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Stefan Duma

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

Erin Poff

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

Ross Verbrugge

Ross Verbrugge
Director of Facilities
Office: (540) 231-4625
Cell: (540) 553-5966
rossv@vt.edu

Tombo Jones

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

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Matthew Hull 
Director, NCFL & MCL
(540) 231-5812
(540) 231-0466
mahull@vt.edu

Mitsu Murayama

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

Steven Rowson

Steve Rowson
Director, Helmet Lab 

Pamela VandeVord

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

Finance & Administration

erin-poff

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

Administration

kristie-verniel

Kristie Verniel
Executive Assistant & Helmet Lab Administrator
(540) 231-8517
kristie@vt.edu

Madeline Pedersen

Madeline Pedersen
Administrative & Fiscal Support Assistant
(540) 231-2597
pedersenmk@vt.edu

Amanda Covey

Amanda Covey 
Faculty Support & Recognition Specialist
(540) 231-1484
amturne3@vt.edu
 

Ginger WIlliams

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

Communications

Lexi Clatterbuck

Lexi Clatterbuck
Communications Manager
(540) 231-2761
lexi17@vt.edu

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Amber Yost
Graphic Designer
(540) 231-0405
almonty@vt.edu

andrew-kirkpatrick

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Information Technology Manager
(540) 267-5504
ak@vt.edu

Clara Enriquez
Desktop Support Technician
(540) 418-5848
clara3@vt.edu

jeffrey-marshall

Jeff Marshall 
Junior Systems Administrator
(540) 808-3678
jeffmarshall@vt.edu

Finance

lisa-stables

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

nicole-morrell

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

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Ross Verbrugge
Director of Facilities
Office: (540) 231-4625
Cell: (540) 553-5966
rossv@vt.edu

jeffrey-arbenz-smith

Jeffery Arbenz-Smith
Laboratory Safety & Compliance Manager
(540) 315-5064
jcarbenzsmith@vt.edu
 

amy-morrow

Amy Morrow
Facilities and Access Coordinator
(540) 750-3828
amorrow@vt.edu

brett-smith

Brett Smith
Facilities Manager
(540) 553-5511
brett8@vt.edu

Steven Rowson

Steve Rowson, PhD
Director

mark-begonia

Mark Begonia, PhD
Director of Testing

barry-miller

Barry Miller, PhD
Director of Outreach and Business Development

Tombo

Tombo Jones 
Director
(540) 231-8890 (office)
(912) 572-5969 (cell)  tomboj@vt.edu

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John Coggin
Associate Director
(540) 231-8483
jcoggin@vt.edu

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Vicki Kaylor
Administrative Assistant
(540) 231-9416  vickik@vt.edu

Vicky Moore

Vicky Moore
Business Manager
(540) 231-8628  vimoore@vt.edu

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Christine Tysor
Program Manager
(540) 231-9716 
ctysor@vt.edu

matt-delano

Matt Delano
Project Manager
(540) 231-4657  mdelano@vt.edu

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Rex Perdue
Project Manager
(540) 231-8347  rcperdue@vt.edu

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Anthony Sammons
Project Manager
(540) 231-5462  asammons@vt.edu

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Robert Briggs
Chief Engineer
(540) 231-9373  rcbriggs@vt.edu

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Andrew Kriz
Senior Engineer
(540) 231-3102 
akriz@vt.edu

jonathan-keller

Jonathan Keller
Engineer
(540) 231-1860 jonathk@vt.edu 

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Agosh Singh
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
(540) 231-1781
asingh1@vt.edu

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Jeremy Spink
Engineer
(540) 231-3549 
jspink@vt.edu

Amy Robertson

Toby Tracy
Engineer
(540) 231-4110 
tftracy@vt.edu

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Leah Sanders
Chief of Operations 
(540) 231-5564  leahsanders@vt.edu

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Jourdan Hill
Pilot and Safety Officer
jourdanh@vt.edu

Dakota Scharver

Dakota Scharver   
Pilot and Safety Officer
540-231-7489
dscharver@vt.edu

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

Materials Initiative

matt-hull

Matthew Hull
Director, NCFL
Associate Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NanoEarth 
mahull@vt.edu

susettesowers

Susette Sowers
Administrative Assistant
540-231-0466
susette@vt.edu 

stephenmccartney

Stephen McCartney
SEM Laboratory Manager
(540) 231-9765
stmccart@vt.edu

WeinanLeng

Weinan Leng, PhD
XPS Laboratory Manager
(540) 231-7095
wleng@vt.edu

Hongyu Wang

Hongyu Wang, PhD
TEM Laboratory Manager
(540) 231-0714
hongyuw@vt.edu

Jarret

Jarret Wright
FIB/SEM Laboratory Manager
(540) 231-1908
jarret_wright@vt.edu

Materials Characterization

Rit Borgohain

Rituraj Borgohain, Ph.D.
Core Facility Research Manager, MCL & BioMCL
429 Kelly Hall
borgohain@vt.edu 
(540) 231-1271 (O)
(540) 750-5397 (M)

Chenggang Tao

Chenggang Tao
Materials Characterization Specialist, MCL 
cgtao@vt.edu
(540) 553-1729

Sharad Jaswandkar

Sharad Jaswandkar  
Biomaterials Characterization Specialist, BioMCL
sharadj@vt.edu
(540) 250-3399

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