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Kenyon, Ronald , MBA
Faculty - Kenyon, Ronald

Director, Project Management

Phone: (540) 231-7470
Email: rkenyon@vbi.vt.edu
Fax: 540-231-2606

Administrative Specialist: Kimberly Clifton
Phone: (540) 231-9882
Email: kimvt05@vbi.vt.edu
Fax:540-231-2606

Cyberinfrastructure Division | Project Management Group | Publications


Professional Preparation

  • Virginia Tech, Business Administration (MBA), MBA, 1998
  • Mississippi State University, Mechanical Engineering, B.S., 1990

Research Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Agile project management

Biography

After obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Ron Kenyon worked in the manufacturing industry for approximately 4 years as a Design Engineer and Quality Assurance Manager.  Mr. Kenyon then obtained an MBA with a concentration in Decision Support Systems and Information Technology.  Since that time, he has worked as a Research Faculty member at Virginia Tech, pursuing and managing large extramurally funded projects to develop information systems for inventory management and bioinformatics research.

Selected Publications


Wattam AR, Williams KP, Snyder EE, et al. Analysis of ten Brucella genomes reveals evidence for horizontal gene transfer despite a preferred intracellular lifestyle. J Bacteriol. 2009;191:3569–3579.

Zhang C, Crasta O, Cammer S, et al. An emerging cyberinfrastructure for biodefense pathogen and pathogen-host data. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008;36:D884–91.

Snyder EE, Kampanya N, Lu J, et al. PATRIC: the VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35:D401–406.