Our Team

Principal  Investigators

Liang and Ly

Yuying Liang, MS, PhD

Professor

Email: [email protected]

Hinh Ly, MA, PhD

Professor

Email: [email protected]

 

 


Lab Members

Cain, Michaela

Michaela Cain

Comparative and Molecular Biosciences (CMB) Ph.D. Student

Email: [email protected]

 

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (Biology), Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
  • Comparative & Molecular Biosciences (CMB) Ph.D. Student, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Fellowships/Scholarships/Awards:

  • Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (VBS) Professor K. V. Nagaraja tuition fellowship (2023)

 


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Estefany Cotto-López

VMED Graduate Student

Email: [email protected]

 

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (Microbiology), University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus, Humacao, PR
  • Master of Science (Environmental Health), University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR
  • Master of Health Sciences (One Health), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  • Veterinary Biosciences (VSci) Ph.D. Student, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Fellowships/Scholarships/Awards:

  • 2024 USDA sponsored BSL-3 Training/Transboundary Animal Disease Summer Program - Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases, Kansas State University
  • 2024 MnDRIVE Graduate Student Professional Development award - College of Veterinary Medicine Graduate Programs and the MnDRIVE Global Food Ventures (GFV) program.
  • 2024 Maheswaran Graduate Fellowship (21 CM) - College of Veterinary Medicine Graduate Programs

 


Flannery, Brigitte

Brigitte Flannery

Ph.D. Student, Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology (MICaB)

Email: [email protected]

 

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (Microbiology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • Master of Science (Microbiology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • Ph.D. Candidate (Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology), University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Fellowships/Scholarships/Awards:

  • 2024 American Society for Virology Travel Grant
  • 2024 Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies Office Research Grant (UMN Medical School)
 

Huang, Qinfeng

Qinfeng Huang

Researcher 5

Email: [email protected]

 

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (Animal Husbandry), College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • Ph.D. (Preventive Veterinary Medicine), National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
 

Lab Alumni

  • Hannah Murphy (CMB Graduate Student)
  • Shania Sanchez (CMB Graduate Student)
  • Sarah Corneliuson (Postbaccalaureate Student)
  • Emma Prybylski (DVM/PhD Student)
  • Widaliz Vega Rodriguez (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Natalie Kirk (CMB Graduate Student)
  • Md Mizanur Rahman (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Sophia Vrba (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Da Di (CMB PhD Graduate Student)
  • Morgan Brisse (BMBB PhD Graduate Student)
  • Mythili Dileepan (Postdoctoral Asssociate, Senior Researcher)
  • Jidang Chen (Postdoctoral Associate, Visiting Graduate Student)
  • Bjoern Meyer (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Xiaomin Wen (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Zheng Chai (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Xintao Zhang (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Xi Kang (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Rekha Dhanwhani (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Junji Xing (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Liqian Zhu (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Junjie Shao (VMED Graduate Student, Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Xiaoying Liu (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Eunice Ngedwa (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Vikram Verma (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Qinfeng Huang (Postdoctoral Associate, Senior Researcher)
  • Lisa McLay (Graduate Student)
  • Sushma Bhosle (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Jialong Wang (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Zhongtao Xin (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Shuiyun Lan (Postdoctoral Associate)
  • Naveen Kumar (Postdoctoral Associate)