Administrative Oversight
of Outcomes Assessment

The Interdepartmental Undergraduate and Graduate Microbiology Programs were established in the summer of 2003 by the Departments of Animal Science and Plant Pathology to continue the microbiology degree programs. Faculty are from the Departments of Agronomy; Animal Science; Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology; Entomology; Food Science and Human Nutrition; Genetics, Development and Cell Biology; National Animal Disease Center; Plant Pathology; Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; Veterinary Pathology; and Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. The programs oversight are the responsibility of the Animal Science and Plant Pathology Department Chairs and are administered through supervisory committes.

Graduate Program Administration

Dr. F. Chris Minion - Chair, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Dr. Adam Bogdanove - Associate Chair, Plant Pathology
Dr. Tom Loynachan - Agronomy
Dr. Nancy Cornick - Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Dr. Bryony Bonning - Entomology
Simi Venkatagiri - Program Coordinator

Undergraduate Program Administration

Dr. Joan E. Cunnick - Professor in Charge, Animal Science
Dr. Jeffrey K. Beetham - Veterinary Pathology & Entomology
Dr. Nancy Boury - Animal Science
Dr. James S. Dickson - Animal Science
Dr. Edward Braun - Plant Pathology
Dr. Mark L. Gleason - Plant Pathology
Dr. Gregory J. Phillips - Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine