Members - Schubot Center for Avian Health

Join us—all avian research enthusiasts are welcome!

The Schubot Center brings together a diverse group of faculty members and staff from several different departments and colleges at Texas A&M University. This interdisciplinary team is enriched by input from a select group of adjunct professors from across the United States and the world.

Faculty & Staff Members

Dr. Sarah A. Hamer Director, Schubot Center for Avian Health and Richard Schubot Endowed Chair	Dr. Giri Athrey Assistant Professor, Poultry Science Department College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Dr. Sujata Balasubramanian Associate Research Scientist, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences	Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon Clinical Associate Professor, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Janice Boyd Adjunct Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology	Dr. Donald Brightsmith Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology	Dr. Kira Delmore Assistant Professor, Biology	Dr. Norman Dronan Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Dr. Jacquelyn K. Grace Assistant Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences	Dr. Jianhua (Joe) Guo Associate Research Scientist, Veterinary Pathobiology	Dr. Gabriel Hamer Associate Professor, Entomology	Dr. J. Jill Heatley Associate Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Dr. Sharman Hoppes Adjunct Clinical Professor and Professor Emerita, Small Animal Clinical Sciences	Dr. Jeffrey Musser Clinical Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology	Debra Turner Senior Research Associate, Veterinary Pathology; Schubot Lab & Aviary Manager

Schubot Aviary Veterinary Students (SAVS)

Adrian Arrellano Veterinary Student Class of 2021	Catherine Caprio Veterinary Student Class of 2022	Amanda Day Veterinary Student Class of 2022	Zoe Kolkhorst Veterinary student Class of 2022
Stephen Levert Veterinary student Class of 2023	Kiera Merritt Veterinary student Class of 2023

Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Research Associates

Davyion Adams MS Student, Entomology	Jacqueline Babin DVM Student	Amanda Beckman PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Dr. Wesley Brashear Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biology
Spencer DeBrock PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences	Paulina Escandon PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences	Melanie Florkowski PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Jocelyn Hunyadi PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hannah Justen PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Simon Kiacz PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences	Dr. Abigail (Abby) Kimmitt Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biology	Viridiana Martinez PhD Student, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Michael McCloy PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Kelley Sampeck PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Skye Sneed Grad student	E.V. Voltura PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences
Constance Woodman PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences	Italo Zecca Postdoctoral Research Associate, Veterinary Intergrative Biosciences