People

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
 

Tombo Jones
Director, Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership
(540) 231-8890 (office)
(912) 572-5969 (cell)
tomboj@vt.edu

Matthew Hull 
Director, Matter Labs
Associate Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NanoEarth
(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

Erin Poff
Director, Finance & Administration
(540) 231-4911
emcclusk@vt.edu

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
 

Ginger Williams
Proposal Development Specialist
(540) 231-9310 
glhansen@vt.edu

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

Lisa Stables
Business Manager
(540) 231-9930
lstables@vt.edu

Nicole Morrell
Fiscal Technician
(540) 231-0626
nmorrell@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

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

Matthew Hull 
Director, Matter Labs Associate Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NanoEarth
mahull@vt.edu
(540) 231-0466

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