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:442 Latham

Dan Catlin
Research
Associate Professor
Email: dcatlin@vt.edu 
Phone: (540) 231-1692
Office: 134 Cheatham

Willandia Chaves
Assistant Professor
Email: wchaves@vt.edu

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

Elizabeth Hunter
Assistant Professor & Assistant Unit Leader for VA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Email: ehunter1@vt.edu

Brett Jesmer
Assistant Professor
Email: 
brettjesmer@vt.edu

Office: 148 Cheatham Hall

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

Dean Stauffer 
Professor & Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Affairs
Email: dstauffe@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7349
Office: 152 Cheatham

Ronald Meyer
Associate Professor of Practice
Email: rbmeyers@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 570-9535
Office: 106 Cheatham 

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

Jessica Barnes
National Bird Conservation
Social Science Coordinator
Email: jcbarnes@vt.edu    

George Brooks
Postdoctoral Associate
Email: boa10gb@vt.edu 

Joseph Buckwalter
Research Associate
Email: joebuck@vt.edu
Lab: 339 Latham Hall

Nicholas Caruso
Research Scientist
Email: nmcaruso@vt.edu

Serena Ciparis
Research Scientist
Email: sciparis@vt.edu
Office:  154 Cheatham Hall

Sabrina Deeley
Postdoctoral Associate
Email: sdeeley@vt.edu

Corrine Diggins
Research Scientist
Email: cordie1@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

Kelly Jones
Research Associate
Email: kcjones7@vt.edu
Office: Off Campus, FL

Shannon Ritter
Research Associate
Email:  sjritter@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-4433
Office: 101 Cheatham Hall

Adam Rok
Research Associate
Email: rok@vt.edu 

Sarah Sweeten
Research Scientist
Email: sweeten@vt.edu
Office: Aquaculture Center

Postdoctoral Associate
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Email: edthorne@vt.edu
Office:  106 Cheatham 

Chelsea Weithman
Research Associate
Email: cweithm@vt.edu
Office:  Cheatham 134

Tara Craig 
IT Specialist/Program Support
Email: tvipperm@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-6944
Office: 101 Cheatham Hall

Cody Ewers
Natural Resource Spec II  Email: ewers@vt.edu
Office: Off Campus, FL

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

Beth Jones
Accounts Manager 
Email: ejones06@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-3983
Office: 101 Cheatham Hall

Dana Keith 
Administrative Assistant to the Department Head 
Email: dkeith@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5573
Office: 100 Cheatham Hall

Brandon Rincon
Wildlife Worker
Email: brandon6@vt.edu
Office: Off Campus, FL

Emily S. Simpson
Administrative & Office Specialist
Virginia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Email: esimp@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4934 
Office: 101 Cheatham Hall

Jeffery Wingate
Equipment & Service Repair Manager 
Email: wjeff@vt.edu
Office: Center Woods