Department Head Faculty
Research and Teaching Staff   Post-Doctoral
Front Office Staff Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty Graduate Students

Department Head

Douglas Freeman

 Position:
Department Head, Professor

Education:
D.V.M., University of Minnesota (1983)
Ph.D., University of Idaho (1991)

Research Interests:
Reproductive physiology; clinical fertility; animal health, management and welfare.

Academic Interests:
Animal health and disease; animal welfare; veterinary science and education.

e-mail: Douglas.Freeman@ndsu.edu

Faculty

Eugene S. Berry

 Position:
Associate Professor

Education:
Ph.D., Biology, Northeastern University (1983) 
M.S., Veterinary Microbiology, Washington State University (1979) 
B.S., Zoology, Washington State University (1977)

Research Interests:
Animal virology; the molecular pathogenesis of ss(+)RNA viruses, specifically the genus Pestivirus and the family Caliciviridae; phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary development of these viruses

Academic Interests:
Director of Microbiology M.S. Program Director of Biotechnology B.S. Program

e-mail: Eugene.Berry@ndsu.edu

Penelope S. Gibbs

 Position:
Assistant Professor

Education:
B.S. Biology, University of Georgia (1985)
M.S. Medical Microbiology, University of Georgia (1993)
Ph.D. Medical Microbiology, University of Georgia (2001)

Research Interests:

Avian E. coli, Bacterial molecular pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance, Food Safety.

Member - American Association of Avian Pathologists.

Academic Interests:

Microbial Genetics and Physiology, Molecular Methods and Techniques, and Diagnostics.

Outside Interests:
Pets (feline and canine), gardening, science fiction, and traveling.

e-mail: Penelope.Gibbs@ndsu.edu

   

Margaret Khaitsa

 Position:
Assistant Professor

Education:
Ph.D., Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University (1999)
M.Sc., Tropical Veterinary Medicine,  University of Edinburgh (1987)
B.V.M., Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala - Uganda (1982)

Research Interests:
Pre-harvest food safety, Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Academic Interests:
Teaching Epidemiology, Analytical Epidemiology Techniques

Outside Interests:
Raising two children, Participating in Voluntary Organizations.

e-mail: Margaret.Khaitsa@ndsu.edu

Catherine Logue

 Position:
Associate Professor

Education:
D.Phil. in Food Microbiology, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey Co. Antrim. Ireland (1996)
Graduate Diploma in Food Science and Technology (IFST), College of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin (1991)
B.Sc. (Gen), St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare (1990)

Research Interests:
Food safety - food microbiology and foodborne pathogens of human concern

Academic Interests:
Microbiology, food microbiology and technology

Outside Interests:
The great outdoors, traveling and biking.

e-mail: Catherine.Logue@ndsu.edu

John McEvoy

 Position:
Assistant Professor, Pathogenic Microbiology

Education: 
Ph.D. Food Microbiology, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland (2002).
B.Sc. Industrial Biology. Carlow Institute of Technology, Kilkenny Rd., Carlow, Ireland (1996).

Research Interests:
Cryptosporidium virulence factors and mechanisms of pathogenesis.

Academic Interests: 
Microbial pathogenesis

Outside Interests:
Running and traveling.

e-mail: john.mcevoy@ndsu.edu

Birgit Pruess

 Position:
Assistant Professor, Microbial Physiology

Education:
Ph.D. Natural Sciences, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany (1991)
M.S./B.S. Biology, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany (1989)
B.S. Chemistry, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany (1991)

Research Interests:
Global gene regulation in enteric bacteria, complex regulatory networks

Academic Interests:
Teaching Microbial Physiology

Outside Interestes:
biking, skating, dancing, horse back riding

e-mail: birgit.pruess@ndsu.edu

Jane Schuh

Position:
Assistant Professor, Immunology

Education:
Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University (2000)
B.S., Zoology, North Dakota State University (1992)

Research Interests:
Immunology; biomedical significance of the initiation and maintenance of allergic asthma; the innate immune response in health and disease; murine models of human asthma; Aspergillus fumigatus-induced immune response

Academic Interests:
Immunology

Outside Interests:
Travel, cooking, gardening, reading, friends and family 

e-mail: jane.schuh@ndsu.edu

Charlene Wolf-Hall

 Position:
Associate Professor, Food Microbiology
Adjunct Faculty Department of Cereal and Food Sciences

Education:
Ph.D. Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1995
B.S., M.S. Microbiology, South Dakota State University 1990, 1992

Research Interests:
Food Mycology
Food Microbiology

Academic Interests:
Teaching Food Microbiology and team teach Food Safety Courses

Outside Interests:
Raising two children and gardening. 

e-mail: Charlene.Hall@ndsu.edu

Janice Haggart

Janice Haggart

Position:
Senior Lecturer

Education:
M.S., North Dakota State University (1996) 
B.S., North Dakota State University (1975)

Academic Interests:
Microbiology laboratories of all sorts, shapes, and sizes; microbiology education

Outside Interests:
Sports (spectator and participant), gardening, raising children, and having fun.

e-mail: Janice.Haggart@ndsu.edu

Thomas Gustad

 Position:
Senior Lecturer   

Education:
M.S. North Dakota State University (1992)
B.S. South Dakota State University (1981)
B.S. South Dakota State University (1980)

Research Interests:
Monoclonal Antibodies
Cellular Immunology
Immunoparasitology
Immunology and Aging

Academic Interests:
Microbiology, Immunology, Cell Culture

Outside Interests:
Family, Racquet Sports and Fishing

e-mail: T.Gustad@ndsu.edu

Rachel L Richman

Position:
Lecturer

Education:
M.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 2002
B.S., University of Texas at Arlington. 1997

Academic Interests:
Microbiology teaching labs, food microbiology, food safety

Outside Interests:
Family, gardening and my pets

e-mail: Rachel.L.Richman@ndsu.edu

Research and Teaching Staff  

Dawn Doetkott

Dawn Doetkott

 M.S.  (Dr. Khaitsa) 

e-mail: Dawn.Doetkott@ndsu.edu

Rick Feldman

Rick Feldman

 Research Virology (Dr. Berry)

e-mail:Richard.Feldman@ndsu.edu

Cathy Giddings

 M.S., Research Bacteriology (Dr. McEvoy)

e-mail: c.giddings@ndsu.edu

Shelley Horne

 M.S.

e-mail: sm.horne@ndsu.edu

 

 

Scott Hoselton

Scott Hoselton

 M.S., Research Immunology (Dr. Schuh)

e-mail: Scott.Hoselton@ndsu.edu

Heather Vinson

e-mail: heather.vinson@ndsu.edu

Linda Parmer

 B.A., Teaching Laboratory

e-mail:linda.parmer@ndsu.edu

Julie Sherwood

 B.S., Research Bacteriology (Dr. Logue) 

e-mail:J.Sherwood@ndsu.edu

Post-Doctoral

    

Mohamed Fakhr

 

 

 

Dennis Tobias

James Oloya

 

 

 Position: 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Education: 
Ph.D., Microbiology, Cell & Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, USA (2002)
M.S., Microbiology, Zagazig University, Egypt (1993)
B.S., Botany, Zagazig University, Egypt (1987)

Research Interests: 
Bacterial Molecular Genetics, Molecular Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas, Molecular Typing of Salmonella, Molecular Detection of Food Pathogens, Regulation of Gene Expression.

Academic Interests: 
Molecular Pathogenesis, Microbial Molecular Genetics, Microbial Physiology.

Outside Interests: 
Raising my two kids, Community & Public Services, Soccer, Fishing, and Travel.

e-mail:mohamed.fakhr@ndsu.edu

Position: Postdocotral Reserach Fellow

email: Dennis Tobias@ndsu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Position: Postdocotral Research Fellow

email: James Oloya@ndsu.edu

Front Office Staff

Sandy Erickson

  Administrative Assistant

e-mail:Sandy.Erickson@ndsu.edu

Jerie Little

 

 Administrative Secretary

e-mail: jerie.little@ndsu.edu

Terry Robinson

 Administrative Secretary

e-mail:terry.robinson@ndsu.edu

Adjunct Faculty
Lisa Nolan Lisa Nolan, Adjunct Professor  D.V.M., 1988, University of Georgia Ph.D., 1992, University of Georgia
Mike Robinson Michael Robinson, Adjunct Professor Ph.D., 1985, University of Nottingham, England  

Emeritus Faculty

Ivan Berg Ivan Berg, D.V.M., Professor Emeritus Pathologist and former head of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Dr. Funke Berdell R. Funke, Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1964, Kansas State University Co-author of the well-known and widely used textbook: Tortora, Funke, and Case. 1998. Microbiology, An Introduction. 6th ed. Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. Redwood City, CA.
Herb Smith Herb Smith, D.V.M., Professor Emeritus D.V.M., 1962, University of Minnesota Ph.D., 1974, Iowa State University Former president of AAVLD and head of the NDSU VMS department. 

Graduate Students

 Anuradha Boddeda, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Wolf-Hall)

Jacob Ihle, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Gibbs)

Ellen Lutgen, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Logue)

Kalpeshkumar Parmar, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Gibbs)

Kara Hoverson, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Berry)

Kevin Pena, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Berry)

Mafany Mongoh, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Khaitsa)

Shana Peterman, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Logue)

Megan Townsend, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Pruess)

Dawn Feltus, M.S. Candidate (Dr. McEvoy)

James Sasanya, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Clifford Hall)

Jessica Thorsness, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Logue)

Preeti Suli, MS Candidate (Dr. Pruess)

Ebot Tabe, MS Candidate (Dr. Khaitsa)

Brandon Knutson, PhD. Candidate (Dr. Berry)

Aneesa Noorhamed, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Logue)

Ashwini Vashisht, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Wolf-Hall)

Cheryl Brown, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Schuh)

Christopher Pennil, M.S. Candidate (Dr. McEvoy)

Tracy Solseng, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Gibbs)

Sumit Ghosh, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Schuh)

Grant Herges, M.S. Candidate (Dr. McEvoy)

Amali Samarasinghe, Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. Schuh)

Ablesh Gautam, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Barigye)

Greg Danzeisen, M.S. Candidate (Dr. Logue)

 

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