Dr. Benjamin Ahlswede
Post-doctoral researcher, University of Illinois at Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
VT Alumni April 2021, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Quinn Thomas
Dr. Gifty Anane-Taabeah
Professor, Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
VT Alumni September 2018, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Emmanuel Frimpong
Dr. Rachel Brooks
Forest Health Scientist, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
VT Alumni May 2020, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Advisors: Dr. Scott Salom and Dr. Anton Baudoin
Dr. Corinne “Cordie” Diggins
Post Doctoral Fellow, USGS Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
VT Alumni June 2016, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Advisor: Dr. W. Mark Ford
Dr. Stephen DeVilbiss
Post Doctoral Fellow, USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Lab
VT Alumni November 2020, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Advisors: Dr. Brian Badgley and Dr. Meredith Steele
Dr. Jonathan Doubek
Assistant Professor, Lake Superior State University School of Natural Resources and Environment
VT Alumni May 2018, Biological Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Cayelan Carey
Dr. Angie Estrada
Director, Summit Municipal Park
Angie defended her Ph.D. dissertation in November 2019. In 2020, Angie became the first woman to serve as director of Summit Municipal Park, known as the only public botanical garden and zoo in Panama.
VT Advisor: Dr. Lisa Belden, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Tamara Fetters
Tamara defended her Ph.D. dissertation in August 2018.
VT Advisor: Dr. Joel McGlothlin, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Becky Fletcher
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Scientist
Becky defended her Ph.D. dissertation in September 2019.
VT Advisor: Dr. Jacob Barney, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Heather Governor
Risk Assessor, EnSafe, Inc.
Heather defended her Ph.D dissertation in December 2017. She is currently a Risk Assessor with EnSafe, Inc.
VT Advisors: Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis and Dr. Cully Hession, Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Dr. Derek Hennen
Laboratory Assistant, Virginia Tech
VT Alumni April 2020, VT Entomology
Advisor: Dr. Paul Marek
Dr. Sydney Hope
VT Alumni December 2019, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Advisor: Dr. William Hopkins
Dr. Cathy Jachowski
Assistant Professor, Clemson University, Forestry and Environmental Conservation
VT Alumni August 2016, VT Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Advisor: Dr. William Hopkins
Dr. Vasiliy Lakoba
Director of Research, American Chestnut Foundation at Meadowview Research Farms
VT Alumni April 2021, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Barney
Dr. Cristina Marcillo
Cristina defended her Ph.D dissertation in March 2020.
VT Advisors: Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis, Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Dr. Ryan McClure
Post Doctoral Fellow
Ryan defended his Ph.D dissertation in August 2020, and is working on the Forecasting Lake And Reservoir Ecosystems (FLARE) project with Drs. Cayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas at Virginia Tech.
VT Advisors: Dr. Cayelan Carey, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Daniel Medina
Post Doctoral Fellow
Daniel defended his Ph.D dissertation in July 2018. Daniel is headed to the Amphibian Natural History Laboratory of the University of Campinas, where he will be working as a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr. Luis Felipe Toledo.
VT Advisors: Dr. Lisa Belden, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Max Ragozzino
Biological Control Entomologist
Max defended his Ph.D dissertation in May 2020. He is currently working for the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
VT Advisor: Dr. Scott Salom, Department of Entomology
Dr. Tony Timpano
Post Doctoral Fellow
Tony defended his Ph.D dissertation in August 2017. He is currently a post-doctoral associate for the Virginia Tech Forest Hydrology and Soils lab.
VT Advisors: Dr. Stephen Schoenholtz, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Carl Zipper, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Laura Schoenle
Assistant Director, Office of Undergraduate Biology, Cornell University
VT Alumni May 2017, Biological Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Ignacio Moore
Dr. Ben Vernasco
Post Doctoral Fellow
Ben defended his PhD in August 2019. He is currently working with Dr. Heather Watts as a postdoctoral scholar at Washington State University.
VT Advisor: Dr. Ignacio Moore, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Carl Wepking
Executive Director, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative at Colorado State University
Carl defended his Ph.D dissertation in August of 2018. He is currently at Colorado State University as the Executive Director of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative within the School of Environmental Sustainability.
VT Advisor: Dr. Michael Strickland, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Maya Wilson
Maya defended her PhD in November 2019.
VT Advisor: Dr. Jeff Walters, Department of Biological Sciences
