Instructor

Training Coordinator
Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2015- present, Instructor (Training Coordinator), Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health,  University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2014-2015, Laboratory Technician, Center of Genomic Sciences, Unites States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland
• 2011-2013, Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of  Texas at El Paso 
• 2011, Laboratory Technician, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso

Education

• 2014, MS Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso          
• 2010, BS Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso

Professional Interests

• Pathogen Discovery and Biosurveillance

Selected Publications

• D. Grubaugh, J.T. Ladner, M.U.G. Kraemer, G. Dudas, A.L. Tan, K. Gangavarapu, M.R. Wiley, S. White, J. Thézé, D.M. Magnani, K. Prieto, et. al, (2017). “Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States.” Nature 546(7658):401-405.
• J. Blackley, M. R. Wiley, J. T. Ladner, M. Fallah, t. Lo, M.L. Gilbert,C. Gregory, J. D'ambrozio, S. Coulter, S. Mate, Z. Balogun, J. Kugelman, W.  Nwachukwu, K. Prieto, et. al, (2016). "Reduced evolutionary rate in reemerged Ebola virus transmission chains." Sci Adv 2(4): e1600378.
• R. Kugelman, C. A. Rossi, M. R. Wiley, J. T. Ladner, E. R. Nagle, B. P. Pfeffer, K. Garcia, K. Prieto, J. Wada, J. H. Kuhn and G. Palacios (2016). "Informing the Historical Record of Experimental Nonhuman Primate Infections with Ebola Virus: Genomic Characterization of USAMRIID Ebola Virus/H.sapiens-tc/COD/1995/Kikwit-9510621 Challenge Stock "R4368" and Its Replacement "R4415"." PLoS One 11(3): e0150919.
• H. Kuhn, M. R. Wiley, S. E. Rodriguez, Y. Bao, K. Prieto, A. P. Travassos da Rosa, H. Guzman, N. Savji, J. T. Ladner, R. B. Tesh, J. Wada, P. B. Jahrling, D. A. Bente and G. Palacios (2016). "Genomic Characterization of the Genus Nairovirus (Family Bunyaviridae)." Viruses 8(6).
• T. Ladner, M.R Wiley, B. Beitzel, A.J. Auguste, A.P. 2nd Dupuis, M.E. Lindquist, S.D. Sibley, K.P. Kota, D. Fetterer, G. Eastwood, D. Kimmel, K. Prieto, et. al, (2016). "A Multicomponent Animal Virus Isolated from Mosquitoes." Cell Host Microbe 20(3): 357-367.
• Mate, J.R. Kugelman, T.G. Nyenswah, J.T. Ladner, M.R. Wiley, T. Cordier-Lassalle, A. Christie, G.P. Schroth , S.M. Gross , G.J. Davies-Wayne, S.A. Shinde , R. Murugan, S.B. Sieh, M. Badio , L. Fakoli , F. Taweh , E. de Wit , N. van Doremalen , V.J. Munster,  J. Pettitt, K. Prieto, et. al, (2015). “Molecular Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus.” N Engl J Med 373(25):2448-54.
• Leguia, S. Loyola, J. Rios, D. Juarez, C. Guevara, M. Silva, K. Prieto, et. al, (2015). “Full Genomic Characterization of a Saffold Virus Isolation in Peru.” Pathogens 4(4): 816-825.
• T. Ladner, M. R. Wiley, S. Mate, G. Dudas, K. Prieto, et. al, (2015). “Evolution and Spread of Ebola Virus in Liberia, 2014-2015.” Cell Host Microbe 18(6):659-69.
• R. Kugelman, M.R. Wiley, S. Mate, J.T. Ladner, B. Beitzel, L. Fakoli, F. Taweh, K. Prieto, et. al, (2015). “Monitoring of Ebola Virus Makona Evolution through Establishment of Advanced Genomic Capability in Liberia.” Emerg Infect Dis. 21(7):1135-43.
• Santos, S.Pal, J.M. Chacon, J.C. Gonzales, Prieto, G. Rosas-Acosta (2013). “SUMOylation affects the interferon blocking activity of the influenza A non-structural protein NS1 without affecting its stability or cellular localization.” J Virol 87(10):5602-20.