Sagar M. Goyal is Professor of virology in Dept. of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA. He has more than 400 research publications and writer of five books. His research interest is Molecular study of Viral diseases in domestic animals.

He has professional affiliations with American Society for Microbiology, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Virological Society, Amer. Assoc. of Vet. Lab. Diagn., Conference of Res. Workers in Anim. Dis., Henrici Society for Microbiology, Intern Assoc Food Protect.

He was awarded with Competitive Fellowship, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Society of Sigma Xi of North America, National Society of Phi Zeta, Internat. Dir. of Distinguished Leadership, Civil Service Award for Outstanding Faculty, and Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in Veterinary Medicine.

He has also served as Director of Graduate Studies in Veterinary Medicine, Founding Fellow Institute on Environment, Vice Chair Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, Chair Dept of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine, Interim Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Civil Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA.

Also served as Asst. Prof Clinical Microbiology, Dept. Veterinary Bacteriology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, India.