseases

Lorann Stallones M.P.H., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Psychology
Expertise: Epidemiology of agricultural health, rural injuries, and injuries among Underserved Populations

Mark Stenglein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Computational Biology, Genomics, Vector Biology, Virology

Ron Tjalkens, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences

Stuart Tobet, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Sue VandeWoude, D.V.M.

University Distinguished Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Genomics, Immunology, Virology

Zhijie Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Naomi Ward, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Head
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Microbial Cell Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Human Microbiome

Craig Webb, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor, Head Small Animal Medicine Section
Department of Clinical Sciences

Tracy Webb, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Urgent Care Faculty
Department of Clinical Sciences

Carol Wilusz, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: RNA Biology

Jeff Wilusz, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: RNA Biology, Virology

Mark Zabel, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Expertise: Immunology, Prion Biology