Our experienced research and diagnostics team is made up of a group of dedicated people with a shared common goal: Providing veterinarians and producers with the best possible diagnostics & vaccine manufacturing quality and service.
Dr. Ben Hause
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Hause’s career has included positions in both industry and academia. Following completion of his MS degree from the University of Minnesota, he served as the Director of Diagnostic Services for Newport Laboratories while working toward his PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from South Dakota State University. After receiving his doctorate he pursued his research interests as an assistant professor at Kansas State University before returning to South Dakota State University as both an assistant professor and the section head of Virology. At Cambridge Technologies, he keeps the company on the leading edge of animal health solutions through his work in the discovery and characterization of emerging livestock viruses and development of vaccine countermeasures.
Lynette Demuth
Microbiologist
Lynette has 30 years of experience in bacteriology and R&D. During her career, Lynette has worked in diagnostics for both large multinational corporations and small independent companies. As a Bacteriologist, she works on many of the submissions that come into the diagnostic laboratory. She works a lot on aerobic and anaerobic culture and sensitivity as well as histology. Because of her years of experience and dedication to solving problems she has built long-lasting relationships with many veterinarians and feels personally invested in helping them.
Eric Baumgardner
Research Scientist
Eric has over 15 years of experience in the animal health Industry. Prior to working at Cambridge, he was a research scientist at Newport Laboratories. Before that, Eric spent 5 years working for Camas Inc., a company that manufactured chicken antibody-based feed additives for cattle and pigs. In high school, he also worked for a year at VMC labs in Worthington, MN.
Angie Cunningham
Diagnostic Laboratory Manager
Angie joined Cambridge in 2024, bringing more than 18 years of experience including a special focus on Mycoplasma spp. She has had a lifelong interest in science, and being able to help keep animals healthy while working to solve industry-wide issues is one of the more rewarding parts of her job. Her goal is to help the company continue to grow by developing new diagnostic techniques while working with the latest technology.
Cathe Smith
Laboratory Technician 3
Cathe joined Cambridge Technologies in 2017. She has a background in molecular biology, and past experience working with insect molecular genetics. In the Cambridge Diagnostics Laboratory Cathe performs a lot of next generation sequencing like metagenomics and multilocus sequence typing.
Bonnie Finck
Laboratory Technician 3
Bonnie joined Cambridge in 2017. She has held lab tech and lab supervisor positions in the past, but her work as a microbiologist at South Dakota State University is what drew her into the animal health field. As a Lab Tech, Bonnie is responsible for running qPCR tests and making sure tests results are submitted in a timely fashion.