Scott P Kenney, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Center for Food Animal Health on the Ohio State University Wooster Campus. He received a BSc degree in Animal Bioscience from Pennsylvania State University in 2002 and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2008 under the mentorship of Leslie Parent, MD. He undertook a postdoctoral fellowship under XJ Meng at Virginia Tech before becoming a research assistant professor. He moved to The Ohio State University in 2016 for a tenure track Assistant Professor position and achieved Associate Professor with tenure in 2023. Dr. Kenney utilizes his skills in molecular virology across a wide range of pathogens studying genetic aspects of cross species virus transmission, developing vaccines and therapeutics, using large animal models to understand viral pathogenesis, and has a broad interest in all things virus related. He is certified to work in a biosafety 3 large animal containment facility and was recognized as a top 1% research publishing on hepatitis E virus by Expertscape. He is a member of the American Society for Virology, Conference for Research Workers on Animal Diseases, American Associate of Veterinary Immunologists, and American Society for Microbiology.