People

Stefan Duma
Institute Director
Harry C. Wyatt Professor of Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
duma@vt.edu

Erin Poff
Director for Finance, Administration,
& Facilities
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
srowson@vt.edu 

Pamela VandeVord
N. Waldo Harrison Professor
Director, Research & Scholarship
540-231-1994
pvord@vt.edu

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

Kristie Verniel
Executive Assistant & Helmet Lab 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

Lindsay Key
Communications Manager
ltkey@vt.edu

Amber Yost
Marketing & Communications Specialist
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 & 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
srowson@vt.edu 

Mark Begonia, Ph.D.
Director of Testing
mbegonia@vt.edu

Barry Miller, Ph.D.
Director of Outreach & Business Development
bmiller21@vt.edu

Madison Dobscha
Research Associate
mdobscha@vt.edu

Nicole Stark
Assistant Research Professor
nestark@vt.edu

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 Training & Support Specialist
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
Strategic Initiatives & Engineering Project Manager
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

Dakota Scharver   
Pilot & Safety Coordinator
540-231-7489
dscharver@vt.edu

Zachary Wehr
Safety Researcher
540-231-3470 
wehrz@vt.edu

Jaise Rivens
UAS Pilot Coordinator
jaiser@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

Connor Farrell, Ph.D.
Materials Characterization Specialist, MCL 
conlf12@vt.edu
540-750-6111

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
Instrument 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

Inno Shuro
NCFL Lab Manager,
Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory
innoshuro@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