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Directory

Carin Vanderpool

Cari Vanderpool
Director
cvanderp@illinois.edu
217-333-7033

Shannon Sirk

Shannon Sirk
Associate Director
sirk@illinois.edu
217-300-7413

Sara Ressing

Sara Ressing
Assistant Director
ressing@illinois.edu
217-333-1736

Sharon Donovan

Sharon Donovan
Food Nutrition and Health Sciences
sdonovan@illinois.edu
217-333-2289

Jason Ridlon
Animal Sciences
jmridlon@illinois.edu
217-265-0832

Katy Heath
Plant Biology
kheath@illinois.edu
217-265-5473

Rachel J. Whitacker

Rachel Whitaker
Microbiology
rwhitakr@illinois.edu
217-244-8420

Paul Jensen

Paul Jensen
Bioengineering
pjens@illinois.edu
217-265-7110

Rebecca Smith
Pathobiology
rlsdvm@illinois.edu
217-300-1428

Jeff Woods

Jeff Woods
Kinesiology and Community Health
woods1@illinois.edu
217-244-8815

Lois Hoyer

Lois Hoyer
Pathobiology
lhoyer@illinois.edu
217-333-5043

Jen Marie Reinhart Dungar

Jen Marie Reinhart Dungar
Veterinary Clinical Medicine
jreinha2@illinois.edu
217-333-2760

James Slauch

James Slauch
Microbiology
slauch@illinois.edu
217-244-1956

Contact Information

Sara Ressing
Assistant Director, MSI
217-333-2578
ressing@illinois.edu

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