Faculty Members (UPDATE 2026)

Areas: EEB, Micro/Immuno
Microbial diversity, microbial evolution, giant viruses, genomics, bioinformatics

aylward@vt.edu
5092 Derring Hall
(540) 231-8657
 

Area: EEB
Soils, climate variability, hydrology, biodiversity, biochemical cyling, global change

jebarre@vt.edu
2026 Derring Hall
(540) 231-3827

Area: EEB
Organismal biology, community ecology, disease dynamics

belden@vt.edu
4088 Derring Hall
(540) 231-2505

kabretz@vt.edu
2082-C Derring Hall
(540) 231-0790

Area: EEB
Community ecology in aquatic systems

brown51@vt.edu
2030 Derring Hall
(540) 231-2065

Area: MCDCB
Biochemistry and structural biology of protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions

capellut@vt.edu
263-A Steger Hall
(540) 231-0974

Area: EEB
The intersection of freshwater ecosystem science and data science

cayelan@vt.edu
2027 Derring Hall
(540) 231-8938
 

Area: MCDCB
Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Cell Biology, Systems Biology, Spatiotemporal Regulation, Mechano-biochemistry

chenjing@vt.edu
5100 Derring Hall
(540) 231-1359

Area: MCDCB
The role of mechanics and dynamics of mitotic apparatus components in ensuring  accurate chromosome segregation during cell division; causes and consequences of aneuploidy (abnormal chromosome numbers) in normal and cancer cells.

cimini@vt.edu
2125 Derring Hall
162-A Steger Hall 
(540) 231-3922

Area: MCDCB
Our research focuses on cell division machinery. We're interested in the coordination between spindle-driven chromosome segregation and contractile ring-driven membrane ingression during division

dbcortes@vt.edu
148/152 Steger Hall
(540) 231-7254

Area: EEB
The evolution of behavioral responses to signals, expansions and contractions of niche breadth in response to environmental change, and the potential of populations to persist via evolutionary rescue

jdraghi@vt.edu
4001 Derring Hall
(540) 231-6802