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267 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine SCIENCES, PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY being the director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at the Virginia Polytechnic and State University College of Veterinary Medicine for 31 years. During this time, he and his colleagues developed a vaccine for swine pneumonia, which earned several patents. Additionally, he specializes in the research of respiratory infectious diseases. At the inception of his career in 1982, Dr. Inzana was a postdoctoral fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine. He subsequently served Washington State University in Pullman as an assistant professor for three years prior to joining the faculty at Virginia Tech in 1987. Excelling in his roles of endowed chair, associate vice president for research, university research integrity officer, assistant professor, associate professor and full professor of microbiology until 2018, he has since become a professor and associate dean for research at Long Island University. Dr. Inzana has been a grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 1985 and has authored or co-authored over 149 articles and books, including in such journals as Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, the Journal of Infectious Diseases and the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, among others. He is a fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as a diplomat of the American Board of Medical Microbiology and an honorary diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. A recipient of accolades from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense and various pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, Dr. Inzana received the Beecham Award and Pfizer Award for research excellence from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. While his career is abounded with highlights, he is especially proud of conducting research in photonic biosensors. I nterested in microbiology since his undergraduate studies, Dr. Thomas J. Inzana enjoyed the diagnostic components of the field. He received a BS and MS from the University of Georgia in 1975 and 1978, respectively, before earning a PhD from the University of Rochester in 1982. A board-certified clinical microbiologist, Dr. Inzana is notable for THOMAS J. INZANA, PHD PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH Long Island University Huntington, NY