Faculty
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
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Justin R. Barone , bioProfessor: Biopolymers and polymer processing
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Feras Batarseh , bioAssociate Professor: Artificial Intelligence Assurance, Intelligent Water Systems, Cyberbiosecurity, Context and Causality, AI for Agricultural Policy
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Brian Benham , bioProfessor and Extension Specialist: Watershed management, nonpoint source pollution assessment and control, household drinking water quality
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Abhilash Chandel , bioAssistant Professor: Precision Agriculture
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Juhong Chen , bioAssistant Professor: Food Safety Engineering; Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation
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Jonathan Czuba, P.E. , bioAssistant Professor: River and floodplain processes and restoration; sediment transport; ecohydraulics and ecomorphodynamics
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Anna Duraj-Thatte , bioAssistant Professor: Engineered Living Materials, Synthetic Biology, Biomaterials, Therapeutics
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Zachary Easton , bioProfessor and Extension Specialist: Hydrology and water quality, best management practices, modeling
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Dwayne Edwards, P.E. , bioDepartment Head and Professor: Surface hydrology and water quality, climate change, statistical analysis, modeling
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W. Cully Hession, P.E. , bioProfessor 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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Leigh-Anne Krometis , bioAssociate Professor and Turner Faculty Fellow: Public health; waterborne disease; stormwater management
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Saied Mostaghimi , bioH.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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Jactone Ogejo, P.E. , bioAssociate 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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David Sample, P.E. , bioProfessor and Extension Specialist: Urban stormwater management, watershed modeling, and design of best management practices
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Durelle Scott , bioAssociate Professor and Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Studies: Material fate and transport through streams and wetlands
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Ryan Senger , bioAssociate Professor: Metabolic engineering, systems biology, synthetic biology
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Julie Shortridge , bioAssistant 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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Venkat Sridhar, P.E. , bioAssociate Professor: Earth systems modeling, climate impacts on hydrology and water resources, evapotranspiration, land-atmosphere interaction
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Wujin Sun , bioAssistant Professor: Cell and biomaterial engineering, drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, precision medicine
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Tess Wynn Thompson , bioAssociate Professor: Ecological engineering; stream and wetlands restoration; urban stormwater management
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Zhiwu (Drew) Wang, P.E. , bioAssistant Professor: Bioenergy/bioproduct; water/wastewater treatment; nutrient removal/recovery; upscaled bioprocessing
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Clay Wright , bioAssistant Professor: Plant Synthetic Biology
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Chenming (Mike) Zhang , bioProfessor 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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Azahar Ali , bioAssistant Professor: Biosensor engineering
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Haibo Huang , bioAssociate Professor: Food Processing, Fermentation Engineering, Process Simulation, and Economic Analysis
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Reza Ovissipour , bioAssistant Professor: Cellular agriculture, Process optimization using AI and machine learning, Bioprocessing and Biomaterials from agri-food waste, and Food Safety Engineering
Professional Faculty
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Priscilla Beth Baker , bioUndergraduate Academic Advisor: Course selection and degree focus, internships, co-ops, study abroad, career opportunities, and university support services
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Chris Coltman , bioHABB1 Building Manager: Responsibilities include granting access to building services and utilities in HABB1
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Daniel Fuka , bioPostdoctoral Associate: Geoscience interfacing, watershed sciences
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Raj K. GC , bioAssistant Professor of Practice: Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Multiple-use of Water, Sustainability of Rural Water Systems, Productive Use of Water
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John Ignosh , bioAdvanced Specialist, Agricultural Byproduct Utilization: Agricultural byproduct utilization, renewable energy, energy efficiency, nutrient management, Extension programming, project analysis, and international development
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Karen Kline , bioSenior Research Scientist: Watershed, water quality, and hydrologic modeling; development of TMDLs for impaired waters
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Laura Lehmann , bioEnvironmental/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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Erin Ling , bioWater Quality Extension Associate: 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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Asa Spiller , bioProject Associate: water quality; data management; laboratory analysis; freshwater ecology
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Debra Walter , bioPostdoctoral Associate: nanoparticle-based vaccines, toll-like receptor signaling, gene regulation, microRNA regulation, cell signaling, cellular dysregulation in acute and chronic disease
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Xue Zhao , bioPostdoctoral Associate: Food Safety; Food Microbiology; Food Omics; Food Processing
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Penghui Zhao , bioPostdoctoral Associate: Drug delivery, nanotechnology and biomaterials
Emerita and Emeritus Faculty
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John Cundiff , bioProfessor Emeritus: Alternative energy/alternative crops, systems simulation
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Theo Dillaha , bioProfessor Emeritus: Nonpoint source pollution control and modeling; watershed and water resources management, sustainable agriculture, international development
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Robert (Bobby) Grisso, P.E. , bioProfessor Emeritus: Biomass logistics, machinery systems, machinery management, precision farming, and farm safety
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Gene Haugh , bioProfessor Emeritus: Physical properties of biological materials with emphasis on use of ultrasonics
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Conrad Heatwole , bioAssociate Professor Emeritus: Watershed modeling and geospatial analysis of land use impacts on hydrology, water quality and ecosystem function
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John Perumpral , bioW. S. Cross Professor and Head Emeritus: Machine systems for sustainable production and processing of biological materials
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Frank Woeste , bioProfessor 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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Mary Leigh Wolfe , bioProfessor Emerita: Nonpoint source pollution control and modeling; decision support for watershed management