Juergen A. Richt

Juergen A. Richt (also rendered Jürgen A. Richt) is a veterinary virologist and academic. He is a Regents and University Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University, where he is based in the Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He is also the founding director of the United States Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), which operated as an active DHS center through 2017 and has since continued as an emeritus center, and director of the National Institutes of Health Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID).

Richt has served as editor-in-chief of Virus Genes[1]

Career

From 2000 to 2008, Richt served as a veterinary medical officer and lead scientist at the National Animal Disease Center of the Agricultural Research Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture, in Ames, Iowa.[2] During this period, he also held an adjunct professorship in biomedical sciences at Iowa State University.[3]

In 2008, Richt joined Kansas State University as a Regents and University Distinguished Professor[4] and Kansas Bioscience Eminent Scholar.[5] In 2010, he became founding director of the Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), which operated as an active DHS center through 2017 and has since continued as an emeritus center.[6] In 2020, he became founding director of the National Institutes of Health Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID).[7][8]

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Editorial board". Springer Nature Link.
  2. ↑ "Expert On Emerging Infectious Zoonotic Diseases Joining K-State As A Regents Distinguished Professor". Newswise. August 27, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Iowa State Faculty". Iowa State University Catalog. Iowa State University.
  4. ↑ "University Distinguished Professors Group: History". Kansas State University. October 13, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jürgen A. Richt". Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. April 13, 2026.
  6. ↑ "CEEZAD celebrates 20th anniversary of DHS Center of Excellence program". Kansas State University. August 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
  8. ↑ "K-State professor elected to prestigious National Academy of Medicine". Kansas State University. October 21, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Award for Excellence in Research". Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. April 8, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Two K-State faculty receive $5,000 Iman Awards for research and teaching". K-State Alumni Association. October 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ "2018 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council". Science. November 30, 2018. doi:10.1126/science.362.6418.1010.
  12. ↑ "Board Academic Affairs Standing Committee Agenda" (PDF). Kansas Board of Regents. November 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Academic staff contract appointments". University of Pretoria.
  14. ↑ "Awards, Grants, and Scholarships". Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.
  15. ↑ "KU, K-State faculty named recipients of Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards". University of Kansas. January 14, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Arnold Theiler Memorial Lectures". UPSpace Repository. University of Pretoria.
  17. ↑ "Richt, Valent named to inaugural BRI endowed professorships". K-State Today. Kansas State University. March 9, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Professor Juergen A. Richt". National Research Foundation.
  19. ↑ "Roots of Research Faculty Honor Program". Kansas State University.
  20. ↑ "KSU recognizes Dr. Juergen Richt for research excellence". Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases. Kansas State University. April 18, 2025.
  21. ↑ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". National Academy of Medicine. October 21, 2024.
  22. ↑ "63 Fellows Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology". ASM.org.
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