Meet our Team!

Steven J. Geary, PhD. - Network Chairman
Director, University of Connecticut Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research (CEVR).

Edan Tulman, MS - Network Coordinator
Instructor in Residence at the University of Connecticut Department of Pathobiology, and Member, UConn Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research.

Arlind Mara, PhD - Network Associate Coordinator
Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut Department of Pathobiology, and Member, UConn Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research.
Board Members

Professor of Virology & Microbiology, Department of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts. Director of the U.S. Veterinary Immune Reagent Network (VIRN), a consortium of academic researchers developing reagents and improving immunological capability in a number of species that are available to the research community.

Jim Parsons
Aquaculture Program Manager, President of the National Aquaculture Association and is currently serving on NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee and is the chair of the NAA’s Commercial Aquaculture Health Program Standards Working Group.

Lisa J Becton, DVM
Director, Swine Health Information and Research National Pork Board.

Donald Knowles, DVM, Ph.D.
Research Leader of the Animal Disease Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Service, USDA and Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University

Associate Professor of Virology, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University