Sunil Mor, Assistant Professor

Education

Haryana Agricultural University, India
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

AIS Area of Interest

Dr. Mor specializes in emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of farmed and wild fish. He is experienced in detection and characterization of unknown fish pathogens and development of molecular diagnostic assays. His current work involves researching biological controls of aquatic invasive species.

AIS Species of Study

Common carp

Current MAISRC projects

Exploring whether native pathogens can be used to control AIS

Select AIS publications

Padhi, S., Tolo, I., McEachran, M., Primus, A., Mor, S., & Phelps, N. (2019). Koi herpesvirus and carp oedema virus: Infections and coinfections during mortality events of wild common carp in the United States. Journal of Fish Diseases, 42, 1609–1621.
Phelps, N. B. D., Mor, S. K., Armien, A. G., Pelican, K. M., & Goyal, S. M. (2015). Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA. PLoS One, 10(8), e0132027. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132027
Mor, S. K., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2016). Molecular detection of a novel totivirus from golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) baitfish in the USA. Archives of Virology, 161(8), 2227–2234. doi:10.1007/s00705-016-2906-8
Mor, S. K., Phelps, N. B. ., Ng, T. F. F., Subramanian, K., Primus, A., Armien, A. G., … Goyal, S. M. (2017). Genomic characterization of a novel calicivirus, FHMCV-2012, from baitfish in the USA. Archives of Virology, 162(12), 3619–3627. doi:10.1007/s00705-017-3519-6
Mor, S. K., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2016). Detection and molecular characterization of a novel piscine-myocarditis-like virus from baitfish in the USA. Archives of Virology, 161(7), 1925–1931. doi:10.1007/s00705-016-2873-0
Mor, S. K., Phelps, N. B. D., Barbknecht, M., Hoffman, M. A., & Goyal, S. M. (2015). A multiplex RT-PCR assay for the detection of fish picornaviruses. Journal of Virological Methods, 221, 131–134. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.04.025
Phelps, N. B. D., S. K. Mor, A. G. Armien, W. Batts, A. E. Goodwin, L. Hopper, R. McCann, T. F. F. Ng, C. Puzach, T. B. Waltzek, E. Delwart, J. Winton, S. Goyal. (2014). Characterization of the novel fathead minnow picornavirus. PLoS One 9:e87593.