Meet the PLH Team
Collaboration is the key to success
Francisco Leal Yepes, DVM, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Pop Med & Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
fal43@cornell.edu
Geneva Graef, PhD
Postdoctoral
Research Associate
Pop Med & Diagnostic Sciences
Nutrition, Global Dev, & Epidemiology
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
gmg228@cornell.edu
Marina Madureira Ferreira, DVM
Graduate Student
Pop Med & Diagnostic Sciences
Production Med, Calf Health, & Nutrition
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
mm3373@cornell.edu
Keshawa Dadallage
Graduate Student
Biosystems Engineering
Integration of Ruminant Health &
Remote Sensing Technologies
Washington State University | Pullman, WA 99163
keshawa.dadallage@wsu.edu
Diego Ceballos DVM, BSAgrE
Research Intern
Pop Med & Diagnostic Sciences
Production Med, Reproduction, & Nutrition
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
dac425@cornell.edu
Alejandra Zapata, DVM
Research Intern
Pop Med & Diagnostic Sci
Production Medicine & Milk Quality
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
az522@cornell.edu
Sydney Zarb
Undergraduate Student
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Major Animal Science
Expected Graduation 2027
Ruminant Health, Nutrition, & Endocrinology
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
srz23@cornell.edu
Yamira Clarke
Undergraduate Student
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Major General Biology
Expected Graduation 2026
Dairy Cattle, Wildlife & Marine Mammal Health
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY 14853
ydc3@cornell.edu
