Faculty and Staff Directory
Faculty
Joel W Snodgrass, Professor and Department Head, Fish and Wildlife Conservation.
Joel Snodgrass
Professor &
Department Head
Email: joels@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5573
Office: 100 Cheatham
Professor, Kathleen Alexander
Kathleen Alexander
Professor
Email: kathyalx@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5059
Office: 2103 ILSB
Paul Angermeier, Professor, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Paul Angermeier
Professor &
Assistant Unit Leader for
VA Cooperative Fish &
Wildlife Research Unit
Email: biota@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-4501
Office: 342 Latham
Leandro Castello, Asst Professor, Fish and Wildlife Conservation.
Leandro Castello
Associate Professor
Email: leandro@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5046
Office: 148 Cheatham
Dan Catlin
Research
Associate Professor
Email: dcatlin@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-1692
Office: 134 Cheatham
Michael J. Cherry
Assistant Professor
Email: mjcherry@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-3960
Office: 106E Cheatham
Ashley Dayer
Assistant Professor
Email: dayer@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-8847
Office: 108 Cheatham
Andrew Dolloff
Professor &
Project Leader for
USFS Southern Research Station Coldwater Fisheries Research Unit
Email: adoll@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-4864
Office: 350 Latham
Luis E. Escobar
Assistant Professor
Email: escobar1@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 232-8454
Office: 444 Latham Hall
Lab: 340 Latham Hall
Francesco Ferretti
Assistant Professor
Email: ferretti@vt.edu
Office: 106E Cheatham
Mark Ford
Associate Professor & Unit Lead for
VA Cooperative Fish &
Wildlife Research Unit
Email: wmford@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5927
Office: 106B Cheatham
James (Jim) Fraser
Professor
Email: fraser@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-6064
Office: 106C Cheatham
Emmanuel Frimpong
Professor & Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs
Email: frimp@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-6880
Office: 156 Cheatham
Carola Haas
Professor
Email: cahaas@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-9269
Office: 112 Cheatham
Michael Kevin Hamed
Collegiate Assistant Professor
Email: khamed@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-1887
Office: 154 Cheatham
Eric Hallerman
Professor
Email: ehallerm@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-3257
Office: 114 Cheatham
William Hopkins
Professor & Director of
Global Change Center
Email: hopkinsw@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7292
Office: 442 Latham
Yan Jiao
Professor
Email: yjiao@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5749
Office: 110 Cheatham
Jess Jones
Associate Professor &
Restoration Biologist for
USFWS & Co-Director of
FMCC
Email: jess_jones@fws.gov
Phone: (540) 231-2266/8865
Office: 106A Cheatham
Sarah Karpanty
Professor
Email: karpanty@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-4586
Office: 150 Cheatham
Marcella Kelly
Professor
Email: makelly2@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-1734
Office: 146 Cheatham
Holly Kindsvater
Assistant Professor Email: hkindsvater
Phone: (540) 231-1169
Office: 114 Cheatham
Donald Linzey
Instructional Faculty
Email: dlinzey@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-2290
Office: 154 Cheatham Hall
Donald Orth
Thomas Jones Professor
Email: dorth@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5919
Office: 106D Cheatham
Jim Parkhurst
Associate Professor
Email: jparkhur@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-9283
Office: 350 Latham
Dean Stauffer
Professor & Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Affairs
Email: dstauffe@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7349
Office: 152 Cheatham
Research Scientists
Joseph Buckwalter
Research Associate
Email: joebuck@vt.edu
Lab: 339 Latham Hall
Nicholas Caruso
Postdoctoral Associate
Email: nmcaruso@vt.edu
Serena Ciparis
Research Scientist
Email: sciparis@vt.edu
Office: 154 Cheatham Hall
Corrine Diggins
Postdoctoral Associate
Email: cordie1@vt.edu
Thomas Galligan
Postdoctoral Associate
Email: thomg09@vt.edu
Lab: Latham 437
David Hata
Research Scientist
Email: dhata@vt.edu
Bill Henley
Research Scientist
Email: whenley@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7241
Office: Mollusk Center
Kelsi Hunt
Research Associate
Email: hunt0382@vt.edu
Office: 134 Cheatham Hall
Zachary Hurst
Research Associate
Email: zmhurst@vt.edu
Office: 111 Cheatham Hall
Kelly Jones
Research Associate
Email: kcjones7@vt.edu
Office: Off Campus, FL
Eunbi Kwon
Postdoctoral Associate
Email: ebkwon@vt.edu
Ronald Meyers
Research Associate
Email: rbmeyers@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 570-9535
Office: 106 Cheatham
Chouly Ou
Research Associate
Email: chouly.ou@vt.edu
Shannon Ritter
Research Associate
Email: sjritter@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-4433
Office: 101 Cheatham Hall
Claire Sanderson
Research Associate
Email: clairees@vt.edu
Office: 2103 ILSB
Faren Wolter
Research Associate
Email: fwolter@vt.edu
Office: 111 Cheatham Hall
Staff
Tara Craig
IT Specialist/Program Support
Email: tvipperm@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-6944
Office: 101 Cheatham Hall
Donald Fraser
Watercraft Operations Manager
Email: drfraser@vt.edu
Office: Boatshed
Jordy Groffen
Research Technician
Email: jgroffen@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7292
Office: 437 Latham Hall
Lynn Hayes
Administrative Assistant
Email: lyhayes@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-1975
Office: 101D Cheatham Hall
Claire Helmke
Natural Resource Specialist
Email: claire90@vt.edu
Beth Jones
Accounts Manager
Email: ejones06@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-3983
Office: 106 Cheatham Hall
Jeffery Wingate
Equipment & Service Repair Manager
Email: wjeff@vt.edu
Office: Center Woods
Dana Keith
Administrative Assistant to the Department Head
Email: dkeith@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5573
Office: 100 Cheatham Hall
Vivian Porter
Natural Resources Specialist
Email: pvivian3@vt.edu
Office: Off Campus, FL
Brandon Rincon
Wildlife Worker
Email: brandon6@vt.edu
Office: Off Campus, FL
Camron Comer
Natural Resource Specialist
Email: camron3@vt.edu
Terri Waid
VA Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Administrative Assistant
Email: twaid@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-4934
Office: 101C Cheatham Hall
