New college faculty
February 15, 2017
![Anamaria Bukvic](/content/cnre_vt_edu/en/about/newsmagazine/articles/faculty-briefs/201702/new-college-faculty/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Anamaria Bukvic
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
- Ph.D. (2012) Virginia Tech
- M.C.P. (2006) and M.S. (2002) University of Cinicinnati
- B.E. (1998) University of Zagreb
Special interests: Climate change impacts, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction; population displacement, resettlement, and relocation; coastal hazards and disasters
![Michael Cherry](/content/cnre_vt_edu/en/about/newsmagazine/articles/faculty-briefs/201702/new-college-faculty/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_833202467.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Michael Cherry
Assistant Professor
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Ph.D. (2014) and B.S. (2010) University of Georgia
Special interests: wildlife-habitat interactions; predator-prey ecology; ungulate ecology and management
![Ashley Dayer](/content/cnre_vt_edu/en/about/newsmagazine/articles/faculty-briefs/201702/new-college-faculty/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_428860925.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Ashley Dayer
Assistant Professor
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Ph.D. (2013) Cornell University
- M.S. (2006) Colorado State University
- B.A. (2001) Harvard University
Special interests: Human dimensions, private lands conservation, bird conservation, human-wildlife conflict, citizen science, research to action
![Alex Silvis](/content/cnre_vt_edu/en/about/newsmagazine/articles/faculty-briefs/201702/new-college-faculty/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1573559879.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Alex Silvis
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Ph.D. (2014) Virginia Tech
- M.S. (2011) The Ohio State University
- B.S. (2008) Wittenberg University
Special interests: applied conservation of nongame mammals, wildlife social and population dynamics, distribution ecology, genetic structuring of wildlife social groups
![Stephanie Zick](/content/cnre_vt_edu/en/about/newsmagazine/articles/faculty-briefs/201702/new-college-faculty/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1362784517.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Stephanie Zick
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
- Ph.D. (2013) University of Florida
- M.S. (2007) The Pennsylvania State University
- B.S. (2005) Rutgers University
Special interests: Tropical meteorology, numerical weather prediction, precipitation, shape analysis