People

Faculty and Extension Specialists

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Maria Balota , bio
Professor of Crop Physiology
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Tim Bryant , bio
Assistant Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist
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Abhilash Chandel , bio
Assistant Professor of Precision Agriculture & Data Management
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Matthew Chappell , bio
Director
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Mark J. Estienne , bio
Professor and Swine Research Physiologist
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Jacob Forehand , bio
Extension Peanut Specialist
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William Hunter Frame , bio
Associate Professor, Field Crops Agronomy
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David Langston , bio
Professor of Plant Pathology and Extension Specialist
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Carrie Ortel , bio
Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Agronomist

Name	E-mail	Position/Areas of Interest
Linda Byrd-Masters	lmasters@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Plant Pathology and Nematode Diagnostic Laboratory
Chris Buck	bchris65@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Soybean Agronomy Program
Fitz Cherry	fitz5@vt.edu	Technician - Peanut Variety and Quality Evaluation Program
Marguerite Cross	mbcross@vt.edu	Technician - Swine Physiology Unit
Sean Cummings	csean22@vt.edu	Technician - Cotton Agronomy Program
Ronald Daughtrey	rdaughtr@vt.edu	Technician - Soybean Agronomy Program
Zoe Dunlow	lildun@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Peanut Agronomy Program
Melanie Evans	melaniee@vt.edu	Fiscal Specialist
Karl Jones	kajones2@vt.edu	Farm Manager
Sean Malone	smalone@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Field Crops Entomology Program
Christian Pittman	christianpittman@vt.edu	Technician - Plant Pathology and Nematode Diagnostic Laboratory
Suzanne Pruitt	suzannemp@vt.edu	Communications
Bradley Slye	bslye@vt.edu	Assistant Farm Manager
Billy Taylor	billybob@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Cotton Agronomy Program
Kimberly Williams	kimw8590@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Swine Physiology Unit
Matthew Wilkins	matdw97@vt.edu	Technician - Plant Pathology Program

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Unius Arinaitwe , bio
Ph.D. Candidate, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
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Keely Beard , bio
Ph.D. Student, Crop Physiology
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Emma Nieland , bio
Graduate Student, Plant Pathology
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Aminata SARR , bio
Ph.D. Student, Precision Agriculture and Data Management
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C. Brandt Tate , bio
Ph.D. Student, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
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Ranadheer Reddy Vennam , bio
Ph.D. Student, Crop Physiology

Pius Jjagwe - Ph.D. Student, Precision Agriculture and Data Management

Sathish Raymond Sahayaraj - Ph.D. Student, Precision Agriculture and Data Management

Name	Email	Position/Areas of Interest
Ashley Turner	adturner27@vt.edu	Administrative Specialist
Linda Byrd-Masters	lmasters@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Plant Pathology and Nematode Diagnostic Labratory
Chris Buck	bchris65@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Soybean Agronomy Program
Fitz Cherry	fitz5@vt.edu	Technician - Peanut Variety and Quality Evaluation Program
Marguerite Cross	mbcross@vt.edu	Technician - Swine Physiology Unit
Sean Cummings	csean22@vt.edu	Technician - Cotton Agronomy Program
Ronald Daughtrey	rdaughtr@vt.edu	Technician - Soybean Agronomy Program
Zoe Dunlow	lildun@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Peanut Agronomy Program
Karl Jones	kajones2@vt.edu	Farm Manager
Sean Malone	smalone@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Field Crops Entomology Program
Erin Myers	erin98@vt.edu	Technician - Soybean Agronomy
Suzanne Pruitt	suzannemp@vt.edu	Communications
Bradley Slye	bslye@vt.edu	Assistant Farm Manager
Billy Taylor	billybob@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Cotton Agronomy Program
Andrew Thompson	andrewt93@vt.edu	Technician - Crop Physiology
Kimberly Williams	kimw8590@vt.edu	Lead Technician - Swine Physiology Unit
Matthew Wilkins	matdw97@vt.edu	Technician - Plant Pathology Program