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Biological Sciences
Phone: (540) 231-8930
FAX: (540) 231-9307
Web: http://www.biol.vt.edu
Brenda S.J. Winkel, Professor and Head
Phone: 231-5712
E-mail: bioscihead@vt.edu
Dreama S. Price, Assistant to Department Head
Phone: 231-5712
E-mail: dreama@vt.edu
Graduate Program
S. Rasmussen, Graduate Coordinator
Phone: 231-8929
E-mail: BiologyGrad@vt.edu
Undergraduate Program
K. Fraley, Undergraduate Office Manager
Phone: 231-6407
E-mail: bioadvising@vt.edu
Staff in Biological Sciences
James S Adelman, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: adelmanj@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8882
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
4026 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Katie Akers, Fiscal Technician
E-mail: klavt@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4571
Address: 2119 Derring Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Postal Code: 0406
Atia Atia,
E-mail: atia1979@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8932
Address: Biological Sciences
5017 Derring Hall
Egypt
Postal Code: 0406
Diya Banerjee, Assistant Professor
E-mail: dbanerjee@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0787
Address: 1981 Kraft Drive, Room 2021
Integrated Life Sciences Bldg, CRC
Biological Sciences
Postal Code: 0913
John E Barrett, Associate Professor
E-mail: jebarre@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3827
Address: Biological Sciences
1010 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Lisa Belden, Associate Professor
E-mail: belden@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2505
Address: Biological Sciences
4092C Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
E. F. Benfield, Professor & Assoc Dept Head
E-mail: benfield@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5802
Address: Biological Sciences
4070B Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Wesley P Black, Research Asst Professor
E-mail: weblack@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9381
Address: Biological Sciences
245 Life Sciences I
Postal Code: 0910
Lori A Blanc, Research Scientist CY
E-mail: lblanc@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5256
Address: Biological Sciences
4082 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Frances Bonier,
E-mail: fb2@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2112
Address: Biological Sciences
4093 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Brent C Bowden, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: brbowden@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8933
Address: Biological Sciences
Integrated Life Sci Bldg CRC
1981 Kraft Drive, Room 2102
Postal Code: 0406
Bryan Lyle Brown, Asst Professor AY
E-mail: stonefly@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2065
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
2013 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Art Buikema Jr, Alumni Distinguished Professor
E-mail: buik@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5180
Address: Biological Sciences
1024B Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Daniel G Capelluto, Assistant Professor
E-mail: capellut@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0974
Address: Biological Sciences
Integrated Life Sci Bldg, CRC
1981 Kraft Drive, Room 2007
Postal Code: 0913
Martha Carter, Research Technician
E-mail: cartermc@vt.edu
Katherine C Chen, Research Scientist
E-mail: kchen@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5508
Address: Biological Sciences
5076C Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Daniela Cimini, Assistant Professor
E-mail: cimini@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3922
Address: Integrated Life Sciences Bldg, CRC
1981 Kraft Drive, Room 2013
Postal Code: 0913
William Clements,
Phone: 303-491-0690
Address: Colorado State University
Fisheries & Wildlife Biology
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Postal Code: 0406
Guy Jacques Cormier, Chief Information Officer
E-mail: gjc22@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7524
Address: Life Sciences 1
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0477
Sunny Sheliese Crawley, Lab Lecture Assistant
E-mail: sunnyd31@vt.edu
Sandra L Daniel, Instructional PT Temp Adjunct
E-mail: dsandra@vt.edu
Address: 215 Life Sciences I (MC 0910)
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0406
Hui Deng, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: hdeng07@vt.edu
Diaga Diouf,
E-mail: ddiouf@vt.edu
Phone: 221-410-7424
Address: Lab de Biotechnologies Vegales
Dakar,
Senegal
Postal Code: 0406
Darla Donald, Editorial Assistant
E-mail: dddon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8010
Address: Biological Sciences
1016 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Cas Eikenaar, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: eikenaar@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8930
Address: 2113 A Derring Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Postal Code: 0406
Klaus D Elgert, Professor
E-mail: kdelgert@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6119
Address: Biological Sciences
2097 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jack Evans, Advanced Instructor
E-mail: jaevans1@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6407
Address: Biological Sciences
2089 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Joseph O Falkinham III, Professor
E-mail: jofiii@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5931
Address: Biological Sciences
5008 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Carla V Finkielstein, Associate Professor
E-mail: finkielc@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1159
Address: Biological Sciences
Integrated Life Sci. Bldg, CRC
1981 Kraft Drive, Room 2008
Postal Code: 0913
Annette D Fluri, Fiscal Technician
E-mail: afluri@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8923
Address: Biological Sciences
2119 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Karen Gillaspie Fraley, Education Support Specialist II
E-mail: fraleyk@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6407
Address: Biological Sciences
Advising
2089 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Xiangping Fu, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: xping@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5165
Address: Biological Sciences
2103 Integrated Life Sciences Bldg.
Postal Code: 0406
Crystal Lynn Gilbert, Laboratory Specialist Senior
E-mail: clgilber@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0772
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
Life Sciences I Bldg
Washington St.
Postal Code: 0331
Tetsuya Gotoh, Research Associate
E-mail: tgotoh@vt.edu
Christi Gray, Business Manager
E-mail: christis@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8927
Address: Biological Sciences
2119 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Russell S Greenberg,
E-mail: antbird@vt.edu
Phone: 202-673-4908
Address: Biological Sciences
Smithsonian Institution
National Zoo
Washington, DC 20000
Postal Code: 0406
Robert Harrison Gunter, Computer Network Administrator
E-mail: rgunter@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8944
Address: Biological Sciences
5092 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Dana Michelle Hawley, Assistant Professor
E-mail: dana.hawley@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8946
Address: Biological Sciences
4036 Derring
Postal Code: 0406
Sherry Boston Hildreth, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: shildret@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9375
Address: Biological Sciences
122 Life Sciences 1 Bldg.
Postal Code: 0910
Khidir Hilu, Professor
E-mail: hilukw@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5407
Address: Biological Sciences
5000 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Bambi Lee Jarrett, Animal Care Technician
E-mail: bjarrett@vt.edu
Phone: 540-641-0729
Address: Biological Sciences
1099 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Roderick V Jensen, Professor
E-mail: rvjensen@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4614
Address: Life Sciences I
Washington St
Postal Code: 0910
Robert H Jones, Professor
E-mail: rhjones@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8930
Address: Biological Sciences
2125C Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Hak Yong Kim,
E-mail: hykim06@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5958
Address: Biological Sciences
5076 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Laila Thalia Kirkpatrick, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: lqueral@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8882
Address: Biological Sciences
4026 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Pavel Kraykivskiy, Research Scientist CY
E-mail: pavelkr@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8930
Address: Biological Sciences
5088 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jeffrey R Kuhn, Assistant Professor
E-mail: jrkuhn@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0782
Address: 1981 Kraft Drive, Room 2020
Biological Sciences
Integrated LIfe Sciences Bldg, CRC
Postal Code: 0913
Katrina Korcel Lasley, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: kkorcel@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1793
Address: Biological Sciences
210 Chem/Physics
Postal Code: 0406
Iuliana Lazar, Associate Professor
E-mail: lazar@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5077
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
1981 Kraft Drive, ILSB 2011
Postal Code: 0913
Liwu Li, Professor
E-mail: lwli@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1433
Address: Biological Sciences
Life Science 1 Building
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0910
Chengyun Li,
E-mail: chengyun@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9381
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
240 Life Sciences 1 Bldg.
Postal Code: 0406
Mary V Lipscomb, Senior Instructor
E-mail: lipscomb@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9072
Address: Biological Sciences
4038 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Adi Livnat, Asst Professor AY
E-mail: adi@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8930
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
4002 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Ana Margarida Martins, Yeast Systems Biologist
E-mail: anmarti1@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9375
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
Latham Hall (mail code 0390)
Postal Code: 0477
Angela Mathias, Academic Advisor
E-mail: mathias@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6407
Address: Biological Sciences
2089 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Steve Melville, Associate Professor
E-mail: melville@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1441
Address: Biological Sciences
217 Life Sciences I
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0910
Ignacio Moore, Associate Professor
E-mail: itmoore@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2112
Address: Biological Sciences
4092B Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Maliwan Nakkuntod,
E-mail: maliwann@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8932
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
5017 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Barbara R Niederlehner, Laboratory Specialist Sr
E-mail: bniederl@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6057
Address: Biological Sciences
1020A Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Erik T Nilsen, Professor
E-mail: enilsen@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5674
Address: Biological Sciences
3002 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Tsutomu Nishimura,
E-mail: ntsutomu@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1484
Address: 4100 Derring Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Postal Code: 0406
Cihan Oguz, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: cihan7@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5958
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
5076 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Brent D Opell, Professor
E-mail: bopell@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7445
Address: Biological Sciences
2104 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jigneshkumar Harshadray Parmar, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: jignesh5@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5958
Address: Biological Sciences
5076 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
John B Phillips, Professor
E-mail: jphillip@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1481
Address: Biological Sciences
4100 Derring Hall / ESL
Postal Code: 0406
David L Popham, Professor
E-mail: dpopham@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2529
Address: Biological Sciences
207 Life Sciences I
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0910
Dreama S Price, Asst to the Department Head
E-mail: dreama@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5712
Address: Biological Sciences
2125B Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
N. Sue Rasmussen, Graduate Program Coordinator
E-mail: sueras@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8929
Address: Biological Sciences 0406
2095B Derring Hall
1425 Perry Street
Postal Code: 0406
Katherine Leigh Rodgers, Lab Coordinator/Microbiology Labs
E-mail: krodgers@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6769
Address: Biological Sciences
304 Chem/Physics Building
Postal Code: 0406
Emanuele Roscioli, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: emanros@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8933
Address: Biological Sciences
2102 Integrated Life Sciences Bldg.
Postal Code: 0913
Kevin R Rose, Field Coordinator
E-mail: rosekev@vt.edu
Phone: 870-718-6260
Address: Biological Sciences
Jacksonville, NC 28542
Postal Code: 9999
Michael S Rosenzweig, Advanced Instructor
E-mail: ruppia@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5360
Address: Science Outreach Program
Biological Sciences
2032 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Cody Graham Ross, Lab Assistant
E-mail: codygr@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6130
Address: Student Programs
Housing & Dining Services
Dietrick Dining Hall
Postal Code: 0414
David C Sane,
Phone: 540-231-9514
Address: 127 McClanahan St
Suite 300
Roanoke, VA 24014
Postal Code: 0406
Catherine Marie Sarmadi, Lab Coordinator/Freshman Biology Labs
E-mail: csarmadi@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5125
Address: Biological Sciences
1020B Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Birgit Scharf, Assistant Professor
E-mail: bscharf@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0757
Address: 113 Life Sciences I Bldg.
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0910
Florian David Schubot, Assistant Professor
E-mail: fschubot@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2393
Postal Code: 0910
Richard Seyler Jr, Instructor
E-mail: tad@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2774
Address: Biological Sciences
223 Life Sciences I Building
Postal Code: 0910
Roger F Sheppard, Instructional PT Temp Adjunct
E-mail: shepr@vt.edu
Address: 2125 Derring Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Postal Code: 0406
Esmail H Shokraii, Instructional PT Temp Adjunct
E-mail: eshokrai@vt.edu
Sharon Elaine Sible, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: sesible@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6520
Address: Biological Sciences
1009A Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
George M Simmons Jr, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
E-mail: gesimmon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8925
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
2091 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Eric Robert Sokol, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: sokole@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8930
Address: Biological Sciences
2011 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Ann M Stevens, Professor
E-mail: ams@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9378
Address: Biological Sciences
219 Life Sciences I
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0910
Valerie Elizabeth Sutherland, Program Support Technician
E-mail: vsutherl@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3447
Address: Biological Sciences
2125 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Nada Tamim, Summer School Fac Teaching
E-mail: ntamim@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5712
Address: Biological Science
VA Tech
Postal Code: 0406
Dorothea Berta Christine Tholl, Associate Professor
E-mail: tholl@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4567
Address: Biological Sciences
408 Latham
Postal Code: 0390
Bruce J Turner, Associate Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
E-mail: fishgen@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7444
Address: Biological Sciences
2113D Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Carla A Tyler, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: catyler@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1793
Address: Biological Sciences
210 Chem Phys Bldg.
Postal Code: 0406
John Tyson, Univ Dist Prof
E-mail: tyson@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4662
Address: Biological Sciences
5088 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Nileshwari Vaghela, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: vaghela@vt.edu
Anael Verdugo, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: verdugo@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5958
Address: Biological Sciences
5076 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jerry Via, Assistant Dean
E-mail: viaj@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5145
Address: College of Science
104 College of Science Admin
Postal Code: 0405
Maria Amparo Vila Caballer, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: mvila@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5165
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
1984 Kraft Drive
Room 2008 ILSB
Postal Code: 0406
Richard A Walker, Associate Professor & Assoc Dept Head
E-mail: rawalker@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3803
Address: Biological Sciences
2089 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jacob E Waller, Lab Instr Maker
E-mail: wallerje@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4021
Address: Biological Sciences
1123 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jeff Walters, Harold Bailey Professor
E-mail: jrwalt@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3847
Address: Biological Sciences
4081 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Qiang Wang, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: qiangw79@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0914
Address: Biological Sciences
427 Latham Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Ping Wang, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: pingwang@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1738
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
5100 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Jack Webster, Professor
E-mail: Jack_Webster@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8941
Address: Biological Sciences
1000 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Thomas F Wieboldt, Associate Curator of Herbarium
E-mail: wieboldt@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5746
Address: Biological Sciences
3017A Derring Hall
Herbarium
Postal Code: 0406
Deborah B Wiley, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: dwiley@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5112
Address: Biological Sciences
10B Greenhouse
Postal Code: 0406
Myra D Williams, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: mywillia@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8939
Address: Department of Biology
5026 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Brenda Sophia J Winkel, Professor and Department Head
E-mail: winkel@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3013
Address: Biological Sciences
2125 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Carson Doyle Wood, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: cdwood@vt.edu
Shuyan Xiao, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: shuyan@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8386
Address: Biological Sciences
2103 Integrated Life Sciences Bldg.
Postal Code: 0913
Jianhua Xing, Assistant Professor
E-mail: jxing@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1359
Address: Biological Sciences
5100 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Zhaomin Yang, Associate Professor
E-mail: zmyang@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1350
Address: Biological Sciences
221 Life Sciences I
Washington Street
Postal Code: 0910
Paul Waites Youmans, Laboratory Specialist
E-mail: pauly@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-1481
Address: Biological Sciences
4100 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406
Sara L Zeigler, Postdoctoral Associate
E-mail: szeig23@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3769
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
4089 Derring Hall
Postal Code: 0406