Contact Information

Email: maes@msu.edu

Phone: 517-432-5811

Education

• DVM, State University of Ghent, 1971
• MS, Purdue University, 1977
• PhD, Purdue University, 1979

Research Program

• Interaction of herpesviruses with their natural hosts, using feline herpesvirus -1 (FHV-1) as a model
• Virulence and immune-evasion determinants of FHV-1
• Innate and adaptive immune responses to FHV-1
• Feline respiratory cell cultures to study FHV-1 molecular pathogenesis
• Canine Circovirus

Current Investigation

• Identification of FHV-1 Genes and their Effect on Host Modulation for the Development of Novel Modified Live Vaccines
• Feline respiratory epithelial cells to study immune modulation mediated by FHV-1
• Canine circovirus pathogenesis

Funding Sources

• Endowed Research Funds MSU-CVM
• Morris Animal Foundation

Teaching Interests

• General Virology
• Diagnostic Virology Methodology
• Viral Diseases

Service

• Co-Founder, Past-Chair and Current Member of the AAVLD Virology Committee
• Co-Founder, Past-Chair and Current member of the AAVLD Technology Committee
• Section Head Virology, MSU-VDL
• Member VDL Advisory Committee
• Chair, PDI Faculty Advisory Committee
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee CVM
• Member Committee on Graduate Studies and Research, CVM