Directory
for the College of Science Dean's Office
Interim Dean of the College of Science
Ron Fricker
Email: fricker@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7754
Assistant and Associate Deans
Victoria Corbin
Assistant Dean for Outreach and Student Engagement
Email: cvictoria@vt.edu
Phone: 540-232-8705
Laura Freeman
Assistant Dean for Research in the National Capital Region
Email: laura.freeman@vt.edu
Phone: 540-858-3352
Patricia (“Trish”) Hammer
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies
Email: pwhammer@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3702
Randy Heflin
Associate Dean for Research
Email: rheflin@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7289
Michel Pleimling
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Email: pleim@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9805
Wade Stokes
Assistant Dean for Advancement
Email: lwstokes@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4033
Will Walton
Assistant Dean for Finance
Email: wwalt00@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7686
Inclusion and Diversity
Estrella Johnson
Director of Inclusion and Diversity
Email: strej@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8273
Undergraduate Advising and Recruiting
Susan Haymore
Director of Undergraduate Advising
Email: shaymore@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5144
Vivek Shastry
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising
Email: vshastry@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-0617
Kristy Morrill
Director of Undergraduate Recruiting
Email: gracou@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2551
Melanie Sontheimer
Student Support Specialist
Email: msison90@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5145
Administration
Allison Craft
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Email: crafta@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7078
Carolyn Furrow
Office Technology Coordinator
Email: furrowcl@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5968
Teresa Price
Business Manager
Email: tfprice@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6394
Amber Robinson
Administrative Assistant
Email: hamber08@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7515
Missy Smith
Fiscal Technician
Email: smithmk@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9542
Clara Sowers
Receptionist
Email: casowers@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5422
Andrew Volker
Grants Coordinator
Email: avolker@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8739
Advancement
R. Carter Aylor
Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts
Email: carteraylor@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9183
Teresa DeCarmen
Assistant Director Design and Digital Strategy
Email: tdecarmen@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3894
April Dow
Development Associate
Email: aprildow@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7813
Katie Lafon
Director of Alumni Relations
Email: klafon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8706
Steven Mackay
Communications Director
Email: smackay@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5035
Jenny Orzolek
Senior Director of Major Gifts for Advancement
Email: jorzolek@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5643
Lon Wagner
Senior Director of Communications
Email: lon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6468
Departments, School, Academy, and Centers
Biological Sciences
Robert Cohen, Department Head
Email: rscohen1@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5712
Chemistry
Alan Esker, Department Chair
Email: aesker@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4601
Economics
Sudipta Sarangi, Department Head
Email: ssarangi@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-7981
Geosciences
Steve Holbrook, Department Head
Email: wstevenh@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6521
Mathematics
Eric de Sturler, Department Chair
Email: sturler@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5279
Physics
Mark Pitt, Department Chair
Email: pitt@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-3015
Psychology
Roseanne Foti, Department Chair
Email: rfoti@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-5814
Statistics
David Higdon, Interim Department Head
Email: dhigdon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-4807
Academy of Integrated Science
Michel Pleimling, Director
Professor, Physics
Email: pleim@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6073
School of Neuroscience
Michael Fox, Director
Email: mafox1@vt.edu
Academy of Data Science
Tom Woteki, Director
Professor, Statistics
Email: drwo@vt.edu
Phone: 202-359-3931
Arlington Innovation Center: Health Research
Seong K. Mun, Director
Email: munsk@vt.edu
Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science
Alexandra Hanlon, Director
Email: alhanlon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-526-2264
Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research
Angela Scarpa, Director
Email: ascarpa@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2615
Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery
Paul Carlier, Director
Email: pcarlier@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-9219