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AREC Faculty and Staff 2021

Faculty	E-mail	Title
Kevin Rice	rkevin@vt.edu	Director and Entomologist
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


Research Associates and Visiting Scientists	Title	Lab
Mr. Tremain Hatch	Extension Associate	Nita
Dr. Khalil Jahed	Research Associate	Sherif
Ms. Akiko Mangan	Research Associate	Nita
Ms. Akiko Nita	Research Associate	Rice


Graduate Students	Degree and Major	Advisor
Jonathan Ames	Phd Plant Pathology	Mizuho Nita
Nathanial Boeckman	Phd Plant Pathology	Srdjan Acimovic
Matheus C. Borba	PhD Plant Pathology	Mizuho Nita
Dominic Groman	Master of Science in Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences	Drew Harner
Daniela Menendez	PhD Plant Physiology	Drew Harner
Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu	PhD Horticulture	Sherif M. Sherif
Estefany Ronquillo Narvaez	Entomology	Kevin Rice