Professional Memberships
- American Society for Virology
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Association for Immunologists
- Ohio Virology Association
- OSU Infectious Diseases Institute
- OSU Center for RNA Biology
Professional Services
Ad hoc member, NIH Virology B Study Section
Member, NIH Virology Special Emphasis Study Section
Member, NIH Immunology Special Emphasis Study Section
Member, NIH Fellowship Study Section
Member, NIH COVID-19 Special Study Section
Member, Canada Genome Study Section
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
USDA The National Integrated Food Safety Initiative (NIFSI)
USDA Cooperative Research and Extension Service (CSREES)
The United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
French National Research Agency (ANR), France
The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Member, OSU Presidential Fellowship Committee
Member, OSU Graduate Student Fellowship Committee
Editorial Board
2016-present Editorial Board Member, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2018-present Editorial Board Member, Frontier Microbiology
2020-present Editorial Board Member, Animal Diseases
2015-present Guest editor, PloS Pathogens
2019-present Guest editor, Pathogens
2010-2018 Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Food Microbiology
Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer:
Nature Microbiology, Nature Protocol, Nature Communications, Nature Review Microbiology, iScience, Cell Reports, PLoS Pathogens, Journal of Virology, Virology, Journal of General Virology, Virology Journal, Journal of Medical Virology, Journal of Virological Methods, Archives of Virology, Virus Research, Viruses, Vaccine, NPJ Vaccine, PNAS, mBio, PloS One, RNA Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Food Microbiology, and 40 other journals.
Honors and Awards
2009 OSU Distinguished Mentor for Undergraduate Student
2010 USDA Service Award
2011 OSU Early Career Innovator of the Year-finalist
2011 TechColumbus Innovation Awards
2012 OSU Early Career Innovator of the Year-finalist
2016 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence
2018 Charles C. Capen Teaching Excellence Award
2021 OSU Innovator of the Year-finalist
