Lung Plague

Robin Nicholas (Author)

Dr Robin Nicholas MSc PhD, FRCPath was head of the Mycoplasma Group at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) until 2014, and remains active as a consultant. He has published extensively in the area of mycoplasma diseases, and in particular on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia. He has published 5 books, including 2 on mycoplasmas: Mycoplasma Protocols (Humana Press) with Roger Miles and Mycoplasma Diseases of Ruminants (CABI) with Laura McAuliffe and Roger Ayling.

Justin Kastner (Author)

Dr Justin Kastner, a professor at Kansas State University (KSU), leads activities for several academic units at KSU, offers holistic perspectives on pedagogical innovation, and provides experiential learning through the incorporation of archival research so students of veterinary medicine and public health can better understand the past. Dr Kastner holds graduate degrees from the United Kingdom and Canada (PhD, University of Guelph; PgDip, University of Edinburgh; MSc, London South Bank University) and teaches and publishes in a multidisciplinary range of domains: the global food system and trade policy, economic history, the history of public health, globalization and cross-border cooperation, multidisciplinary thinking and writing, and the theory and practice of interdisciplinary scholarship. A Truman (1997), Fulbright (1998-1999), and Rotary (1999-2000) scholar with experience in local government (city commissioner, 1995-97, in Manhattan, Kansas) and global governance (World Trade Organization, Geneva, 2000), Dr Kastner is committed to public service. He has led STEM (e.g., U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Agriculture) and capacity-building (USDA Cochran program) training-grant programs for several foreign governments. The Frontier Field Trip model, pioneered with Dr Jason Ackleson (Virginia), is operationalized in these trainings and other student-centered excursions. Hundreds of Dr Kastner’s mentees have fed their curiosities and grown in scholarly skills through memorable Frontier Field Trips-to international trade ports of entry, private-sector firms, policymaking offices, libraries, and museums. These trips’ workshops and archival-research activities foster multidisciplinary breadth in and amongst DR Kastner’s mentees.