Dr. Volker Gerdts is the Director and CEO of VIDO. He previously served as Associate Director of Research of VIDO from 2007 until 2018. Dr. Gerdts is also a Professor for Veterinary Immunology in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.
He received a DVM in 1994 from Hanover Veterinary School and a German PhD equivalent from the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Island of Riems and Hanover Veterinary School, Germany in 1997. He has served in various administrative roles, and served on various editorial boards and national and international scientific review panels. Dr. Gerdts is also a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.