Virginia Water Faculty
This is a listing of faculty members at Virginia universities that specialize in water resources. If you would like to have your name added to this list, please contact the Water Center staff at water@vt.edu.
FACULTY
| Faculty Name | Department/University | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Changwoo Ahn cahn@gmu.edu | Environmental Science and Policy/George Mason University | Wetland ecosystem ecology, ecological engineering, wetland creation and restoration |
| Mike Aust waust@vt.edu |
Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation/Virginia Tech | Effects of forestry best management practices (BMPs) on water quality, riparian forests and water quality, management of forested wetlands |
| Fred Benfield benfield@vt.edu | Biological Sciences/Virginia Tech | Stream ecology |
| Brian Benham benham@vt.edu |
Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Nonpoint source pollution control, watershed modeling, household quality |
Gregory Boardman gboard@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Industrial waste treatment, water and wastewater treatment, environmental toxicology, aquaculture |
| Dean R. Bork drbork@vt.edu |
Landscape Architecture/Virginia Tech | Watershed sensitive site design/planning, low impact development, stormwater management |
| Darrell Bosch bosch@vt.edu |
Agricultural and Applied Economics/Virginia Tech | Water quality, cost, economic incentives |
| Paul A. Bukaveckas pabukaveckas@vcu.edu | Center for Environmental Studies/Virginia Commonwealth University | Harmful algal blooms, nutrient cycling, rivers |
| Tom Burbey tjburbey@vt.edu |
Geosciences/Virginia Tech | Hydrogeology, aquifer mechanics, land subsidence |
| Karen Bushaw-Newton kbushaw@nvcc.edu | Biology and Natural Sciences/Northern Virginia community College | Aquatic microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, stream restoration and dam removal |
| Sheila Christopher sfchrist@vt.edu |
Virginia Water Resources Research Center/Virginia Tech | Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, linkages between soil nutrient cycling and transport through watersheds, watershed modeling |
| Bernard J. Cosby bjc4a@virginia.edu |
Environmental Sciences/ University of Virginia | Biogeochemistry, environmental modelling, catchment science |
| William Cox cox@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Water law, water resources planning, water policy |
| Joanna Crowe Curran curran@virginia.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/University of Virginia | River engineering, sediment transport mechanics, river hydraulics, dam removal |
| W. Lee Daniels wdaniels@vt.edu | Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences | Mining impacts on water quality, wetland creation and restoration, land application of wastes, water quality |
| Andrea Dietrich andread@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Water quality and water treatment, sensory analysis of odorous compounds |
| Theo A. Dillaha dillah@vt.edu |
Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Nonpoint source pollution control, modeling, water quality, TMDLs |
| Panayiotis Diplas pdiplas@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Environmental hydraulics, river mechanics and sediment transport, watershed management |
| Scott Durelle dscott@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Ecohydrology, biogeochemistry, water quality |
| Randel Dymond dymond@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Sustainable land development, urban stormwater quality and quantity, geographic information systems |
| Zachary Easton zeaston@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Hydrology, water quality, watershed modeling |
| Marc Edwards edwardsm@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Corrosion, aquatic chemistry, engineering ethics |
| Drew Ellis awellis@vt.edu |
Geography/Virginia Tech | Hydroclimatic variability and change, drought, water resource sustainability |
| Daniel Gallagher dang@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Environmental statistics and data analysis, risk assessment, food safety, environmental modeling and simulation |
| Joseph Garcia garciaje@longwood.edu |
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences/ Longwood University |
Human impacts on fluvial systems, historical Piedmont erosion, fluvial geomorphology and statigraphy |
| Adil Godrej agodrej@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Environmental modelling and simulation, nonpoint pollution monitoring and control |
| Thomas J. Grizzard grizzard@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Urban runoff and nonpoint source management, water reuse, lake and reservoir management |
| Conrad Heatwole heatwole@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Hydrology, watershed modeling, geospatial analysis |
| W. Cully Hession chession@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Channel morphology, sediment transport and fate, stream restoration |
| Erich Hester ehester@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering /Virginia Tech | Stream and river hydraulics, ecosystem restoration, water quality |
| David Kibler kiblerdf@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Urban hydrology, stormwater management, flood forecasting, hydraulic structures |
| Karen Kline klinek@vt.edu |
Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Water quality modeling, watershed management, TMDLs |
| William Knocke knocke@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Physical-chemical treatment of water and wastewater, chemistry of aquatic systems, sludge treatment and disposal |
| Leigh-Anne Krometis krometis@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Indicator bacteria, public health, rural drinking water |
| Erin Ling ejling@vt.edu |
Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Private water supplies (wells, springs, and cisterns), drinking water and human health, behavior change and water quality impacts |
| John Little jcl@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Emissions from building materials, hypolimnetic oxygenation of stratified lakes and reservoirs |
| Christine May maycl@jmu.edu | Biology/James Madison University | stream ecology, ecogeomorphology, ecohydrology |
| Linsey Marr lmarr@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Urban and regional scale air quality, emissions quantification, nanoparticles |
| Kevin McGuire kevin.mcguire@vt.edu | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation/Virginia Tech | Hydrology, watershed management, biogeochemistry |
| Glenn Moglen moglen@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Urban hydrology, modeling of land use change and climate change, flooding |
| Saied Mostaghimi smostagh@vt.edu | CALS Research/Virginia Tech | Nonpoint source pollution control, environmental impact assessment |
| Joanna Mott mottjb@jmu.edu |
Biology Department/ James Madison University |
Applied environmental microbiology, water quality, microbial/bacteria source tracking, fecal indicators and pathogens, antibiotic resistance |
| John Novak jtnov@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Bioremediation, water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste treatment, solid waste management |
| Don Orth orth@vt.edu |
Fish and Wildlife Conservation/Virginia Tech | Stream habitat management, environmental flows, fish population analysis |
| Amy Pruden-Bagchi apruden@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Applied environmental microbiology, antibiotic resistance, mine drainage remediation |
| Cliff Randall cliff@vt.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Biological nutrient removal, eutrophication, industrial wastewater treatment, water pollution control |
| David Sample dsample@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | stormwater management, modeling, design |
| Todd Scanlon tms2v@virginia.edu |
Environmental Sciences /University of Virginia |
Land-atmosphere interaction, catchment hydrology, ecohydrology |
| Stephen Schoenholtz schoenhs@vt.edu | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation/Virginia Tech | Forest hydrology, watershed management, water quality, biogeochemistry, soil science |
| Madeline Schreiber mschreib@vt.edu | Geosciences /Virginia Tech |
Hydrology, geochemistry |
| Sunil Sinha ssinha@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Water infrastructure systems, asset management, infrastructure rehabilitation, pipelines |
| James A. Smith jsmith@virginia.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/University of Virginia | Water, pathogens, nanosilver |
| Leonard Smock lsmock@vcu.edu |
Biology/Virginia Commonwealth University |
stream and wetland ecology, macroinvertebrates, bioassessment |
| Theresa Wynn Thompson tthompson@vt.edu | Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | Stream and wetland restoration, streambank erosion, urban stream systems |
| Peter J. Vikesland pvikes@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Nanomaterials in the environment, improved sensors for drinking water treatment |
| Jack Webster jwebster@vt.edu | Biological Sciences/Virginia Tech | Stream ecology, nutrient dynamics, stream ecosystem processes |
| Richard Whittecar rwhittec@odu.edu | Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences/Old Dominion University | Wetland geology and hydrology |
| Mark A. Widdowson mwiddows@vt.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering/Virginia Tech | Groundwater modeling, contaminant transport, monitored natural attentuation, bioremediation, phytoremediaiton, hydrology and hydraulics |
| Mary Leigh Wolfe mlwolfe@vt.edu |
Biological Systems Engineering/Virginia Tech | hydrologic modeling, NPS pollution control, watershed management |
| Jaewan Yoon jyoon@odu.edu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Old Dominion University | Meso- and macro-scale water quality in freshwater and estuarine domains |