CSES Faculty

CSES Faculty

Name Title Area e-mail Phone
A.O. (Ozzie) Abaye Associate Professor Alternative Crops 540.231.9737
Mark Alley Professor Soil Fertility and Management 540.231.9777
James Baker Professor Soil Genesis, erosion, productivity, and use of soil survey 540.231.9785
Duane Berry Associate Professor Soil Biochemistry 540.231.9792
W. Lee Daniels Professor Soil Genesis, Wetlands, and Land Restoration 540.231.7175
Matt Eick Associate Professor Environmental Soil Chemistry 540.231.8943
Erik Ervin Associate Professor Turfgrass physiology and management 540.231.5208
Greg Evanlyo Professor Biosolids, Composting, Soil & Water Quality 540.231.9739
Joel Faircloth Assistant Professor Management of Cotton and Peanut Agroecosystems 757.657.6717
John G. Fike Associate Professor Forage and Animal Relationships, Biofuels 540.231.8654
John Galbraith Associate Professor Soil Taxonomy, Interpretion, Wetlands, GIS 540.231.9784
J. Michael Goatley Associate Professor Extension Turfgrass Agroecosystem Management 540.231.2951
Carl Griffey Professor Small Grain Genetics and Breeding 540.231.9789
Charles Hagedorn Professor Environmental Microbiology 540.231.4895
Steven Hodges Professor & Head Department Head, Soil and Water Quality 540.231.6305
David Holshouser Asociate Professor Soybean Agroecosystem Management 757.657.6717
James McKenna Professor Agroecology, Forages, and Ag History 540.231.9786
Rory Maguire Assistant Professor Nutrient Management 540.231.0472
David Parrish Professor Crop Physiology and Environmental Science 540.231.9778
Naraine Persaud Associate Professor Soil Physics and Agrometerology 540.231.3817
Steve Phillips Associate Professor Precision Agriculture, Soil Fertility and Management 757.414.0724
Katy Martin Rainey Assistant Professor Soybean Genetics and Breeding 540.231.6496
David Reed Research Scientist Tobacco Management 434.292.5331
M.A. Saghai-Maroof Professor Genomics of Economically Important Plants 540.231.9791
Chris Teutsch Associate Professor Forage management 434.292.5331
Wade Thomason Assistant Professor Corn and Small Grain Ecosystems and Management 540.231.2988
Carol Wilkinson Associate Professor Tobacco Genetics and Breeding 434.292.5331
Lucian W. Zelazny Professor Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy 540.231.9781
Carl Zipper Associate Professor Environmental Science, Water Quality, and Land Restoration 540.231.9782

Active Emeritus Faculty

Name Title Area email Phone
Glenn Buss Emeritus Professsor Soybean Breeding
Ray Reneau Emeritus Professsor Land Application 540.231.9779

Adjunct Faculty

Name Title Area email Phone
Ronald F. Follett Adjunct Professsor Soil and Plant Nutrition, USDA/ARS Ft. Collins, CO
James E. Perry, III Adjunct Professor Wetlands, Va. Institute. Marine Science
Ralph Tiner Adjunct Professor Wetlands, US Fish & Wildlife Serv. Amherst, MA

Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences
330 Smyth Hall (0404)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231.6305 (V)
540.231.3431 (F)
cses@vt.edu