Our Team
Dr. Maria Soltero-Rivera
Dr. Maria Soltero-Rivera is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Dentistry and Oral surgery at the department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Soltero-Rivera completed her residency-training program in dentistry and oral surgery at PennVet and has worked as a visiting scientist at Dr. Joe De Risi’s lab focusing on illuminating feline gingivostomatitis causative agents using metatranscriptomic next-generation RNA sequencing technology. She is a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC). Dr. Soltero-Rivera’s clinical and research focus is on oral medicine. Her lab investigates diagnosis and treatment of chronic oral inflammatory disease in dogs and cats as well as viral and host interactions with the goal of translational implications in the human field.
Daniel Herrmann
Daniel Herrmann attained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science with a focus in Genetics from the University of California, Davis in 2017. During his undergraduate education, he interned in laboratories that focused on canine genetic diseases and avian immunogenetics while also working at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC). After graduation, he accepted a position at the Jackson Laboratory in Sacramento as part of a team that oversees the production, colony maintenance, and shipping of humanized mice used for biomedical research while also assisting in laboratory safety and compliance. Today he works for the laboratories of Dr. Jennifer Cassano, Dr. Krystle Reagan, Dr. Soltero-Rivera and acts as the sole technician for the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory. Recently, he has taken an interest in machine learning and coding for data analysis in order to improve research efforts.