Dr. Diego Diel, DVM, MS, PhD is an Associate Professor of Virology in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences and the Director of the Virology Laboratory at the Cornell Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. Dr. Diel’s research focuses on studying emerging viruses at the human-animal interface. His current research program focuses on the study of the emerging picornaviruses, African Swine Fever Virus, SARS-CoV-2, and influenza viruses, including HPAI H5N1. Dr. Diel led the Cornell team involved in the detection of H5N1 spillover into dairy cows and other mammalian species.