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Are you a potential graduate student looking for a mentor? An undergraduate student exploring colleges? Or maybe another faculty member seeking a research partner? There are two ways to find a faculty member using the information below: you can search by department or find an expert by research area of interest.

Daniel Hindman, associate professor in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, focuses his research on the efficient use of wood materials for homes and businesses. He has studied high-performance wood composites, and, more recently, cross-laminated timber (CLT), which is now being used to construct multi-story buildings around the world.

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Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

Geography

Sustainable Biomaterials

Annamaria Bukvic, research assistant professor in the Department of Geography, explores solutions to sea-level rise in coastal communities. Through a new course entitled Climate Change and Societal Impacts, she helps students learn about climate change and adaptation and then apply their knowledge to flood-prone areas like Hampton, Virginia.

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Aquaculture

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Emmanuel Frimpong Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	frimp@vt.edu	540-231-6880
Eric Hallerman Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	ehallerm@vt.edu	540-231-3257

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

Emmanuel Frimpong

Associate Professor

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

frimp@vt.edu

540-231-6880

Eric Hallerman

Professor

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

ehallerm@vt.edu

540-231-3257

Aquatic ecology and conservation

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Paul Angermeier Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	biota@vt.edu	540-231-4501
C. Andrew Dolloff Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	adoll@vt.edu	540-231-4864
Emmanuel Frimpong Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	frimp@vt.edu	540-231-6880
Eric Hallerman Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	ehallerm@vt.edu	540-231-3257
William Hopkins Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	hopkinsw@vt.edu	540-231-7292
Jess Jones Associate Professor and Restoration Biologist - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	jfishman@vt.edu	540-231-2266
Kevin McGuire Associate Director	Virginia Water Resources Research Center	kevin.mcguire@vt.edu	540-231-6017
Brian Murphy Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	murphybr@vt.edu	540-231-6959
Donald Orth Thomas H. Jones Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	don_orth@vt.edu	540-231-5919
Stephen Schoenholtz Director	Virginia Water Resources Research Center	schoenhs@vt.edu	540-vt.edu

Bioenergy

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
John Munsell Associate Professor and Extension Specialist	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jfmunsel@vt.edu	540-231-1611
Henry Quesada Associate Professor and Extension Specialist	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	quesada@vt.edu	540-231-0978

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

John Munsell

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

jfmunsel@vt.edu

540-231-1611

Henry Quesada

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

Department of Sustainable Biomaterials

quesada@vt.edu

540-231-0978

Biomaterials

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Kevin Edgar Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	kjedgar@vt.edu	540-231-0674
Charles “Chip” Frazier Thomas M. Brooks Professor of Sustainable Biomaterials	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	cfrazier@vt.edu	540-231-8318
Young Teck Kim Assistant Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	ytkim@vt.edu	540-231-1156
Maren Roman Associate Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	mgrunert@vt.edu	540-231-1421
Li Shuai Assistant Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	shuai@vt.edu	540-231-8253
Audrey Zink-Sharp Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	agzink@vt.edu	540-231-8820

Building design

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Daniel Hindman Associate Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	dhindman@vt.edu	540-231-9443
Joseph Loferski Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	jloferski@vt.edu	540-231-4405

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

Daniel Hindman

Associate Professor

Department of Sustainable Biomaterials

dhindman@vt.edu

540-231-9443

Joseph Loferski

Professor

Department of Sustainable Biomaterials

jloferski@vt.edu

540-231-4405

Climate change impacts

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Anamaria Bukvic Research Assistant Professor	Department of Geography	ana.bukvic@vt.edu	540-231-2941
Carolyn Copenheaver Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	ccopenhe@vt.edu	540-231-4031
Andrew Ellis Associate Professor	Department of Geography	awellis@vt.edu	540-231-8049
Jason Holliday Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jah1@vt.edu	540-231-7267
Luke Juran Assistant Professor	Department of Geography	ljuran@vt.edu	540-231-0265
Kevin McGuire Associate Director	Virginia Water Resources Research Center	kevin.mcguire@vt.edu	540-231-6017
Lynn Resler Associate Professor	Department of Geography	resler@vt.edu	540-231-5790
Peter Sforza Director and Research Scientist	Center for Geospatial Information Technology	psforza@vt.edu	540-231-8935

Disease ecology

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Kathleen Alexander Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	kathyalx@vt.edu	540-231-5059
Luis Escobar Assistant Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	escobar1@vt.edu	540-232-8454
Korine Kolivras Associate Professor	Department of Geography	korine@vt.edu	540-231-5514

Environmental contaminants

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
William Hopkins Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	hopkinsw@vt.edu	540-231-7292
John Seiler The Honorable and Mrs. Shelton H. Short Jr. Professor of Forestry	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jseiler@vt.edu	540-231-5461

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

William Hopkins

Professor

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

hopkinsw@vt.edu

540-231-7292

John Seiler

The Honorable and Mrs. Shelton H. Short Jr. Professor of Forestry

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

jseiler@vt.edu

540-231-5461

Forest biology and ecology

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
W. Michael Aust Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	waust@vt.edu	540-231-4523
Carolyn Copenheaver Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	ccopenhe@vt.edu	540-231-4031
C. Andrew Dolloff Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	adoll@vt.edu	540-231-4864
W. Mark Ford Associate Professor and Unit Leader for the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	wmford@vt.edu	540-231-5927
Carola Haas Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	cahaas@vt.edu	540-231-9269
Sarah Karpanty Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	karpanty@vt.edu	540-231-4586
Kevin McGuire Associate Director	Virginia Water Resources Research Center	kevin.mcguire@vt.edu	540-231-6017
Donald Orth Thomas H. Jones Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	don_orth@vt.edu	540-231-5919
Philip Radtke Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	pradtke@vt.edu	540-231-8863
Lynn Resler Associate Professor	Department of Geography	resler@vt.edu	540-231-5790
Stephen Schoenholtz Director	Virginia Water Resources Research Center	schoenhs@vt.edu	540-vt.edu
Brian Strahm Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	Brian.strahm@vt.edu	540-231-8627

Forestry operations

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
W. Michael Aust Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	waust@vt.edu	540-231-4523
Scott Barrett Assistant Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	sbarrett@vt.edu
M. Chad Bolding Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	bolding@vt.edu	540-231-6924
John Munsell Associate Professor and Extension Specialist	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jfmunsel@vt.edu	540-231-1611

Genetics

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Amy Brunner Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	abrunner@vt.edu	540-231-3165
Eric Hallerman Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	ehallerm@vt.edu	540-231-5573
Jason Holliday Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jah1@vt.edu	540-231-7267
Jess Jones Associate Professor and Restoration Biologist - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	jfishman@vt.edu	540-231-2266

Geospatial applications

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
John Boyer Instructor	Department of Geography	joboyer@vt.edu	540-231-5805
James Campbell Professor	Department of Geography	jayhawk@vt.edu	540-231-5841
Laurence “Bill” Carstensen Professor	Department of Geography	carstens@vt.edu	540-231-7557
Scott Klopfer Director	Conservation Management Institute	sklopfer@vt.edu	540-231-8825
Korine Kolivras Associate Professor	Department of Geography	korine@vt.edu	540-231-5514
John McGee Associate Professor and Extension Specialist	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jmcg@vt.edu	540-231-2428
Peter Sforza Director and Research Scientist	Center for Geospatial Information Technology	psforza@vt.edu	540-231-8935

Human dimensions of natural resources

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Gregory Amacher Julian N. Cheatham Professor of Forestry	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	gamacher@vt.edu	540-231-5943
Timothy Baird Associate Professor	Department of Geography	tbaird@vt.edu	540-231-5116
Anamaria Bukvic Research Assistant Pprofessor	Department of Geography	ana.bukvic@vt.edu	540-231-2941
Ashley Dayer Assistant Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	dayer@vt.edu	540-231-8847
A.L. “Tom” Hammett II Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	himal@vt.edu	540-231-2716
R. Bruce Hull Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	hullrb@vt.edu	540-231-7272
Luke Juran Assistant Professor	Department of Geography	ljuran@vt.edu	540-231-0265
Courtney Kimmel Associate Director	Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability	cekimmel@vt.edu	540-585-4985
Kieran Lindsey Associate Director	Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability	klindsey@vt.edu	314-605-8820
Michael Mortimer Director and Senior Fellow	Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability	mmortime@vt.edu	571-858-3380
Robert Oliver Associate Professor	Department of Geography	oliverr@vt.edu	540-231-5523
David Robertson Associate Director	Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability	davidrobertson@vt.edu	540-449-3167
Michael Sorice Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	msorice@vt.edu	540-231-8303
Marc Stern Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	mjstern@vt.edu	540-231-7418

Landscape use and biogeography

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
John Boyer Instructor	Department of Geography	joboyer@vt.edu	540-231-5805
James Campbell Professor	Department of Geography	jayhawk@vt.edu	540-231-5841
Carolyn Copenheaver Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	ccopenhe@vt.edu	540-231-4031
Lisa Kennedy Associate Professor	Department of Geography	Likenne1@vt.edu	540-231-1422

Marine and coastal ecology

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Anamaria Bukvic Research Assistant Professor	Department of Geography	ana.bukvic@vt.edu	540-231-2941
James Fraser Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	fraser@vt.edu	540-231-6064
Yan Jiao Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	yjiao@vt.edu	540-231-5749
Sarah Karpanty Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	karpanty@vt.edu	540-231-4586
Brian Murphy Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	murphybr@vt.edu	540-231-6959

Marketing and business

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Robert Bush Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	rbush@vt.edu	540-231-8834
A.L. “Tom” Hammett II Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	himal@vt.edu	540-231-2716
Henry Quesada Associate Professor and Extension Specialist	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	quesada@vt.edu	540-231-0978
Robert “Bob” Smith Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	rsmith@vt.edu	540-231-7679

Meteorology

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
David Carroll Instructor	Department of Geography	carrolld@vt.edu	540-231-5469
Andrew Ellis Associate Professor	Department of Geography	awellis@vt.edu	540-231-8049
Peter Sforza Director and Research Scientist	Center for Geospatial Information Technology	psforza@vt.edu	540-231-8935
Stephanie Zick Assistant Professor	Department of Geography	sezick@vt.edu	540-231-3434

Packaging

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Laszlo Horvath Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	lhorvat@vt.edu	540-231-7673
Young Teck Kim Assistant Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	ytkim@vt.edu	540-231-1156

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

Laszlo Horvath

Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design

Department of Sustainable Biomaterials

lhorvat@vt.edu

540-231-7673

Young Teck Kim

Assistant Professor

Department of Sustainable Biomaterials

ytkim@vt.edu

540-231-1156

Quantitative modeling

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Harold Burkhart Thomas M. Brooks Professor of Forestry	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	burkhart@vt.edu	540-231-6952
Emmanuel Frimpong Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	frimp@vt.edu	540-231-6880
Laszlo Horvath Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	lhorvat@vt.edu	540-231-7673
Yan Jiao Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	yjiao@vt.edu	540-231-5749
Philip Radtke Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	pradtke@vt.edu	540-231-8863
Dean Stauffer Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	dstauffe@vt.edu	540-231-7349
Randolph Wynne Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	wynne@vt.edu	540-231-7811

Recreation

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Jeffrey Marion Leader of Cooperative Park Studies Unit and Adjunct Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jmarion@vt.edu	540-231-6603

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

Jeffrey Marion

Leader of Cooperative Park Studies Unit and Adjunct Professor

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

jmarion@vt.edu

540-231-6603

Resources Economics

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Gregory Amacher Julian N. Cheatham Professor of Forestry	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	gamacher@vt.edu	540-231-5943
Jay Sullivan Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	jsulliv@vt.edu	540-231-4356

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

Gregory Amacher

Julian N. Cheatham Professor of Forestry

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

gamacher@vt.edu

540-231-5943

Jay Sullivan

Professor

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

jsulliv@vt.edu

540-231-4356

Urban forestry

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Susan Day Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	sdd@vt.edu	540-231-7264
David Robertson Associate Director	Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability	davidrobertson@vt.edu	540-449-3167
P. Eric Wiseman Associate Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	pwiseman@vt.edu	540-231-5148

Wetlands

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
W. Michael Aust Professor	Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	waust@vt.edu	540-231-4523
James Parkhurst Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	jparkhur@vt.edu	540-231-9283

Professor

Department

Email

Phone

W. Michael Aust

Professor

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

waust@vt.edu

540-231-4523

James Parkhurst

Associate Professor

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

jparkhur@vt.edu

540-231-9283

Wildlife ecology and conservation

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
W. Mark Ford Associate Professor and Unit Leader for the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	wmford@vt.edu	540-231-5927
James Fraser Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	fraser@vt.edu	540-231-6064
Carola Haas Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	cahaas@vt.edu	540-231-9269
William Hopkins Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	hopkinsw@vt.edu	540-231-7292
Sarah Karpanty Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	karpanty@vt.edu	540-231-4586
Marcella Kelly Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	makelly2@vt.edu	540-231-1734
Scott Klopfer Director	Conservation Management Institute	sklopfer@vt.edu	540-231-8825
James Parkhurst Associate Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	jparkhur@vt.edu	540-231-9283
Dean Stauffer Professor	Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation	dstauffe@vt.edu	540-231-7349

Wood products manufacturing

Professor	Department	Email	Phone
Brian Bond Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	bbond@vt.edu	540-231-8752
Urs Buehlmann Professor and Extension Specialist	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	ubuehlm@vt.edu	540-231-9759
Linda Caudill Senior Research Associate and Managing Director of the Wood-Based Composites Center	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	lcaudill@vt.edu	540-231-7092
Charles “Chip” Frazier Thomas M. Brooks Professor of Sustainable Biomaterials	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	cfrazier@vt.edu	540-231-8318
D. Earl Kline Professor	Department of Sustainable Biomaterials	kline@vt.edu	540-231-8841

Faculty Directory