People
Directors
Stefan Duma
Institute Director
Harry C. Wyatt Professor of Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
duma@vt.edu
Erin Poff
Director, Finance & Administration
(540) 231-4911
emcclusk@vt.edu
Ross Verbrugge
Director of Facilities
Office: (540) 231-4625
Cell: (540) 553-5966
rossv@vt.edu
Tombo Jones
Director, Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership
(540) 231-8890 (office)
(912) 572-5969 (cell)
tomboj@vt.edu
Matthew Hull
Director, NCFL & MCL
(540) 231-5812
(540) 231-0466
mahull@vt.edu
Mitsu Murayama
Director, NanoEarth
(540) 231-9470
murayama@vt.edu
Steve Rowson
Director, Helmet Lab
Pamela VandeVord
N. Waldo Harrison Professor
Director, Research & Scholarship
(540) 231-1994
pvord@vt.edu
Finance & Administration
Administration
Kristie Verniel
Executive Assistant & Helmet Lab Administrator
(540) 231-8517
kristie@vt.edu
Madeline Pedersen
Administrative & Fiscal Support Assistant
(540) 231-2597
pedersenmk@vt.edu
Amanda Covey
Faculty Support & Recognition Specialist
(540) 231-1484
amturne3@vt.edu
Communications
Lexi Clatterbuck
Communications Manager
(540) 231-2761
lexi17@vt.edu
Amber Yost
Graphic Designer
(540) 231-0405
almonty@vt.edu
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
Finance
Lisa Stables
Business Manager
(540) 231-9930
lstables@vt.edu
Nicole Morrell
Fiscal Technician
(540) 231-0626
nmorrell@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
Brett Smith
Facilities Manager
(540) 553-5511
brett8@vt.edu
Veronica Spradlin
Drone Park Operations
& Training Manager
vspradli@vt.edu
Steve Rowson, Ph.D.
Director
Mark Begonia, Ph.D.
Director of Testing
Barry Miller, Ph.D.
Director of Outreach and Business Development
Tombo Jones
Director
(540) 231-8890 (office)
(912) 572-5969 (cell) tomboj@vt.edu
Headshot of MAAP associate director John Coggin
John Coggin
Associate Director
(540) 231-8483
jcoggin@vt.edu
Vicki Kaylor
Administrative Assistant
(540) 231-9416 vickik@vt.edu
Vicky Moore
Business Manager
(540) 231-8628 vimoore@vt.edu
Christine Tysor
Program Manager
(540) 231-9716
ctysor@vt.edu
Matt Delano
Project Manager
(540) 231-4657 mdelano@vt.edu
Rex Perdue
Project Manager
(540) 231-8347 rcperdue@vt.edu
Anthony Sammons
Project Manager
(540) 231-5462 asammons@vt.edu
Robert Briggs
Chief Engineer
(540) 231-9373 rcbriggs@vt.edu
Toby Tracy
Engineer
(540) 231-4110
tftracy@vt.edu
Andrew Kriz
Senior Engineer
(540) 231-3102
akriz@vt.edu
Jonathan Keller
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
(540) 231-1860 jonathk@vt.edu
Avery Sebolt
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
avery97@vt.edu
Agosh Singh
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
(540) 231-1781
asingh1@vt.edu
Leah Sanders
Chief of Operations
(540) 231-5564 leahsanders@vt.edu
Jourdan Hill
Pilot and Safety Officer
jourdanh@vt.edu
Dakota Scharver
Pilot and Safety Officer
540-231-7489
dscharver@vt.edu
Zachary Wehr
Safety Researcher
(540) 231-3470
wehrz@vt.edu
Matter Labs
Matthew Hull
Director, Matter Labs
Associate Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NanoEarth
mahull@vt.edu
Rituraj Borgohain, Ph.D.
Core Facility Research Manager, MCL & BioMCL
429 Kelly Hall
borgohain@vt.edu
(540) 231-1271 (O)
(540) 750-5397 (M)
Sharad Jaswandkar, Ph.D.
Biomaterials Characterization Specialist, BioMCL
sharadj@vt.edu
(540) 250-3399
Kathy Lowe
Microscopist Specialist,
BioMCL
Chenggang Tao, Ph.D.
Materials Characterization Specialist, MCL
cgtao@vt.edu
(540) 553-1729
Susette Sowers
Administrative Assistant, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory
540-231-0466
susette@vt.edu
Stephen McCartney
SEM Laboratory Manager, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory
(540) 231-9765
stmccart@vt.edu
Weinan Leng, Ph.D.
XPS Laboratory Manager, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory
(540) 231-7095
wleng@vt.edu
Hongyu Wang, Ph.D.
TEM Laboratory Manager, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory
(540) 231-0714
hongyuw@vt.edu
Jarret Wright
FIB/SEM Laboratory Manager, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory
(540) 231-1908
jarret_wright@vt.edu
Mitsuhiro Murayama
NanoEarth Director
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Tonya Pruitt
NanoEarth Assistant Director
Charis Horn
TEM Instrument Specialist
Bipin Lade
Postdoctoral Associate
Sylvianne Velasquez
NanoEarth Diversity and Outreach Coordinator