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AREC Faculty and Staff 2021

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AREC Faculty and Staff 2021
Faculty
E-mail Title
Kevin Rice rkevin@vt.edu Director and Entomologist
Srdjan Acimovic acimovic@vt.edu Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology (fruit trees)
J. Christopher Bergh
cbergh@vt.edu Emertitus Professor of Entomology
Drew Harner dharner@vt.edu Assistant Professor of Viticulture
Mizuho Nita nita24@vt.edu Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology (grapes)
Sherif M. Sherif ssherif@vt.edu
Associate Professor of Pomology
Keith S. Yoder ksyoder@vt.edu Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology
   

Staff                                                                          

E-mail

Title

Nate Brandt

nate5915@vt.edu

Research Specialist

Andrew Davis

andrewd20@vt.edu

Farm Manager

Debra Marple

dmarple@vt.edu

Administrative Assistant

Diana McHenry

mchenry@vt.edu

Lab and Research Specialist II

Ian McLellan imclellan@vt.edu Field Research Specialist

Gerald Michaels, III

geraldjm@vt.edu

Research Specialist

Emmanuel Sempeles

emsempeles@vt.edu

Research Specialist



   
Research Associates and Visiting Scientists    
Title                                                                           Lab                                                                              
Ms. Dana Acimovic Research Associate Nita
Mr. Kyle Bekelja Research Associate Rice
Mr. Tremain Hatch Extension Associate Nita
Dr. Khalil Jahed Research Associate Sherif
Ms. Akiko Mangan Research Associate Nita
Ms. Akiko Nita Research Associate Rice
Ms. Kellee Walters Research Associate Nita
Mr. Kazuma Yamaguchi Visiting Scientist Nita
 
 
 
Graduate Students                                                 Degree and Major                                                 Advisor                                                                    
Nathanial Boeckman Phd Plant Pathology Srdjan Acimovic
Matheus Correa Borba PhD Plant Pathology Srdjan Acimovic
Amolpreet kaur Saini PhD Horticulture Sherif M. Sherif
Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu PhD Horticulture Sherif M. Sherif