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AREC Faculty and Staff 2021

Faculty |
Title | |
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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 |
Mizuho Nita | nita24@vt.edu | Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology (grapes) |
Sherif M. Sherif | ssherif@vt.edu |
Assistant Professor of Pomology |
Keith S. Yoder | ksyoder@vt.edu | Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology |
Staff |
Title | |
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Nate Brandt | nate5915@vt.edu | Research Specialist |
Diana McHenry | mchenry@vt.edu |
Lab and Research Specialist II |
Debra Marple | dmarple@vt.edu |
Administrative Assistant |
Kenneth Savia | kennys@vt.edu | Field Research Specialist |
Andew Davis | andrewd20@vt.edu | Farm Manager |
Alyssa Kloos | al07kloos@vt.edu | Research Technician |
Emmanuel Sempeles | emsempeles@vt.edu | Research Specialist |
Research Associates and Visiting Scientists |
Title | Lab |
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Ms. Akiko Mangan |
Research Associate | Nita |
Mr. Tremain Hatch | Extension Associate | Nita |
Ms. Akiko Nita | Research Associate | Rice |
Mr. Robert Burgholzer | Research Associate | Nita |
Ms. Dana Acimovic | Research Associate | Nita |
Dr. Khalil Jahed | Research Associate | Sherif |
Ms. Kellee Walters | Research Associate | Nita |
Dr. Naina Garwel | Post-Doctoral Associate | Sherif |
Mr. Yuji Watanbe | Visiting Scientist | Nita |
Mr. Kazuma Yamaguchi | Visiting Scientist | Nita |
Dr. Akira Kawaguchi | Visiting Scientist | Nita |
Graduate Students | Degree and Major | Advisor |
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Manoj Subedi | MSc Plant Pathology | Mizho Nita |
Mahadi Hasan Redoy | PhD Plant Pathology | Mizuho Nita |
Matheus Correa Borba | MSc Plant Pathology | Srdjan Acimovic |
Amolpreet kaur Saini | PhD Horticulture | Sherif M. Sherif |
Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu | PhD Horticulture | Sherif M. Sherif |