
Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute

Ruben Michael Ceballos, PhD (Associate Professor)
Adnan Alrubaye, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Juris Grasis, PhD (Assistant Professor)
E. Han Tan, PhD (Associate Professor)
Anissa Buckner, PhD (Professor)
Elizabeth Padilla, PhD (Catedrática Auxiliar)
Michelle Evans-White, PhD (Professor)
Ruth Playmate, PhD (Professor)
Traci Hudson, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Qingyang Zhang, PhD (Associate Professor)
Nathan Reyna, PhD (Professor)
Meredith Hecker, PhD (Deputy Dir. MT Space Grant)
University of California Merced (Merced, CA)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
University of California Merced (Merced, CA)
University of Maine (Orono, ME)
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, AR)
Universidad Interamericana (Aguadilla, PR)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, AR)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)
Montana State University (Bozeman, MT)
Project Director (PD): Fusellovirus & Herpesvirus
Principal Investigator (PI): Orthomyxovirus & Influenza
Co-Principal Investigator (coPI): Viromics & Bioinformatics
Co-Principal Investigator (coPI): Potyvirus & Bioinformatics
Sub-award Principal Investigator (subPI): Herpesvirus
Co-Principal Investigator (coPI): Molecular Biology
Co-Principal Investigator (coPI): Ecology & Biogeochemistry
Sub-award Co-Principal Investigator: Gordoniaphage
Sub-award Co-Principal Investigator: Herpesvirus
Co-Principal Investigator: Biosystems Modelling
Sub-award Principal Investigator (subPI): Bioinformatics
External Evaluator

Research
Virology & Virus-Host Dynamics
Virus Ecology & Evolution

Training & Education
Postdoctoral, Graduate, Undergraduate
Faculty Professional Development

Outreach & Dissemination
Community Workshops & K-12 Training
Conferences & Publication

Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute
NSF BII
Rules of Life

HVEDI
NSF BII
Rules of Life

“What are the genetic substrates that underlie host-virus interaction dynamics and changes in virus system properties? How do virus-host dynamics impact eco-evolutionary trajectories?”
Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute (HVEDI)
Merced, California
NSF Biology Integration Institute
Project Study Systems
Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute
Herpesvirus and Fusellovirus
Univ. of California Merced (Ceballos)
4 pubs
Phycodnavirus and Cyanophage
Univ. of California Merced (Grasis/Ceballos)
3 pubs
Potyvirus and Fusellovirus
University of Maine (Tan/Ceballos)
0 pubs
Gordoniaphage and Bioinformatics
Ouachita Baptist Univ (Plymale/Zhang/Reyna)
2 pubs
Orthomyxovirus (Influenza viruses)
Univ. of Arkansas (Alrubaye/Ceballos)
1 pubs
Fusellovirus Ecology and Elemental Analysis
Univ. of Arkansas (Evans-White/Ceballos)
0 pubs
Fusellovirus
Univ. Interamericana (Padilla/Ceballos)
1 pub
Murid Roseolovirus
Univ. Arkansas Pine Bluff (Buckner/Hudson)
0 pubs
Avian Influenza and FCR
UNISARC/UTP, Colombia (Alrubaye/Ceballos)
0 pubs
Influenza A virus and Antivirals
Amity University, India (Ceballos)
1 pub