People
Stefan Duma
Director
Harry C. Wyatt Professor of Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
duma@vt.edu
Administration
Erin Poff
Director, Business Operations & Administration
(540) 231-4911
emcclusk@vt.edu
Kristie Verniel
Executive Assistant & Helmet Lab Administrator
(540) 231-8517
kristie@vt.edu
Amanda Covey
Faculty Support & Recognition Specialist
(540) 231-1484
amturne3@vt.edu
Ginger Williams
Proposal Development Specialist
(540) 231-9310
glhansen@vt.edu
Shelley Johnson
Administrative & Operations Coordinator
(540) 231-1929
shelleyj@vt.edu
Communications
Lexi Clatterbuck
Communications Manager
(540) 231-2761
lexi17@vt.edu
Amber Yost
Graphic Designer
(540) 231-0405
almonty@vt.edu
Finance
Lisa Stables
Business Manager
(540) 231-9930
lstables@vt.edu
Michael Ervine
Financial Analyst
(540) 231-4036
mervine@vt.edu
Nicole Morrell
Fiscal Technician
(540) 231-0626
nmorrell@vt.edu
IT
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Information Technology Manager
(540) 267-5504
ak@vt.edu
Clara Enriquez
Desktop Support Technician
(540) 418-5848
clara3@vt.edu
Jeff Marshall
Junior Systems Administrator
(540) 808-3678
jeffmarshall@vt.edu
Ross Verbrugge
Director of Facilities
Office: (540) 231-4625
Cell: (540) 553-5966
rossv@vt.edu
Jeffery Arbenz-Smith
Laboratory Safety & Compliance Manager
(540) 315-5064
jcarbenzsmith@vt.edu
Amy Morrow
Facilities and Access Coordinator
(540) 750-3828
amorrow@vt.edu
Sarah Rhodes
Drone Park Operations & Training Manager
(540) 231-7484
sarahrhodes@vt.edu
Brett Smith
Facilities Manager
(540) 553-5511
brett8@vt.edu
Steve Rowson, PhD
Director
Mark Begonia, PhD
Director of Testing
Barry Miller, PhD
Director of Outreach and Business Development
Tombo Jones
Director
(540) 231-8890 (office)
(912) 572-5969 (cell)
tomboj@vt.edu
John Coggin
Associate Director
(540) 231-8483
jcoggin@vt.edu
Robert Briggs
UAS Chief Engineer
(540) 231-9373
rcbriggs@vt.edu
Matt Delano
UAS Project Manager
(540) 231-4657
mdelano@vt.edu
Jourdan Hill
UAS Pilot and Safety Officer
jourdanh@vt.edu
Vicki Kaylor
Administrative Assistant
(540) 231-9416
vickik@vt.edu
Jonathan Keller
Systems Integration and Test Engineer
540-231-1860
jonathk@vt.edu
Andrew Kriz
Senior UAS Engineer
(540) 231-3102
akriz@vt.edu
Vicky Moore
Business Manager
(540) 231-8628
vimoore@vt.edu
Rex Perdue
UAS Project Manager
(540) 231-8347
rcperdue@vt.edu
Leah Sanders
Chief of Operations
leahsanders@vt.edu
(540) 231-5564
Anthony Sammons
UAS Project Manager
asammons@vt.edu
Dakota Scharver
UAS Pilot and Safety Officer
(540) 231-7489
dscharver@vt.edu
Toby Tracy
UAS Engineer
(540) 231-4110 (office)
(620) 617-6807 (cell)
tftracy@vt.edu
Christine Tysor
UAS Program Manager
(540) 231-9716
ctysor@vt.edu
Zachary Wehr
UAS Safety Researcher
(540) 231-3470
wehrz@vt.edu
Jeremy Spink
UAS Engineer
(540) 231-3549
jspink@vt.edu
Materials Initiatives
Susette Sowers
Administrative Assistant
(540) 231-0466
susette@vt.edu
Hongyu Wang
TEM Laboratory Manager
hongyuw@vt.edu
Stephen McCartney
Instrument Specialist
(540) 553-6954
stmccart@vt.edu
Jarret Wright
Instrumentation Laboratory Manager
djsnakes@vt.edu
Weinan Leng
Instrument Manager (NCFL & NanoEarth)
(540) 231-7095
wleng@vt.edu
Rit Borgohain
Core Facility Research Manager
Office: (540) 231-1271
Cell: (540) 750-5397
borgohain@vt.edu
Chenggang Tao
Materials Characterization Specialist
cgtao@vt.edu
Mitsu Murayama
Director, NanoEarth
(540) 231-9470
murayama@vt.edu
Bipin Lade
Postdoctoral Associate
b_lade@vt.edu
Tonya Pruitt
Assistant Director, NanoEarth
trpruitt@vt.edu
Charis Horn
NanoEarth TEM Specialist
cmhorn@vt.edu
Sylvianne Velasquez
Diversity and Outreach Coordinator
svelasquez@vt.edu
Research and Scholarship
Matthew Hull
Materials Program Manager
(540) 231-5812
mahull@vt.edu
Mary Kasarda
Director of Scholarship
(540) 231-8552
maryk@vt.edu