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GTS Alumni

2021 Cohort

Barbara Roqueto dos Reis
School of Animal Sciences

2020 Cohort

Kayla Alward
School of Animal Science (Dairy)
Martha Calvert
Food Science and Technology
Leticia Campos
School of Animal Science (Dairy)
Nicholas Wege Dias
School of Animal Science
Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
Karen Duerksen
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Lana Petrie
Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

2019 Cohort

Sara Cloff
School of Animal Science
Leah Hamiltoon
Food Science and Technology
Virginia State University, Research Assistant Professor
Haylee Hanling
School of Animal Science
University of Wisonsin-Madison, Research Associate
Joshua Mott
School of  Plant and Environmental Sciences
Jennie Wagner
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Charles Zumbaug
School of Animal Sciences
BSM Partners, Assistant Manager Nutrition

2018 Cohort

Hannah Angel
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Caitlin Cridland
Biochemistry
Virginia Tech, Collegiate Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
 
Aerial Heminger
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Didier Mena-Aguilar
Biochemistry
Jacquelyn Prestagaard
School of Animal Sciences

2017 Cohort

Ibukun Alegbeleye
Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education
Elizabeth Clark
Food Science and Technology
McCormick & Company, Senior Scientist, Sensory & Consumer Sciences
Sarah Donnelly
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
UNC Asheville, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Wellness
Anna Fausnacht
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Rachel Mack
Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education
Christopher McCullough
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Oumoule Ndiaye
Food Science and Technology
Univeristy of the District of Columbia, Postdoctoral Scholar Researcher
Connor Owens
School of Animal Sciences

 

2016 Cohort

Nicole Arnold
Food Science and Technology
The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor
Andre Diatta
Crop and Soil Environmental Science
Universite Gaston Berger, Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
Laura Hanzly
Biological Systems Engineering
UMass Dartmouth, Assistant Teaching Professor
Audra Harl
School of Animal Sciences
Qualla Ketchum
Biological Systems Engineering
Sihui Ma
Food Science and Technology
Bethany Wolters
Crop and Soil Environmental Science
University of Tennessee at Martin, Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences

2015 Cohort

Laura Balis
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, Research Scientist
Chelsea Corkins
Biological Systems Engineering
Francisco de la Mota
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Houston Botanic Garden, Director of Horticulture

 

Emily Ott
Crop and Soil Environmental Science
Verdantas, Ecologist
Justin Sperringer
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Cambrex, Senior Scientist II
Paul Velander
Biochemistry
Wyatt Technologies, Application Scientist

2014 Cohort

Javier Garcia
School of Animal Sciences
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Research Associate
Adam Geiger
School of Animal Sciences
Zinpro Corporation, Research Nutritionist, Dairy

 

Georgianna Mann
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
University of Mississippi, Associate Professor
William Moore
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

 

Chantel Wilson
Crop and Soil Environmental Science
Penn State University, 4-H STEM Extension Specialist
Yanliang Yang
Agricultural and Applied Economics

2013 Cohort

Angela Bailey
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Bridgewater University, Assistant Professor
Anne Brown
Biochemistry
Beam Diagnostics Inc., Chief Innovation Officer; Virginia Tech, Associate Professor
Courtney Crist
Food Science and Technology
Mississippi State University, Associate Extension Professor and Food Safety Specialist
Tanya Halliday
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
University of Utah, Assistant Professor
Stephanie Houston
Biological Systems Engineering
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Corrective Action Project Manager
Gordon Jones
Crop and Soil Environmental Science
Oregon State University, Extension Agronomist; Assistant Professor

2012 Cohort

Gabrielle Fundaro
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Self-employed, Editor at Feastgood; Researcher at Examine.com; Consultant at Vitamin PhD Nutrition
Mara Grossman
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Matthew Schroeder
Food Science and Technology
Regents School of Oxford, Associate Head of School/Upper School Principal
Jason Smith
School of Animal Sciences
Dan Tekiela
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
LiYun Ye
Food Science and Technology

GTS Program Leadership

Tracy Rutherford, Professor and Department Head, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education
Donna Westfall-Rudd, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

Interested? For more information, contact:

Donna Westfall-Rudd
214-C Litton Reaves Hall
Blacksburg VA 24060
540-231-5717
mooredm@vt.edu

Applications are due to the CALS Academic Program Office by March 1st.

Susan Sumner
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs
1060 Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-6503
calsap@vt.edu