Virginia Water Faculty

Below is our sortable 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 may also be added to our email distribution list by contacting Kevin McGuire.

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Faculty Table

Faculty	Email	Department	University	Research Interests
Faculty	Email	Department	University	Research Interests
Alasdair Cohen	agcohen@vt.edu	Population Health Sciences	Virginia Tech	Drinking water, rural health, environmental epidemiology
Amy Pruden-Bagchi	apruden@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Applied environmental microbiology, antibiotic resistance, mine drainage remediation
Andrea Dietrich	andread@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Water quality and water treatment, sensory analysis of odorous compounds
Anuj Karpatne	karpatne@vt.edu	Computer Science	Virginia Tech	Combining process-based models with machine learning, scientific knowledge-guided machine learning, improving robustness and generalization of machine learning in water research
Ashleigh Kirker	akirker@vt.edu	Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation/Virginia Water Resources Reseach Center	Virginia Tech	Connections between headwater catchments, urban landscapes, and sediment legacies. Impacts of upstream land-use change on downstream water quality
Austin Gray	austindg@vt.edu	Biological Sciences	Virginia Tech	Aquatic toxicology; occurrence, fate, and impact of emerging contaminants; aquatic microbial ecology, biogeochemistry
Brenda Davy	bdavy@vt.edu	Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise	Virginia Tech	Water and beverage intake, dietary assessment, obesity prevention and treatment
Brian Badgley	badgley@vt.edu	School of Plant and Environmental Sciences	Virginia Tech	Fate and transport of microbial contaminants, aquatic microbial ecology, biogeochemistry
Brian Brown	stonefly@vt.edu	Biological Science	Virginia Tech	Aquatic community ecology, river network structure, benthic macroinvertebrates, crayfish
Brian D. Strahm	brian.strahm@vt.edu	Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	Virginia Tech	Biogeochemistry, terrestrial-aquatic linkages, watershed management, soil science, nutrient dynamics
Cayelan Carey	cayelan@vt.edu	Biological Sciences	Virginia Tech	Limnology, lake and reservoir ecology, water quality, biogeochemistry, plankton, diatoms
Changwoo Ahn	cahn@gmu.edu	Environmental Science and Policy	George Mason University	Wetland ecosystem ecology, ecological engineering, wetland creation and restoration
Christine May	maycl@jmu.edu	Biology	James Madison University	Stream ecology, ecogeomorphology, ecohydrology
Daniel Gallagher	dang@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Environmental statistics and data analysis, risk assessment, food safety, environmental modeling and simulation
Daniel McLaughlin	mclaugd@vt.edu	Virginia Water Resources Reseach Center	Virginia Tech	Ecohydrology, wetland and stream processes, emerging environmental sensors, watershed hydrology, biogeomorphology
Dave Muñoz	davidmunozpauta@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Compound flood hazards, coastal to inland hydrodynamics, deep learning & data fusion
David Sample	dsample@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Stormwater management, modeling, design
Drew Ellis	awellis@vt.edu	Geography	Virginia Tech	Hydroclimatic variability and change, drought, water resource sustainability
Dwayne Edwards	dredwards@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Surface hydrology, statistical characterization, modeling and monitoring
Elinor Benami	elinor@vt.edu	Agricultural & Applied Economics	Virginia Tech	Water resource monitoring/drought early warning, encouraging compliance with water regulations, evaluating welfare impacts of water-related insurance programs (e.g., drought, flood)
Eranga Galappaththi	eranga@vt.edu	Geography	Virginia Tech	Indigenous knowledge systems, social-ecological systems, water resource governance
Erich Hester	ehester@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Stream and river hydraulics, ecosystem restoration, water quality
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
Erin R. Hotchkiss	ehotchkiss@vt.edu	Biological Sciences	Virginia Tech	Stream and river ecology, limnology, biogeochemistry, water quality
Frederick Cheng	frederick.cheng@virginia.edu	Environmental Sciences	University of Virginia	Ecohydrology, nutrient biogeochemistry, environmental modeling, nature-based solutions for water quality issues
George Allen	geoallen@vt.edu	Geosciences	Virginia Tech	Remote sensing of hydrology, limnology, surface water resources, fluvial geomorphology
Hosein Foroutan	hosein@vt.edu	Civil & Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Emerging pollutants in environmental flow systems, air-water and sediment-water interactions, computational fluid dynamics
Jaewan Yoon	jyoon@odu.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Old Dominion University	Meso- and macro-scale water quality in freshwater and estuarine domains
James A. Smith	jsmith@virginia.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	University of Virginia	Water, pathogens, nanosilver
James Parkhurst	jparkhur@vt.edu	Fish and Wildlife Conservation	Virginia Tech	Wetland ecology and management, wetland wildlife management, wetland creation and restoration
John Little	jcl@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Emissions from building materials, hypolimnetic oxygenation of stratified lakes and reservoirs
Jonathan A. Czuba	jczuba@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	River/floodplain morphodynamics, river hydraulics, sediment transport, dam removal, watershed modeling
JP Gannon	jpgannon@vt.edu	Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	Virginia Tech	Streamflow generation, catchment hydrology, hydrology teaching
Julia Cisneros	cisneros@vt.edu	Geosciences	Virginia Tech	Fluvial Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Sediment Transport, Morphodynamics
Julie Shortridge	jshortridge@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Climate change adaptation, water infrastructure planning, disaster preparedness and impacts assessment, coupled natural-human systems
Karen McGlathery	kjm4k@virginia.edu	Environmental Sciences	University of Virginia	Aquatic ecology, biogeochemical controls on estuarine nutrient dynamics, ecophysiology of algae and seagrasses, marine conservation and management.
Kelly Cobourn	kellyc13@vt.edu	Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	Virginia Tech	Water resource economics, water rights, management of surface water and groundwater, irrigation
Kevin McGuire	kevin.mcguire@vt.edu	Virginia Water Resources Reseach Center	Virginia Tech	Hydrology, watershed management, biogeochemistry
Kevin P. Davy	kdavy@vt.edu	Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise	Virginia Tech	Investigating the role of water and beverage consumption in obesity prevention and treatment, and assessing beverage intake patterns
Kirin Emlet Furst	kfurst@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Water treatment, wastewater reuse, drinking water policy, exposure risk assessment, fate and transport of emerging contaminants
Kurt Stephenson	kurts@vt.edu	Agricultural and Applied Economics	Virginia Tech	Water resource economics and policy, nutrient credit trading, stormwater management, incentives to reduce nutrient runoff
Kyle Strom	strom@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	River Mechanics, Environmental Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, Geomorphology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, and Experimental Methods.
Landon Marston	lmarston@vt.edu	Civil & Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Water use science / water footprint; water infrastructure; water governance; multiscale, complex human-water systems.
Leigh-Anne Krometis	krometis@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Indicator bacteria, public health, rural drinking water
Luis Escobar	escobar1@vt.edu	Fish and Wildlife Conservation	Virginia Tech	Aquatic invasive species in fresh and sea waters, climate change coastal ecosystem health, epidemiology and ecology of water-borne pathogens
Luke Juran	ljuran@vt.edu	Geography/Virginia Water Resources Reseach Center	Virginia Tech	Sustainable water-resources management; household water-treatment and safe storage; hydro-social cycle; water–hazards interface; human-nature interactions
Madeline Schreiber	mschreib@vt.edu	Geosciences	Virginia Tech	Hydrology, geochemistry
Manoo Shirzaei	shirzaei@vt.edu	Geosciences	Virginia Tech	Wetlands, groundwater, managed recharge, flow mechanics, flooding, and sea level rise
Marc Edwards	edwardsm@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Corrosion, aquatic chemistry, engineering ethics
Margaret Anne Hinkle	hinklem@wlu.edu	Earth and Environmental Geosciences	Washington and Lee University	Water quality, biogeochemistry, mining remediation, contaminant fate and transport (metals and emerging contaminants)
Mark A. Widdowson	mwiddows@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Groundwater modeling, contaminant transport, monitored natural attentuation, bioremediation, phytoremediaiton, hydrology and hydraulics
Megan Rippy	mrippy@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Ecological engineering, green stormwater infrastructure, and freshwater salinization
Meredith Steele	steelem@vt.edu	Crop and Soil Environmental Science	Virginia Tech	Water Quality and quantity, ecosystem services, urbanization, biogeochemical cycling
Meryl Mims	mims@vt.edu	Biological Sciences	Virginia Tech	Conservation biology, species vulnerability to climate change, intermittent stream ecology, landscape genetics in freshwaters
Morgan Steffen	steffemm@jmu.edu	Biology Department	James Madison University	Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, aquatic microbial communities, and -omics and systems biology
Natasha Bell	natashabell@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Ecological engineering, treatment wetlands, water quality, wastewater treatment
Paul A. Bukaveckas	pabukaveckas@vcu.edu	Center for Environmental Studies	Virginia Commonwealth University	Harmful algal blooms, nutrient cycling, rivers
Paul A. Dirmeyer	pdirmeye@gmu.edu	Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences	George Mason University	Land-atmosphere interaction, global water and energy cycles, numerical modeling, water and climate
Paul Angermeier	biota@vt.edu	Fish and Wildlife Conservation	Virginia Tech	Ecology and conservation of fishes, ecosystem services provided by watersheds, use of biotic communities to assess water quality
Paul R. Houser	phouser@gmu.edu	Geography and Geoinformation Sciences	George Mason University	Land surface-atmospheric remote sensing, in-situ simulation, hydrologic data assimilation, global water and energy cycling
R. Quinn Thomas	rqthomas@vt.edu	Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation	Virginia Tech	Biogeochemistry, climate change, land-atmosphere interactions, ecosystem-climate feedbacks, modeling of ecosystems and Earth systems
Raj GC	rajgc@vt.edu	School of Public and International Affairs	Virginia Tech	Multiple-use water services (MUS), water security and sanitation, sustainable rural water supply, water policy and governance, water-food nexus
Ralph Hall	rphall@vt.edu	School of Public and International Affairs	Virginia Tech	Multiple-use water services, sustainable WASH, human right to water
Richard Whittecar	rwhittec@odu.edu	Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences	Old Dominion University	Wetland geology and hydrology
Ryan Calder	rsdc@vt.edu	Population Health Sciences	Virginia Tech	Water quality, environmental modeling, environmental policy, decision analysis, risk analysis, exposure assessment.
Ryan M. Pollyea	rpollyea@vt.edu	Geosciences and Mining & Minerals Engineering	Virginia Tech	Geologic CO2 sequestration, injection-induced seismicity, numerical modeling
Ryan Stewart	ryan.stewart@vt.edu	School of Plant and Environmental Sciences	Virginia Tech	Critical zone processes, vadose zone hydrology, soil physics
Sally Entrekin	sallye@vt.edu	Entomology	Virginia Tech	Aquatic entomology, restoration, and food webs
Shilai Hao	shilai@vt.edu	School of Plant and Environmental Sciences	Virginia Tech	Contaminants of emerging concerns, water/wastewater treatment, rare earth elements recovery
Siddharth Saksena	ssaksena@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Hydrologic modeling and flood forecasting, data science applications to water resources, land use and climate change impacts on water quantity/quality
Stan Grant	stanleyg@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Pollutant fate and transport modeling, river and coastal water quality, addressing environmental challenges through convergence research
Stephanie Zick	sezick@vt.edu	Geography	Virginia Tech	Tropical meteorology & hurricanes precipitation, numerical weather prediction radar meteorology, shape analysis
Sunil Sinha	ssinha@vt.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Virginia Tech	Water infrastructure systems, asset management, infrastructure rehabilitation, pipelines
Susanna Werth	swerth@vt.edu	Geosciences	Virginia Tech	Water cycle, water resources, temporally variable gravity field, surface deformation, climate change, modeling, signal processing
Theresa Wynn Thompson	tthompson@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Stream and wetland restoration, streambank erosion, urban stream systems
Todd Scanlon	tms2v@virginia.edu	Environmental Sciences	University of Virginia	Land-atmosphere interaction, catchment hydrology, ecohydrology
Venkat Sridhar	vsri@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Climate change impact assessments, hydrological modeling, water management and decision support
W. Cully Hession	chession@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Channel morphology, sediment transport and fate, stream restoration
Wei Zhang	wzb@vt.edu	Agricultural and Applied Economics	Virginia Tech	Agricultural water use, conservation programs, and water quality
Wendy Stout	wstout@vt.edu	Center for Coastal Studies/VA Seafood AREC/VCE/ Fralin Life Science	Virginia Tech	Geospatial analysis, collaboration, outreach, and policy development for coastal resilience, coastal zone management, flood risk management, and sea level rise and subsidence
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
Yang Shao	yshao@vt.edu	Geography	Virginia Tech	Watershed modeling, geospatial analytics, and land use/cover change
Yanghui Kang	yanghuikang@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystems, land-atmosphere interactions, nature-based climate solutions
Yanna Lambrinidou	yanna@vt.edu	Science and Technology Studies	Virginia Tech	Lead in drinking water policy, science and engineering ethics, public participation in environmental science research
Yongfa (Jay) You	yongfayou@vt.edu	School of Plant and Environmental Sciences	Virginia Tech	Agroecosystem modeling, irrigation, nutrient loading, and water use efficiency
Zachary Easton	zeaston@vt.edu	Biological Systems Engineering	Virginia Tech	Hydrology, water quality, watershed modeling

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