Mentors

Alphabetical Listing of Mentors
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Coy Allen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Anne Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor
Science Informatics Consultant and Health Analytics Coordinator
University Libraries

Julia Basso, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Warren Bickel, PhD
Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Health Research Professor
Director, Addiction Recovery Research Center
Director, Center for Health Behaviors Research

Mark A. Cline, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Neuroscience

Siobhan Craige, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Brenda Davy, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

Tiffany Drape, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

Joshua Drake, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Erica Feuerbacher, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal & Poultry Science

Carla Finkielstein, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences

Scott Geller, PhD
Alumni Distinguished Professor 
Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems
Department of Psychology

Deborah Good, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Timothy Jarome, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal and Poultry Science

Honglin Jiang, PhD
Professor

Department of Animal and Poultry Science

Samantha Harden, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Valisa Hedrick, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Vivica Kraak, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Sunwook Kim, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Sang Won Lee, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science

Sol Lim, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Dongmin Liu, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Michael Madigan, PhD
Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Sarah Misyak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Travis Mountain, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Maury Nussbaum, PhD
H.G. Prillaman Professor, Assistant Department Head, and Graduate Program Director
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Carlin Rafie, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Michelle Rockwell, PhD
Research Associate/Practice Facilitator, Carilion Clinic
Research Assistant Professor, Fralin Life Sciences Institute

Elena Serrano, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Amanda Stewart, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology

Jeff Stein, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

James Weger, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

Hehuang "David" Xie, PhD
Associate Professor
Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology

Stella Volpe, PhD
Professor

Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise