People

Faculty	Email	Title
Jeffrey Derr	jderr@vt.edu	Professor of Weed Science, Center Director
Laurie Fox	ljsmith@vt.edu	Horticulture Associate
Chuanxue Hong	chhong2@vt.edu	Professor of Plant Pathology
Ping Kong	pkong@vt.edu	Research Scientist in Plant Pathology
Jim Owen	jim.owen@vt.edu	Associate Professor of Plant and Environmental Sciences
David Sample	dsample@vt.edu	Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
Jayesh Samtani	jsamtani@vt.edu	Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Peter B. Schultz	schultzp@vt.edu	Professor Emeritus

Staff	Email	Title
Ava Borden	aborden@vt.edu	Administrative and Office Specialist
Julie Brindley	jbrindley@vt.edu	Research Specialist Senior
Rob Holtz	rholtz@vt.edu	Farm Manager
Adam Nichols	adnichol@vt.edu	Turf Research Manager
Patricia Richardson	paricha2@vt.edu	Research Specialist Senior
Lori Robertson	losimmon@vt.edu	Lab and Research Specialist
Alfred Smith	alsmith2@vt.edu	Trades and Utilities Senior Worker
Deborah Spence	dspence@vt.edu	Housekeeping and Applied Services Worker
Thomas Wilchynski	maxumsc@vt.edu	Trades Technician

Students	Email	Area of Interest
Dangyang Liu	dadanyan@vt.edu	Small Fruit Production
Shu Yang	shuyang@vt.edu	Plant Pathology
Mohammad Yazdi	mnyazdi@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering
Mina Shahed Behrouz	minash@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering