Faculty and Staff Directory

Joel Snodgrass
Professor & 
Department Head
Email: joels@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5573
Office: 100 Cheatham

Kathleen Alexander
Professor
Email: kathyalx@vt.edu 
Phone: (540) 231-5059
Office: 2103 ILSB

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
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: 344 Latham Hall
Lab: 340 Latham Hall

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

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: 444 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

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

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

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

Andrew Karpa
Equipment & Service Repair Manager 
Email: akarpa1@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

Chelsea Weithman
Research Technician
Email: cweithm@vt.edu