Juergen Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor & KBA Eminent Scholar, Director, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Director NIH COBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, KANSAS
Research
During my 25+ year scientific career, I have studied pathogen-host interactions in various infectious disease models including Avian and Swine Influenza viruses (AIV, SIV), African Swine Fever virus (ASFV), Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV), Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV), Schmallenberg virus (SBV), animal prion diseases and Borna Disease Virus (BDV).
On these topics, I have published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. I am an editor for Virus Genes and serve on editorial boards for other scientific journals.
Currently, I am the Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) and the NIH COBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID). I hold the prestigious Regents Distinguished and University Distinguished Professor appointments at Kansas State University.