People

AREC Faculty and Staff 2021

Faculty	E-mail	Title
Kevin Rice	rkevin@vt.edu	Director and Entomologist
Srdjan Acimovic	acimovic@vt.edu	Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology (fruit trees)
J. Christopher Bergh	cbergh@vt.edu	Emertitus Professor of Entomology
Drew Harner	dharner@vt.edu	Assistant Professor of Viticulture
Mizuho Nita	nita24@vt.edu	Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology (grapes)
Sherif M. Sherif	ssherif@vt.edu	Associate Professor of Pomology
Keith S. Yoder	ksyoder@vt.edu	Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology


Staff	E-mail	Title
Nate Brandt	nate5915@vt.edu	Research Specialist
Andrew Davis	andrewd20@vt.edu	Farm Manager
Debra Marple	dmarple@vt.edu	Administrative Assistant
Diana McHenry	mchenry@vt.edu	Lab and Research Specialist II
Ian McLellan	imclellan@vt.edu	Field Research Specialist
Gerald Michaels, III	geraldjm@vt.edu	Research Specialist
Emmanuel Sempeles	emsempeles@vt.edu	Research Specialist


Research Associates and Visiting Scientists	Title	Lab
Ms. Dana Acimovic	Research Associate	Nita
Mr. Kyle Bekelja	Research Associate	Rice
Mr. Tremain Hatch	Extension Associate	Nita
Dr. Khalil Jahed	Research Associate	Sherif
Ms. Akiko Mangan	Research Associate	Nita
Ms. Akiko Nita	Research Associate	Rice
Ms. Kellee Walters	Research Associate	Nita
Mr. Kazuma Yamaguchi	Visiting Scientist	Nita