Maria Pieters 

obtained a DVM degree from Universidad Central de Venezuela, a PhD from the University of Minnesota, and performed post-doctoral studies at the Institute for Genomic Biology of the University of Illinois.  

Dr. Pieters is a faculty member with the Swine Group and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and the principal investigator of the Mycoplasma Research Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Pieters leads research efforts on diagnostic, epidemiology and control of Mycoplasma infections in pigs and other animal species. Dr. Pieters main research is on applied tools for disease elimination.