Faculty

Name	Discipline	Title	Contact Information
Jonathan Auguste	Arbovirology	Associate Professor	jauguste@vt.edu
Warren Booth	Urban Entomology	Associate Professor	warrenbooth@vt.edu
Tim Bryant	Field Crop Entomology	Assistant Professor	btim2@vt.edu
Margaret Couvillon	Pollinator Biology and Ecology, Behavioral Ecology	Associate Professor	mjc@vt.edu
Alejandro Del-Pozo	Applied Insect Ecology	Assistant Professor	adelpozo@vt.edu 757-363-3904
Gillian Eastwood	Vector-Borne Disease Ecology	Associate Professor	geastwood@vt.edu 540-231-1862
Stacy Endriss	Invasive Species and their Management	Assistant Professor	endriss@vt.edu
Sally Entrekin	Aquatic Entomology	Professor	sallye@vt.edu
Daniel Frank	Pesticide Safety Education	Director of Pesticide Programs	dlfrank@vt.edu 540-231-6543
Enakshi Ghosh	Eco-immunology of Trophic Interactions	Assistant Professor	enakshi@vt.edu
Aaron Gross	Toxicology & Physiology	Associate Professor	adgross@vt.edu 540-232-8448
Tim Kring	Biological Control of Insects and Weeds	Professor/Department Head	timkring@vt.edu 540-231-6341
Thomas Kuhar	Vegetable Entomology	Professor	tkuhar@vt.edu
Paul Marek	Systematics	Associate Professor	pmarek@vt.edu 540-231-5653
Dini Miller	Urban Pest Management	Professor	dinim@vt.edu 540-231-4045
Sally Paulson	Veterinary and Medical Entomology	Associate Professor	spaulson@vt.edu 540-231-8035
Douglas Pfeiffer	Fruit IPM, Ecological Interactions in Orchards and Vineyards	Professor	dgpfeiff@vt.edu 540-231-4183
Arash Rashed	Agricultural Entomology	Professor and Director of the Southern Piedmont AREC	arashr@vt.edu
Kevin Rice	Tree Fruit Entomology	Associate Professor and Director of the Alson H Smith Jr. AREC	rkevin@vt.edu
Scott Salom	Forest Entomology	Professor	salom@vt.edu 540-231-2794
Roger Schürch	Social Insect Ecology/Evolution	Assistant Professor	rschurch@vt.edu
Igor Sharakhov	Evolutionary Genomics and Cytogenetics of Disease Vectors	Professor	igor@vt.edu
Maria Sharakhova	Disease vectors, Molecular Genetics, Cytogenetics, Genomics	Associate Professor	msharakh@vt.edu
Kemper Sutton	Applied Entomology	Assistant Professor	klsutton@vt.edu
James Wilson	Apiculture	Collegiate Assistant Professor	keepbees@vt.edu 540-231-2168
Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang	Insect Microbial Interactions	Assistant Professor	scottyyang@vt.edu

Administrative/ Professional Faculty

Name	Discipline	Title	Contact Information
Benjamin Aigner	Vegetable Entomology	Postdoctoral Researcher	baigner@vt.edu
Stephanie Blevins Wycoff	Pesticide Safety Education	Extension Associate	slblevin@vt.edu 540-231-6543
Kyle Bekelja	Tree-Fruit Entomology	Postdoctoral Researcher	kbekelja@vt.edu
Jason Bielski	Applied Insect Ecology	Postdoctoral Researcher	jbiel654@vt.edu
Eric Day	Insect Identification and Extension Pest Surveys	ID Lab Manager	ericday@vt.edu 540-231-4899
Denise Dodd	Geographic Information Systems, Spongy Moth	Database Specialist	drdodd@vt.edu 540-231-9979
Mannin Dodd	Geographic Information Systems, Spongy Moth	Research Associate	hdodd@vt.edu 540-231-9119
Anne Jones	Urban Entomology - Chemical Ecology	Postdoctoral Researcher	annej@vt.edu
Carrie Jubb	Beneficial Insects Containment	Insect Quarantine Officer	cjubb@vt.edu
Peter Lee	Software Development, Systems Administration	Professional Lecturer	pelee@vt.edu 540-231-4161
Jiangtao Liang	Evolutionary Genomics and Cytogenetics of Disease Vectors	Postdoctoral Researcher	jtliang@vt.edu
Mahvish Maqbool	Vector-Borne Disease Ecology	Postdoctoral Researcher	mahvish@vt.edu
Kathleen Miller	Pesticide Safety Education	Extension Associate	millerkm@vt.edu 540-231-8957
Lindsay Miles	Urban Entomology	Postdoctoral Researcher	lindsaysm@vt.edu
John Muller	Arbovirology	Postdoctoral Researcher	jmuller51@vt.edu
Ksenia Onufrieva	Mating Disruption in Spongy Moth IPM	Research Scientist	ksenia@vt.edu
Rachel Parson	Curriculum Development Specialist	Extension Associate	rparson@vt.edu 540-231-6543
Laura Trujillo Burbano	Geographic Information Systems, Spongy Moth	Professional Lecturer	lltb89@vt.edu

Affiliated Virginia Tech Faculty

Name	Discipline	Title	Contact Information
Chloe Lahondere	Effects of Temperature and Climate on Insect Disease Vectors	Assistant Professor	lahonder@vt.edu 540-231-9487
Muni Muniappan	IPM and Biocontrol of Invasive Weeds	Professor	rmuni@vt.edu 540-231-3516
Jake Socha	Biomechanics of Insects	Samuel Herrick Professor	jjsocha@vt.edu 540-231-6188
Dorothea Tholl	Biochemical evolution, chemical ecology and genetic engineering of insect pheromones	Professor	tholl@vt.edu 540-231-4567
James Weger-Lucarelli	Arbovirus Evolution	Assistant Professor	weger@vt.edu 540-231-6594