Faculty
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
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Bio ItemJustin R. Barone , bio
Professor: Biopolymers and polymer processing
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Bio ItemFeras Batarseh , bio
Associate Professor: Artificial Intelligence Assurance, Intelligent Water Systems, Cyberbiosecurity, Context and Causality, AI for Agricultural Policy
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Bio ItemNatasha Bell, P.E. , bio
Assistant Professor Research Area-Ecological Engineering
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Bio ItemBrian Benham , bio
Professor and Extension Specialist: Watershed management, nonpoint source pollution assessment and control, household drinking water quality
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Bio ItemAbhilash Chandel , bio
Assistant Professor: Precision Agriculture
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Bio ItemJonathan Czuba, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor: River and floodplain processes and restoration; sediment transport; ecohydraulics and ecomorphodynamics
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Bio ItemAnna Duraj-Thatte , bio
Assistant Professor: Engineered Living Materials, Synthetic Biology, Biomaterials, Therapeutics
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Bio ItemZachary Easton , bio
H.E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Extension Specialist: Hydrology and water quality, best management practices, modeling
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Bio ItemDwayne Edwards, P.E. , bio
Department Head and Professor: Surface hydrology and water quality, climate change, statistical analysis, modeling
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Bio ItemYiming Feng , bio
Assistant Professor and Extensions Specialist: Food processing engineering
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Bio ItemW. Cully Hession, P.E. , bio
Professor and Graduate Program Director: Ecological engineering, influence of human activities on streams, stream channel & floodplain interactions, techniques for measuring and improving in-stream habitat, and development of technologies and strategies for successful stream restoration
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Bio ItemYanghui Kang , bio
Assistant Professor; Remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystems; agroecosystem monitoring and modeling; nature-based climate solutions
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Bio ItemLeigh-Anne Krometis , bio
Professor and Turner Faculty Fellow: Public health; waterborne disease; stormwater management
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Bio ItemJactone Ogejo, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist: Animal manure and other organic bioresidues management and utilization; characterization and mitigation of aerial pollutants from sources in animal feeding operations
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Bio ItemDavid Sample, P.E. , bio
Professor and Extension Specialist: Urban stormwater management, watershed modeling, and design of best management practices
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Bio ItemDurelle Scott , bio
Professor and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies: Material fate and transport through streams and wetlands
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Bio ItemRyan Senger , bio
Associate Professor: Metabolic engineering, systems biology, synthetic biology
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Bio ItemJulie Shortridge , bio
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist: Water resources engineering and management; Climate change impacts and adaptation; Risk and decision analysis in water systems
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Bio ItemVenkat Sridhar, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor: River basin modeling, climate impacts on hydrology and water resources, water and energy budgets, land-atmosphere interaction
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Bio ItemWujin Sun , bio
Assistant Professor: Cell and biomaterial engineering, drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, precision medicine
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Bio ItemTess Wynn Thompson , bio
Associate Professor: Ecological engineering; stream and wetlands restoration; urban stormwater management
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Bio ItemZhiwu (Drew) Wang, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor: Bioenergy/bioproduct; water/wastewater treatment; nutrient removal/recovery; upscaled bioprocessing
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Bio ItemJennifer Wayne , bio
Professor Biomechanics, Virtual Reality for Training
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Bio ItemClay Wright , bio
Assistant Professor: Plant Synthetic Biology
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Bio ItemChenming (Mike) Zhang , bio
Professor and Turner Faculty Fellow: Nanovaccines, Protein Expression, Protein Purification, Vaccine development, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology
Affiliate Faculty
Assigned to different Virginia Tech units, Affiliate Faculty partner regularly in graduate student recruiting and advising, research, and other areas of mutual interest.
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Bio ItemAzahar Ali , bio
Assistant Professor: Biosensor engineering
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Bio ItemBahareh Behkam , bio
Associate Professor John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow Thrust Area Specialty: Bio, Micro & Nano Systems
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Bio ItemJuhong Chen , bio
Assistant Professor: Food Safety Engineering; Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation
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Bio ItemHaibo Huang , bio
Associate Professor: Food Processing, Fermentation Engineering, Process Simulation, and Economic Analysis
Professional Faculty
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Bio ItemPriscilla Beth Baker , bio
Undergraduate Academic and Career Advisor: Course selection and degree focus, internships, co-ops, study abroad, career opportunities, and university support services
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Bio ItemChris Coltman , bio
HABB1 Building Manager: Responsibilities include granting access to building services and utilities in HABB1
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Bio ItemDaniel Fuka , bio
Postdoctoral Associate: Geoscience interfacing, watershed sciences
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Bio ItemJohn Ignosh , bio
Senior Extension Specialist, Agricultural Byproduct Utilization: Agricultural byproduct utilization, renewable energy, energy efficiency, nutrient management, Extension programming, project analysis, and international development
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Bio ItemLaura Lehmann , bio
Environmental/Agricultural Research Manager: Instrumentation applications for water quality and environmental monitoring, communications for remote field monitoring, UAV operations for environmental research
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Bio ItemErin Ling , bio
Water Quality Senior Extension Specialist: Private water supply testing and outreach, community watershed management, development of water quality education and outreach materials, social marketing and behavior change, program management
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Bio ItemJaden Ringley , bio
Assistant Director of Business Operations
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Bio ItemAsa Spiller , bio
Project Associate: water quality; data management; laboratory analysis; freshwater ecology
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Bio ItemPenghui Zhao , bio
Postdoctoral Associate: Drug delivery, nanotechnology and biomaterials
Emerita and Emeritus Faculty
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Bio ItemJohn Cundiff , bio
Professor Emeritus: Alternative energy/alternative crops, systems simulation
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Bio ItemTheo Dillaha , bio
Professor Emeritus: Nonpoint source pollution control and modeling; watershed and water resources management, sustainable agriculture, international development
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Bio ItemRobert (Bobby) Grisso, P.E. , bio
Professor Emeritus: Biomass logistics, machinery systems, machinery management, precision farming, and farm safety
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Bio ItemGene Haugh , bio
Professor Emeritus: Physical properties of biological materials with emphasis on use of ultrasonics
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Bio ItemConrad Heatwole , bio
Associate Professor Emeritus: Watershed modeling and geospatial analysis of land use impacts on hydrology, water quality and ecosystem function
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Bio ItemSaied Mostaghimi , bio
H.E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor and CALS Associate Dean for Research: Nonpoint source pollution control; watershed management; Impacts of management practices
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Bio ItemJohn Perumpral , bio
W. S. Cross Professor and Head Emeritus: Machine systems for sustainable production and processing of biological materials
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Bio ItemFrank Woeste , bio
Professor Emeritus and Sustainable Biomaterials Adjunct Professor: Wood engineering, wood truss bracing, deck and balcony safety and design, lumber and timber strength, structural design
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Bio ItemMary Leigh Wolfe , bio
Professor Emerita: Nonpoint source pollution control and modeling; decision support for watershed management