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Faculty

Name
Discipline Title Contact Information
Jonathan Auguste Arbovirology Associate Professor

jauguste@vt.edu

540-231-6158

Warren Booth Urban Entomology Associate Professor

warrenbooth@vt.edu

Tim Bryant Field Crop Entomology Assistant Professor btim2@vt.edu
 Margaret Couvillon Pollinator Biology and Ecology, Behavioral Ecology
Associate Professor

mjc@vt.edu

540-231-5707

Alejandro Del-Pozo Applied Insect Ecology Assistant Professor

adelpozo@vt.edu

757-363-3904

Gillian Eastwood Vector-Borne Disease Ecology Associate Professor

geastwood@vt.edu

540-231-1862

Sally Entrekin Aquatic Entomology Professor

sallye@vt.edu

540-231-5978

Daniel Frank Pesticide Safety Education Director of Pesticide Programs

dlfrank@vt.edu

540-231-6543

Aaron Gross Toxicology & Physiology Associate Professor

adgross@vt.edu

540-232-8448

Tim Kring
Biological Control of Insects and Weeds
Professor/Department Head

timkring@vt.edu

540-231-6341

Thomas Kuhar Vegetable Entomology
Professor

tkuhar@vt.edu

540-231-6129

Paul Marek Systematics Associate Professor

pmarek@vt.edu

540-231-5653

Dini Miller Urban Pest Management
Professor

dinim@vt.edu

540-231-4045

Sally Paulson Veterinary and Medical Entomology Associate Professor

spaulson@vt.edu

540-231-8035

Douglas Pfeiffer
Fruit IPM, Ecological Interactions in Orchards and Vineyards
Professor

dgpfeiff@vt.edu

540-231-4183

Arash Rashed Agricultural Entomology Professor and Director of the Southern Piedmont AREC

arashr@vt.edu

 

Kevin Rice Tree Fruit Entomology Associate Professor and Director of the Alson H Smith Jr. AREC

rkevin@vt.edu

 

Scott Salom Forest Entomology Professor

salom@vt.edu

540-231-2794

Roger Schürch
Social Insect Ecology/Evolution Assistant Professor

rschurch@vt.edu

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Igor Sharakhov
Evolutionary Genomics and Cytogenetics of Disease Vectors
Professor

igor@vt.edu

540-231-7316

Maria Sharakhova Disease vectors, Molecular Genetics, Cytogenetics, Genomics Associate Professor

msharakh@vt.edu

540-231-0731

James Wilson Apiculture Collegiate Assistant Professor

keepbees@vt.edu

540-231-2168

Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang Insect Microbial Interactions Assistant Professor

scottyyang@vt.edu

540-231-3052

Administrative/ Professional Faculty

Name
Discipline Title Contact Information
Benjamin Aigner Vegetable Entomology Postdoctoral Researcher baigner@vt.edu
Stephanie Blevins Wycoff Pesticide Safety Education Extension Associate

 slblevin@vt.edu

540-231-6543

Kyle Bekelja Tree-Fruit Entomology Postdoctoral Researcher

kbekelja@vt.edu

 

Jason Bielski Applied Insect Ecology Postdoctoral Researcher jbiel654@vt.edu
Katlyn Catron Vegetable Entomology & Applied Insect Ecology Postdoctoral Researcher kamos@vt.edu
Eric Day Insect Identification and Extension Pest Surveys ID Lab Manager

ericday@vt.edu

540-231-4899

Denise Dodd Geographic Information Systems, Spongy Moth Database Specialist

drdodd@vt.edu

540-231-9979

Mannin Dodd Geographic Information Systems, Spongy Moth Research Associate

hdodd@vt.edu

540-231-9119

Anne Jones Urban Entomology - Chemical Ecology Postdoctoral Researcher

annej@vt.edu

 

Carrie Jubb Beneficial Insects Containment Insect Quarantine Officer

cjubb@vt.edu

540-231-6320

Peter Lee Software Development, Systems Administration Professional Lecturer

pelee@vt.edu

540-231-4161

Jiangtao Liang Evolutionary Genomics and Cytogenetics of Disease Vectors Postdoctoral Researcher

jtliang@vt.edu 

 

Mahvish Maqbool Vector-Borne Disease Ecology Postdoctoral Researcher mahvish@vt.edu
Kathleen Miller Pesticide Safety Education Extension Associate

millerkm@vt.edu

540-231-8957

Lindsay Miles Urban Entomology Postdoctoral Researcher

lindsaysm@vt.edu

 

Ksenia Onufrieva Mating Disruption in Spongy Moth IPM Research Scientist

ksenia@vt.edu

540-250-7428

Rachel Parson Curriculum Development Specialist Extension Associate

rparson@vt.edu

540-231-6543

Laura Trujillo Burbano Geographic Information Systems, Spongy Moth
Professional Lecturer

lltb89@vt.edu 

540-231-4461

Affiliated Virginia Tech Faculty

Name
Discipline Title Contact Information
Chloe Lahondere Effects of Temperature and Climate on Insect Disease Vectors Assistant Professor

lahonder@vt.edu

540-231-9487

Muni Muniappan IPM and Biocontrol of Invasive Weeds Professor

rmuni@vt.edu

540-231-3516

Dorothea Tholl Biochemical evolution, chemical ecology and genetic engineering of insect pheromones Professor

tholl@vt.edu

540-231-4567

James Weger-Lucarelli Arbovirus Evolution Assistant Professor

weger@vt.edu

540-231-6594