Fisheries and Wildlife People

Please have patience while we complete our move to the new Latham Hall.

For correct information please contact our main office.

DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY: Phone: 540-231-5573 Fax:540-231-7580

 

All offices are located in Cheatham Hall, unless otherwise listed.

Mail may be addressed to any of the recipients below at:

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Mail Code 0321, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061.

 

 

FACULTY:

(F)=Fisheries, (W)=Wildlife Sciences

Faculty and staff Photo Gallery

Click here to see a short list of individual faculty members' academic interests.

Name & Homepage Title Office Phone Email Address
Kathleen Alexander(W) Associate Professor 152 Latham 231-5059 kathyalx@vt.edu
Paul Angermeier (F) Associate Professor 342 Latham 231-4501 biota@vt.edu
Jim Berkson  (F) Associate Professor 114 231-5910 jberkson@vt.edu
Andrew Dolloff (F) Associate Professor 350 Latham 231-4864 adoll@vt.edu
Patricia A. Flebbe(F) Assistant Professor Brooks 231-7202 patfle@vt.edu
James (Jim) Fraser (W) Professor 106C 231-6064 fraser@vt.edu
Emmanuel Frimpong(F) Assistant Professor 156 231-6880 frimp@vt.edu
Carola A. Haas (W) Associate Professor 112 231-9269 cahaas@vt.edu
Eric Hallerman (F) Department Head
Professor		 100 231-3257 ehallerm@vt.edu
Bill Hopkins (W) Associate Professor 444 Latham 231-7292 hopkinsw@vt.edu
Yan Jiao (F) Assistant Professor 110 231-5749 yjiao@vt.edu
Sarah Karpanty(W) Assistant Professor 150 231-4586 karpanty@vt.edu
Marcella Kelly (W) Associate Professor 210-B 231-1734 makelly2@vt.edu
Steve McMullin (W) Associate Professor 108 231-8847 smcmulli@vt.edu
Brian Murphy (F) Professor 442 Latham 231-6959 murphybr@vt.edu
Richard (Dick) Neves(F) Professor 106-B 231-5927 mussel@vt.edu
Donald Orth (F) Professor 106D 231-5573 dorth@vt.edu
James Parkhurst (W) Associate Professor 144 231-9283 jparkhur@vt.edu
Dean Stauffer (W) Professor 154 231-7349 dstauffe@vt.edu
David Trauger (W) Professor,
Director of Natural Resources Graduate Programs
at Northern Virginia Center		 NoVA Campus, 1021 Prince St., Alexandria, VA 22314 703-706-8130 dtrauger@vt.edu
Michael Vaughan (W) Professor 148 231-5046 mvaughan@vt.edu

STAFF AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:

Name
Division
 Phone Office  Email Address Title
Susan Archer
FiW
 231-3983 106 sarcher@vt.edu Bookkeeper
Jon Cohen
FiW
 231-9069 134 jocohen1@vt.edu Research Scientist
Tara Craig
FiW
 231-6944 106 tvipperm@vt.edu IT Specialist/Admin Assistant
Joanne Davis
FiW
 107 davisje@vt.edu Biological Technician
Michelle Davis
FiW
 231-1424 210 midavis1@vt.edu Research Associate
Amy Hahn
FiW
 231-8865 Aquaculture hahnamy@vt.edu Research Assistant
David Hata
FiW
 231-7683 106D dhata@vt.edu Research Scientist
Lynn Hayes
FiW
 231-1975 101D lyhayes@vt.edu Administrative Assistant
Helen He
NoVA
 703-706-8129 NoVA Center xihe1@vt.edu Administrative Assistant
William Henley
FiW
 231-7241 Mollusk Center whenley@vt.edu Research Associate
Dan Hua
FiW
 231-7241 Mollusk Center huad@vt.edu Research Specialist
Jess Jones
FiW
 231-2266/7241  Aquaculture  jess_jones@fws.gov Restoration Biologist
Dana Keith
FiW
 231-5573 100 dkeith@vt.edu Administrative Assistant to the Dept. Head
Brett Ostby
FiW
 230-1042 Mollusk Center bostby@vt.edu Lab Specialist
Shannon Ragland
FiW
 231-7812 109 Fralin sragland@vt.edu Research Technician
James Roberts
FiW
 231-5320 106 jarober1@vt.edu Research Specialist
Gloria Schoenholtz
FiW
 118 schoeng@vt.edu Research Specialist
Terri Waid
FiW
 231-4934 106 twaid@vt.edu Administrative Assistant

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Name Office  Phone  Email Address Section Advisor 
Joyce Barkley 113 231-5320 barkleyj@vt.edu Fisheries Neves
Paige Barlow 101 231-5320 pfbarlow@vt.edu Fisheries Berkson
Christine Bergeron 437 Latham 231-1692 cbergero@vt.edu Wildlife Hopkins
Maria Bravo-Vinaja 113 231-5320   Wildlife Stauffer
Nakiesha Bridgers 149 Cheatham 231-5320 n.bridgers@vt.edu Wildlife Stauffer/Haas
Sarah Budischak 437 Latham 231-5320 sabudi@vt.edu Wildlife Hopkins
Matt Buhyoff     mbuhyoff@vt.edu Fisheries Orth
Amy Carrozzino 149 231-5320 acarroz@vt.edu Wildlife Stauffer
Daniel Catlin 134 231-1692 dcatlin@vt.edu Wildlife Fraser
Michelle Davis 349 Latham 231-1424 midavis1@vt.edu    
Miranda Davis 318 231-5320 mldavis13@vt.edu Wildlife Kelly
Sarah DuRant 437 Latham 231-5320 sdurant@vt.edu Wildlife Hopkins
James Dwyer 134 231-5320 jfdwyer@vt.edu Wildlife Fraser
Jeffrey Feaga 134 231-5320 feaga05@vt.edu Wildlife Haas
Joy Felio 134 231-5320 jfelio@vt.edu Wildlife Fraser
Brian Gerber 124 Cheatham 231-5320 bgerber@vt.edu Wildlife Karpanty
Tom Gorman 134 231-1692 gormant@vt.edu Wildlife Haas
Jessica Homyack 134 231-1692 jhomyack@vt.edu Wildlife Haas
Staci Hudy 101 231-5320 sfhudy@vt.edu Fisheries Berkson
Matt Johnson 149   msjhnsn@vt.edu Fisheries Neves
Nate Johnson     najohns4@vt.edu Fisheries Hallerman
Jess Jones 106A 231-7241 jfishman @vt.edu Fisheries Neves
Pawapol Kongchum 113 231-5320 pawapol@vt.edu Fisheries Hallerman
Mary Kotschwar 124 Cheatham 231-5320 mkotschwar@vt.edu Wildlife Karpanty
Sarah Kozlowzki 111   sarahlk@vt.edu Wildlife Parkhurst
Anita Lahey 113 231-5320 alahey@vt.edu Fisheries Angermeier
Nicolas Lapointe 134 231-5320 lapointe@vt.edu Fisheries Angermeier
Peter Laver 113 231-5320 plaver@vt.edu Wildlife Alexander
Robert Leaf 101B 231-5320 rleaf@vt.edu Fisheries Jiao
Fang-yee Lin 318 231-5320 linfy66@vt.edu Wildlife Stauffer
Rachel Mair USFWS 304/536-1046 rmair@vt.edu Fisheries Neves
Kim Mattson 344 Latham 231-5320 mattsonh@vt.edu Fisheries Angermeier
Jose Mesa Wildlife Kelly
Ryan McManamay 113 231-6679 rmcmanam@vt.edu Fisheries Orth
Sarah Orlofske 437 Latham 231-5320 sorlo364@vt.edu Wildlife Hopkins
Brett Ostby Mussel Center 230-1042 bostby@vt.edu Fisheries Angermeier
Brandon Peoples bpeoples@vt.edu Fisheries Frimpong
Christine Proctor cproctor@vt.edu Wildlife Kelly
Kacy Ray 124 Cheatham 231-5320 klray@vt.edu Wildlife Fraser/Karpanty
Jamie Roberts 106F 231-8826 jarober1@vt.edu Fisheries Angermeier
Michael St Germain 318/CMI 231-9176 mstgerma@vt.edu Wildlife Kelly
Sunarto Indonesia   sunarto@vt.edu Wildlife Kelly/Vaughan
James Thorson 101 231-5320 thorson@vt.edu Fisheries Berkson
Anne Timm 134 231-9191 altimm@vt.edu Fisheries Dolloff
Catherine Tredick 113 231-5320 ctredick@vt.edu Wildlife  Vaughan
Andy Trent 318 231-5320 jetrent@vt.edu Wildlife Vaughan
Amy Villamagna 349 Latham 231-5320 amv@vt.edu Fisheries Murphy/Trauger
Meghann Vincie 149 231-5320 mevincie@vt.edu Fisheries Neves/Craig
Claudia Wultsch 318/Bear pens 231-7710 wultschc@vt.edu Wildlife Vaughan/Kelly
Hao Yu 101B 231-5320 haoyu@vt.edu Fisheries Jiao

FACULTY ACADEMIC INTERESTS:

For more detailed information, visit the individual faculty members' websites.

Name & Homepage Academic Interests
Kathleen Alexander(W) Wildlife disease; ecosystem health
Paul Angermeier (F) Stream fish communities; assessing quality of aquatic resources; conservation of aquatic systems
Jim Berkson (F) Population dynamics, modeling, and management of marine resources; Fisheries stock assessment; Horseshoe crabs; National Marine Fisheries Service research and management
Andrew Dolloff (F) Salmonid ecology, watershed management, historical ecology, habitat restoration
Patricia A. Flebbe(F) Landscape ecology; regional resource analysis and modeling; coldwater stream ecology; salmonid ecology; watershed ecosystem ecology
James Fraser (W) Endangered species management, conservation biology
Emmanuel Frimpong(F) Ecology of fishes in fluvial landscapes; life history-based community and species-habitat modeling; theory and applications of aquatic bioassessment and monitoring; large scale freshwater ecosystem conservation planning and policy
Carola A. Haas (W) Behavioral and population ecology; birds, reptiles, and amphibians in production agriculture and forestry systems; landscape effects on reproduction and dispersal
Eric Hallerman (F) Genetics of fish and wildlife species; Genetic improvement of aquaculture stocks; Aquaculture biotechnology and related public policy; Genetics education; Management of Horseshoe Crabs.
Bill Hopkins (W) Environmental toxicology and wildlife physiology.
Yan Jiao (F) Quantitative decision support systems, Marine fisheries management.
Marcella Kelly (W) Ecology and population dynamics of mammal species. Tropical ecology and conservation. Predator ecology and conservation.
Sarah Karpanty (W) Preditor-Prey interactions; behavioral ecology
Steve McMullin (W) Leadership and administration in natural resource agencies; public involvement in resource decision making; human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife
Brian Murphy (F) Fisheries management, reservoir ecology, international conservation; Natural resource education
Richard (Dick) Neves (F) Biology and conservation of freshwater mussels; endangered aquatic species; restoration and recovery of aquatic ecosystems; propagation of endangered mollusks
Donald Orth (F) Fisheries management; stream fish ecology; bioethics; population dynamics; instream flow and habitat assessment
James Parkhurst (W) Wildlife damage management; wetlands and wetland wildlife ecology; habitat management and manipulation
Dean Stauffer (W) Modeling wildlife-habitat relationships; habitat analysis; habitat assessment and evaluation
David Trauger (W) Waterfowl biology; Wetland ecology; Urban wildlife; Sustainable use of natural resources
Michael Vaughan (W) Population ecology; predator/prey interactions
Adjunct Faculty
Brian Czech  Sustainability science, ecological economics, conservation biology, natural resources policy, political science
Paul Grobler University of the Free State(South Africa); Conservation genetics
Bill Hershberger Aquaculture Genetics, Selection and Breeding programs with aquaculture species, Quantitative Genetic Analyses, and Chromosome Set Manipulation
Joan Morrison Trinity College CT. Avian Ecol.
Tammy Newcomb (F) Watershed management and restoration, stream fish community dynamics, temperature modeling, management of regulated rivers
Yniv Palti NCCCWA, WV, Geneticist
Eric Smith Smith Community ecology, habitat utilization models, statistical analysis.
Jeff Walters Behavioral ecology and population biology of birds; conservation biology;
endangered species management.
Emeritus
John Ney (F) Applied ecology of fishes; trophic dynamics; reservoir management; impact assessment
Gerald Cross(W) Developing extended education programaas for professional renewable resource managers; extending research and new knowledge to renewable resource audiences.
Robert H. Giles(W) Systems Ecology, Wildlife Management Systems, and Computer Applications
Louis Helfrich (F) Aquaculture, Fish Passage, Aquatic Species Recovery, Pond and Stream Management, Public Outreach and Fisheries Extension Education
Roy L. Kirkpatrick(W) Nutritional ecology; population ecology; toxicology.