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 

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

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

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 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

Madison Dobscha
Research Associate
mdobscha@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 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

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

Kathy Lowe
Microscopist Specialist,
BioMCL 

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
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