Our Team

Dong-Hun Lee, D.V.M., Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
University of Connecticut

Email: dong-hun.lee@uconn.edu

 

 

Hyunjung (David) Chung

Ph.D. student

Hyunjung is a Ph.D. student focusing on pathobiology at the University of Connecticut. His primary research interests include genomics and molecular epidemiology of zoonotic infectious diseases, including influenza and rabies.

Email: hyunjung.chung@uconn.edu

 

Publications

DH Chung et al., Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H5N2) Viruses, Dominican Republic. 2020. Emerging infectious diseases 26 (12), 3094

 

M Bashashati and DH Chung et al., Evolution of H9N2 avian influenza viruses in Iran, 2017–2019. 2020. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

 

 

 

 Junwon (Scott) Kim

MS student

Junwon is a Master`s student studying pathobiology at the University of Connecticut. His primary research interests are in Bioinformatics and optimizing computational environment in microbiology laboratories.

Email: junwon.kim@uconn.edu

Julia Desiato

Undergrad student

 Julia is an undergraduate student studying pathobiology at the University of Connecticut. Her future career interests are in the public health field and she plans on pursuing an advanced degree in public health.

Email: julia.desiato@uconn.edu

 

Presentation:
Evolutionary History of Rabies Virus in Connecticut,
The 2021 Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Online Exhibition: https://portfolium.com/entry/evolutionary-history-of-rabies-virus-in-ct 

 

 

Alumni

   

Sol Jeong, D.V.M.

Visiting Scholar

Dr. Jeong is a veterinarian and Ph.D. candidate at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Her primary research interests include the molecular epidemiology and host-pathogen interaction of avian influenza viruses

Email: soljeong492@gmail.com 

 

Publications

S. Jeong et al., Introduction of avian influenza A (H6N5) virus into Asia from North America by wild birds. 2019. Emerging infectious diseases 25 (11), 2138

 

S. Jeong et al., Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Clade 2.3. 4.4 b Subtype H5N8 Virus Isolated from Mandarin Duck in South Korea, 2020. 2020. Viruses 12 (12), 1389