Our faculty & staff

Maria Pieters

Maria Pieters, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Office Phone
612-624-7947
Liz Pluhar

Liz Pluhar, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS

Professor, Surgery, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
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Julia Ponder, DVM, MPH

Associate Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Office Phone
612-624-3431
Rob Porter

Rob Porter, DVM, PhD

Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Office Phone
612-624-7400
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Sara Pracht, BA, CVT

Lead Research Professional, CIC Supervisor, Brain Tumor Clinical Trials Coordinator
Office Phone
612-626-3574
Pongthorn Pumtang-on

Pongthorn Pumtang-on

Postdoctoral associate
Zoe Quinn

Zoe Quinn

Researcher 1
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Sabarinathan Ramachandran, PhD

Associate Professor, Schulze Diabetes Institute
Office Phone
(612) 625-9067
Kent Reed

Kent Reed, MS, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Office Phone
612-624-1287
Kelly Reid

Kelly Reid, BA, CVT

Senior Research Study Technician
Office Phone
612-625-7645
Aaron Rendahl

Aaron Rendahl, PhD

Associate Professor of Statistics and Informatics, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
Office Phone
612-301-2161
Jordan Roberts

Jordan Roberts, DVM, DACVO

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Rodriguez

Francisco Rodriguez, D.V.M., D.A.C.V.S. (Large Animal)

Associate Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine Department (Large Animal)
Widaliz Vega Rodriguez

Widaliz Vega Rodriguez

Postdoctoral associate
Margaret Root

Margaret Root, DVM, PhD, DACT, MMedEd

Associate Dean of Education, Veterinary Clinical Sciences