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
Helmet Lab Program 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
Executive Assistant
(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 Pilot & Safety Officer
(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

Stephen McCartney
Instrument Specialist
(540) 553-6954
stmccart@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

Mitsu Murayama
Director, NanoEarth
(540) 231-9470
murayama@vt.edu

Sylvianne Velasquez
Diversity and Outreach Coordinator
svelasquez@vt.edu

Bipin Lade
Postdoctoral Associate
b_lade@vt.edu

Charis Horn
TEM Specialist
cmhorn@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