Dr. Meng's Brief C.V.

X.J. Meng, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Virology
Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6912 (office); (540) 231-7124 (Lab)
Fax: 540-231-3426; E-Mail: xjmeng@vt.edu

Education:

Ph.D. (Immunobiology), 1995, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, Iowa

M.S. (Microbiology & Immunology), 1988, Wuhan University College of Medicine (formerly Hubei Medical College), Wuhan, Hubei, P.R.C.

M.D. (Medicine), 1985, Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou, Shandong, P.R.C.

Professional Experience:

2007 - Present, Professor of Molecular Virology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology (DBSP), VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

2003 - 2007, Associate Professor of Molecular Virology, DBSP, VMRCVM, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

1999 - 2003, Assistant Professor of Molecular Virology, DBSP, VMRCVM, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

1998 - 1999, Senior Staff Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

1995 - 1998, John E. Fogarty Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

1991 - 1995, Graduate Research Assistant, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

1988 - 1991, Research Associate, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong

1985 - 1988, Graduate Research Assistant, Wuhan University College of Medicine (formerly Hubei Medical College), Wuhan, Hubei

1984 - 1985, Medical Intern, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou, Shandong

Selected Society Memberships:

American Society for Virology
American Society for Microbiology
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases
Gamma Sigma Delta, The National Honor Society of Agriculture
New York Academy of Sciences
National Institute for Animal Agriculture
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

Selected Recent Honors And Awards:

Recipient, Honorary Diplomat, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, April 2008

Recipient, the 2008 Alumni Award for Research Excellence, Virginia Tech, March 2008
Honor, top 1% highly cited scientists in the field of Microbiology as well as in the field of Clinical medicine, Thomson Scientific, January 2008 feature (http://www.in-cites.com/scientists/XJMeng.html).
Recipient, The 2007 Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, Pfizer Inc, May 2007.
Honor, Featured faculty in university’s “Spotlight on Achievements”, Nov. 13 - Dec. 10, 2006. Virginia Tech homepage.
Recipient, Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week, May 9-12, 2005.
Honor, “Outstanding Editorial Board Member”, voted by the editors of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003.
Recipient, Clifton Garvin Fellowship Award, Virginia Tech, 2002.
Recipient, The 2001 Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, Pfizer Inc, 2001.
Recipient, NIAID Research Scholar Development Award, NIH, 1999.
Recipient, NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1997.
Recipient, The 1996 Zaffarano Prize for Research Excellence, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1996.
Recipient, Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1995.
Recipient, CRWAD Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Chicago, IL, 1992.

Scientific Reviewer/Editorial Board:

Members of Editorial Boards for the Following Journals:

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1999 - present
The Infectious Disease Review, 2000 - 2002
Comparative Hepatology, 2002 - present
Current Trends in Microbiology, 2006 – present.

Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Following Journals:

American Journal of Veterinary Research, 2000 – present
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2004
Animal Health Research Reviews, 2004, 2005
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2006 - present.
Archives of Virology, 2005-present.
Avian Pathology, 2006
Biotechniques, 2001
Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, 2006-present
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 2000 – 2005
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2006-present.
Comparative Hepatology (Editorial Board member), 2003 - present
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000 – present
Hepatology, 1997
The Infectious Disease Review (Editorial Board Member), 2000 – 2002
International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 2007
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1997, 2000
Journal of Clinical Microbiology (Editorial Board member), 1995 - present
Journal of General Virology, 1996 - present
Journal of Hepatology, 1999 - present
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001 - present
Journal of Medical Virology, 1999 - present
Journal of Swine Health and Production, 1999 - present
Journal of Virology, 2002-present
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2003-present.
Journal of Virological Methods, 1997, 1999, 2004-present.
Vaccine, 2005.
Veterinary Microbiology, 2002 – present
Virology, 2004-present.
Virus Gene, 2007
Virology Journal, 2006
Virus Research, 2004-present.
Xenotransplantation, 2003, 2004
FEBS Letters, 2004.

Selected Grant Reviewer Panel Member (or Ad Hoc Member):

2004-2008. Permanent member, NIH DDR Study Section (Drug Discovery and Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance).
2007. Member, NIH-NCRR Comparative Medicine Review Committee Special Emphasis Panel CMRC-03.
2004. Panel member, NIH Virology Study Section Special Emphasis Panel (2004/10 ZRG1 IDM-G (02) (S).
2002-2003. Panel member, NIH-NCRR Comparative Medicine Study Section Special Emphasis Panels.
1999-2006. USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
2001. USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES).
2002. USDA Small Business Innovation Research Program.
2002-2007. USDA NC-229 PRRS review committee.
2002. USDA-ARS intramural project plan, National Program 103 (animal health).
2001. U.S. National Science Foundation.
1999. U.S. State Department Civilian Research and Development Foundation, 1999.
1999-2000. Chair for Viral Hepatitis Section of the FY1999 and FY2000 Annual Reports. U.S. Department of Defense's Military Infectious Diseases Research Program, DOD.
1999-2007. Virology Panel Member, U.S. Department of Defense's Military Infectious Diseases Research Program. DOD.
2004-2006. National Pork Board and USDA-NRI PRRS Grant Review Panel.
1999-2002.Chairman, American Cancer Society Virginia Tech IRG committee.
1999, 2001. Ohio Agricultural Res and Development Center Res Enhancement Competitive Grants Program.
2001. North Carolina Biotech Center's Academic Research Initiation Grants Program.
2002-2005. Maryland Agricultural Experimental Station Competitive Grant Program.

Patents:

Awarded patents: twelve U.S. patent awards (no. 6,432,408; no. 6,251,404; no. 6,011,467; no. 6,251,397; no. 5,695,766; no. 7,005,130; no. 6,592,873; no. 7,276,353; no. 7,279,166; no. 7,005,130; no. 7,264,957; no. 7,223,854) on HEV, PCV2, and PRRSV vaccines and diagnostics.
Commercial products: Suvaxyn® PCV2 One Dose™ vaccine

Selected Recent International and National Committees and Services:

1999. NIH Fellow Committee on selecting NIH Fellow Research Excellence Awardees.
1999-2000. Chair, Viral Hepatitis review panel for the FY1999 and FY2000 Annual Report of the U.S. Military Intramural Infectious Diseases Research Program, DOD.
2000-present. Panel member (Panel A, Viral and Rickettsial Diseases), U.S. Military Intramural Infectious Diseases Research Program, DOD.
2001-2004. Committee member, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), Subcommittee on Vertebrate Viruses. Hepatitis E virus study group..
2002-2006. USDA NC-229 committee on "Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS): Mechanisms of Disease and Methods for the Detection, Protection and Elimination of PRRS Virus".
2002. Panel member for a Site Visit of the NIH, NCRR Comparative Medicine Study Section to Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Aug. 26-28.
2003. Panel member for a Site Visit of the NIH, NCRR Comparative Medicine Study Section to Tulane Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. Jan. 7-9.
2003-2005. Member of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Group on Animal Health Emergency Preparedness to the Office of Virginia State Veterinarian.
2004. Panel member, USDA-NRI NC-229 PRRS Grant Review and Selection Committee. Des Moines, Iowa. May 11-12.
2004-2005. NIH, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology IRG Drug Discovery and Antimicrobial Study Section (ZRG1 IDM-N 90S). June 17-18, 2004, Washington DC; October 21-22, 2004, Washington DC; and March 3-4, 2005, Bethesda, MD.
2004. NIH Infectious Diseases and Microbiology IRG’s Virology Study Section. July 29.
2005-2006. Member of the Task Force on “Fate and Transport of Zoonotic Bacterial, Viral, and Protozoan Pathogens during Swine Manure Storage, Treatment, and Land Application”, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, and National Pork Board.
2005-2008. Chair, Hepeviridae Study Group. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), Subcommittee on Vertebrate Viruses.
2006. Member, USDA-NRI Coordinated Agricultural Projects-2 Steering Committee on PRRS.
2006. Member, National Pork Board Planning Committee for PCVAD Workshop.
2007. Member, NIH, NCRR Comparative Medicine Review Committee (CMRC-03). March 27.
2007. Member, Scientific Program Committee for the 2007 International PRRSV Symposium. Chicago, IL.
2007-2009. Secretary, USDA NC-229 committee on PRRS and related diseases.
2008. Chair, Scientifc Program Committee, International Symposium on PRRSV. Chicago, IL.

Recent University Committees and Services:

2001-2002. Chairman, Virginia Tech's American Cancer Society's Institutional Research Grant Committee.
2001-2003. Member, Virginia Tech MCBB Seminar committee.
2001-2006. Member of VMRCVM Graduate Affairs Committee.
2001-2006. Member of VMRCVM Research Committee.
2000. Member, University ASPIRES program panel (Biological Science Panel 2).
2000-2001, 2003. Member of Judging committee for graduate student award competitions at the 12th,13th, and 15th Annual Research Symposiums, VMRCVM..
2003. Member of interviewing committee for the VMRCVM Director of Research Initiatives.
2002-2005. Member, University Commission on Research.
2003. Member of the interviewing committee for the Program Specialist Senior in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies of VMRCVM,
2003-2006. Member, Department of Biomedical Science and Pathobiology’s Peer Evaluation of Teaching Committee.
2003-present. Member, Infectious Disease Advisory Committee for Institute of Biomedical and Public Health and Safety (IBPHS).
2003-2004. Member of the Search Committee for Dean of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
2003-2004. Member, VMRCVM committee on AAVMC Veterinary Public Practice Proposal.
2004-2005. Member of VMRCVM Research Lab Space Assessment Committee.
2004. Member of Interviewing committee for VMRCVM Grant Specialist.
2004-2005. Member, Viral Pathogenesis Faculty Cluster Hire Search Committee.
2004-2005. Member, Immunology Faculty Cluster Hire Search Committee.
2005. Member, Governor’s Initives Proposal Committee for Host-Pathogen Interaction proposal.
2005-2006. Member, VMCRVM Graduate Student Recruitment Task Force.
2006-2007. Member, Interviewing Committee for VA Tech Animal Resource Manager.
2006-present. Director, DVM/PhD Dual Degree Program, VMRCVM.
2005-2006. Chair, VMRCVM Virology Faculty Search Committee.
2007. Member, Search Committe for VMRCVM Flow Cytometry Facility Manager.
2007-2008. Member, Curriculum Planning Committee, Carillion-Virginia Tech School of Medicine. 2007-2009. Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Dept of Biomed Sci and Pahtobiol, VMRCVM.

Selected Recent Special Invitations and Lectures (all expenses paid):

(40). Invited plenary speaker, 13th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases. Title: Hepatitis E as a Zoonosis. March 20-24, 2009. Washington DC.

(39). Invited keynote speaker, International Symposium on PRRS and PRRS related diseases: Prevention and Control Strategies. Title: PRRSV-related diseases: PCVAD. Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2007. Chicago, IL.
(38). Invited speaker, Fort Dodge-Mexico. Title: Development of a vaccine against PCV2. Mexico City, Oct 2007.
(37). Invited seminar speaker, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. Title: Animal models and zoonotic risk for hepatitis E virus. April 4, 2007. Urbana-Champaign, IL.
(36). Invited conference speaker, American Association of Swine Veterinarians. Title: Porcine circovirus vaccinology. March 3-6, 2007. Orlando, FL.
(35). Invited seminar speaker. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Title: From Barnyard to Dinner Table: The Omnipresence of Hepatitis E Virus in animals and Risk for zoonosis. Aug. 28, 2006. Lincoln, Nebraska.
(34). Invited seminar speaker. Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Title: Porcine circovirus type 2(PCV2): molecular mechanism of attenuation and vaccine development. April 28, 2006. Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
(33). Invited Conference Speaker. Conference on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases of Man and Animals. Title: From Barnyard to Dinner Table: The Omnipresence and Emergence of Hepatitis E Virus in animal species and Risk for zoonosis. April 22, 2006. Blacksburg, VA.
(32). Invited Conference Speaker on porcine circovirus. M.E. Ensminer International Conference on Animal Diseases. Title: Molecular pathogenesis and vaccine development against type 2 porcine circovirus and PMWS. October 10-14, 2005. Hangzhou, China.
(31). Invited Keynote Speaker on circoviruses. International Conference on Animal Circoviruses and Associate Diseases. Title: Molecular biology of porcine circovirus: epitope mapping and genetic determinants for virulence. September 11-13, 2005. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
(30). Invited Workshop Speaker and Expert Panel Member sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH. Title: Hepatitis E Virus: Cross-species Infection and Zoonosis. Sept. 6-8, 2005, Washington, DC.
(29). Invited Seminar Speaker on HEV. Navigant Biotechnologies Inc, Denver, CO. Title: Animal models for hepatitis E virus. May 27, 2005. Denver, CO.
(28). Invited seminar speaker on HEV. University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Title: Hepatitis E as a zoonotic disease. May 11, 2005. College Park, MD.
(27). Invited symposium speaker. International Symposium on Hepatitis E Virus. Title: Biology of animal strains of hepatitis E viruses. Feb. 17-18, 2005. New Delhi, India.
(26). Invited conference speaker. 2004 Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathology. Title: Discoveries of Animal Strains of Hepatitis E Viruses: Implications for Zoonosis and Animal Models. Nov. 18, 2004, Orlando, FL.
(25). Invited Symposium guest speaker. American Society for Microbiology 104th Annual Meeting. Symposium on Crossing the Species barriers: Diseases Transmitted from Animals to Humans. Title: Hepatitis E virus: cross species infection. New Orleans, LA. May 25, 2004.
(24). Invited seminar speaker. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Title: Hepatitis E virus: cross species infection and animal models. Atlanta, GA. March 19, 2004.
(23). Invited special conference guest speaker. 11th Annual Iowa State University Swine Disease Conference. Title: Comparative Virology—human vs animal pathogens (what can be learned from emerging human pathogens. Ames, Iowa. Nov. 6-7, 2003.
(22). Invited seminar speaker. Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Title: Novel animal strains of hepatitis E virus: is hepatitis E a zoonosis? Worster, OH. May 22, 2003.
(21). Invited honorable special luncheon seminar speaker at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology. Title: Novel strains of hepatitis E viruses from humans and other animal species: Is hepatitis E a zoonosis? Tokyo, Japan, April 25, 2003.
(20). Invited guest symposium speaker at the 2003 Meetings of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. Title: Potential public health concerns in regards to swine hepatitis E virus? Orlando, FL. March 10, 2003.
(19). Invited seminar speaker, St. Louis University Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics. Title: Comparative Pathogenesis of Hepatitis E Viruses Using the Newly Discovered Swine and Avian HEVs as Models. St. Louis, MO, Nov. 7, 2002.
(18). Invited seminar speaker, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Title: Comparative pathogenesis of emerging swine and avian hepatitis E viruses. St. Paul, MN, Nov. 6, 2002.
(17). Invited seminar speaker. USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville National Research Center. Title: Avian and swine hepatitis E virus: risk for zoonosis. Beltsville, MD, November 2001.
(16). Invited symposium speaker. Veterinary Virology Symposium at the American Society for Virology 20th Annual Meeting. Title: Novel animal strains of hepatitis E viruses: is hepatitis E a zoonosis? Madscin, WI, July 25, 2001.
(15). Invited Seminar Speaker. University of Maryland Department of Veterinary Sciences. Title: Swine and avian hepatitis E virus: Risk for zoonosis and xenozoonosis. College Park, MD. April, 2001.
(14). Invited Grand Round seminar speaker, University of Texas Medical Branch WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases. Title: Novel strains of hepatitis E viruses identified from humans and other animal species: is hepatitis E a zoonosis? Galveston, TX, Sept. 18, 2000.
(13). Invited conference speaker, IBC-USA Biological Safety and Production 2000 Conference. Title: Xenozoonotic risk of swine hepatitis E virus. Washington, DC, June 20-23, 2000
(12). Invited seminar speaker, PPL Therapeutics, Inc. Title: Virus risks in xenotransplantation. Blacksburg, VA, Oct. 15, 1999.
(11). Invited symposium speaker, Xenotransplantation Workshop of Allen D. Leman Swine Conference. Title: Risk of hepatitis E virus in xenotransplantation. Minneapolis, MN. Sept. 18-20, 1999.
(10). Invited symposium speaker. The Fifth International Symposium on Positive Strand RNA Viruses. Title: Genetic and experimental evidences for cross-species infection by the swine hepatitis E virus. St. Petersburg, FL, May 23, 1998.
(9). Invited seminar speaker. University of Connecticut Department of Pathobiology. Title: Discovery of swine hepatitis E virus: is human hepatitis E a zoonotic disease? Storrs, CT, April 1, 1998.