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Sahar Abdelrazek, MSc, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
  • Microbial Pathogen Metagenomics
Headshot of Dr. Sahar Abdelrazek, Research Associate Professor in the department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

PhD, Horticulture, 2018
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

PhD, Plant Pathology, 2011
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

MSc, Plant Pathology, 2007
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

BSc, Plant Pathology, 2003
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

2024–present
Research Assistant Professor, Fulbright Specialist
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2020–2024
Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Plant and Environmental Science
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2019–2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

2014–2018
Teaching and Research Assistant

Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

2011–2014
Lecturer

Department of Plant Pathology
Faculty of Agriculture
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

2007–2011
Assistant Lecturer

Department of Plant Pathology
Faculty of Agriculture
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

2003–2007
Teaching and Research Assistant

Department of Plant Pathology
Faculty of Agriculture
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

  • Metagenomics-Based Pathogen Identification for Animal and Plant Disease Diagnostics
  • Microbial Disease Outbreak Detection and Identification
  • Microbial Genome Phylogeny and Evolution