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Administrative Staff and Facilities

Dr. Mandi de Mestre

Mandi de Mestre
Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine
Director, Baker Institute
amm43@cornell.edu

Mark Schmitz

Mark Schmitz
Associate Director for Finance and Administration
mhs285@cornell.edu

Chris Graber

Chris Graber
Grant and Contract Coordinator
cpg52@cornell.edu 

Brittni Griep

Brittni Griep
Lead Administrative Assistant
blg89@cornell.edu

Jackie Wright

Jackie Wright
Front Office Administrator
jw335@cornell.edu

Teresa Griffin

Teresa Griffin
Assistant Director for Engagement, Relations and Operations 
tag24@cornell.edu

Terri Denman

Terri Denman
Finance Manager
tld1@cornell.edu

Jamie Crumb

Jamie Crumb
Facilities Manager
jrc63@cornell.edu

Dustin Farnham

Dustin Farnham
Facilities Coordinator 
df45@cornell.edu

Faculty & Laboratory Staff (Primary Investigators in bold)

Caddy Laboratory

Dr. Sarah Caddy

Sarah Caddy
Assistant Professor
sarahcaddy@cornell.edu

Sarah Woodyear

Sarah Woodyear
Graduate Student
saw335@cornell.edu

Tawny Chandler

Tawny Chandler
Postdoc
tlc236@cornell.edu

Nabila Nawar Binti

Nabila Nawar Binti
Grad Student
nb647@cornell.edu

Thomas Lonergan

Thomas Lonergan
Tech
tl485@cornell.edu

Serena Teh

Serena Teh
Grad Student
sst37@cornell.edu

Danko Laboratory

Dr. Charles Danko

Charles Danko
Robert N. Noyce Associate Professor in Life Science and Technology
cgd24@cornell.edu

Ed Rice

Ed Rice
Lab Manager
ejr76@cornell.edu

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Brent Basso
Graduate Student
bab364@cornell.edu

Saloni Dhopte

Saloni Dhopte
Graduate Student
spd82@cornell.edu

Banseok Lee

Banseok Lee
Graduate Student
bl588@cornell.edu

 

de Mestre Laboratory

Mandi de Mestre
Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine
Director, Baker Institute
amm43@cornell.edu

Donald Miller
Lab Manager
dm96@cornell.edu

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Sharmila Ghosh
Postdoctoral Associate
sg2582@cornell.edu

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Isha Chauhan
Grad Student
ic388@cornell.edu

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Anna McKane
Grad Student
amm569@cornell.edu

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Alexis Smrekar
Grad Student
ars462@cornell.edu

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Scott Hoffay
Barn Staff
sch32@cornell.edu

 

 

Evans Laboratory

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Shawna Cook
Postdoctoral Associate
src248@cornell.edu

Jessica Schneider
Graduate Student
jzs29@cornell.edu

Camila Armas-Jimenez
Graduate Student
aca226@cornell.edu

Stacey Ma
DVM Student
sm2658@cornell.edu

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Yingshan Fang
Graduate Student
yf425@cornell.edu

Goodman Laboratory

Kelly Sams
Lab Manager
kle39@cornell.edu

Ximena Olarte Castillo
Postdoctoral Associate
xao2@cornell.edu

Gayatri Anil
Graduate Student
ga325@cornell.edu

Rachel Davis

Rachel Davis
Graduate Student
rld249@cornell.edu

Chloe Murrell
Postdoctoral Associate
cmm569@cornell.edu 

Jordan Zehr
Postdoctoral Associate
jdz34@cornell.edu

 

 

Parker Laboratory

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Meleana Hinchman
Research Technician
mmh46@cornell.edu

Russell Barkley
Graduate Student
rjb435@cornell.edu

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Claire Birkenheuer
Postdoctoral Associate
chb226@cornell.edu

 

 

 

Parrish Laboratory

Wendy Weichert
Lab Manager
wsw3@cornell.edu

Brian R. Wasik 
Research Associate
brw72@cornell.edu

Schang Laboratory

Luis M. Schang
Professor of Chemical Virology Microbiology and Immunology
lms428@cornell.edu

Jody Cameron
Lab Manager
jll72@cornell.edu

Sarah Saddoris
Graduate Student
ss3943@cornell.edu

Travis Laboratory

Alexander J. Travis
Professor of Reproductive Biology
Director, Cornell University Master of Public Health Program
ajt32@cornell.edu

Roy Cohen
Research Assistant Professor
rc338@cornell.edu

Melissa White
Postdoctoral Associate 
maw379@cornell.edu

Malgorzata "Gosia" Cohen
Research Associate
mr783@cornell.edu

 

 

Van de Walle Laboratory

Becky Harman
Lab Manager/Senior Research Associate
rmh12@cornell.edu

Kelly Oxford
Tech
kao85@cornell.edu

Former Leadership 

Directors: Past and Present 

1950 -1975 - Dr. James A. Baker *
1976 -1991 - Dr. Douglas McGregor 
1991 - 1993 - Dr. Leland “Skip” Carmichael *
1994 - 2009 - Dr. Douglas F. Antczak 
2009 - 2010 - Dr. Judith A. Appleton, Interim Director 
2010 - 2016  - Dr. Colin R. Parrish 
2016 - 2019 - Dr. Luis M. Schang
2020 - 2022 - Dr. Scott A. Coonrod
2022 - 2024 - Dr. Gerlinde Van de Walle, Interim Director
2024 - 2025 - Dr. Colin R. Parrish, Interim Director
2025 - Current - Dr. Mandi de Mestre

*notes deceased

Emeritus Faculty

  • Colin R. Parrish, Ph.D. John M. Olin Professor of Virology Emeritus
  • Douglas F. Antczak, Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor Emeritus of Equine Medicine
  • Judith Appleton, Alfred H. Caspary Professor Emeritus of Immunology
  • Max J. G. Appel
  • *Leland E. Carmichael
  • Scott A. Coonrod, Professor Emeritus of Cancer Biology
  • *George Lust
  • Douglas McGregor, Professor Emeritus of Immunology at Cornell University