Arash RashedPrincipal Investigator Insect Ecology and Pest Management
Shirin Parizad, PhD Candidate, barley yellow dwarf disease epidemiology; the interface between animal and crop production systems.
Email: shparizad@vt.edu
Usha Panta, PhD Candidate Cultural Practices and Soil Health; Research topics: 1) Biofumigation and non-target subterranean organisms, 2) Host-mediated effects of soil biofumigation on above-ground pests.
Email: Usha@vt.edu
Jeremiah Daniels, Undergraduate intern, Hampden-Sydney University
Loreyna Perez, Undergraduate Intern, American University
Parker Hite, Student intern, Virginia Tech
Lab Alumni
Atoosa Nikoukar, PhD, 2024
Atoosa is now a Research Associate with AgroSpheres
Eli Hoar, MS, 2024
Eli is now a Research Associate with Bayer
Hadi Farrokhzadeh
Now a Visiting Scholar at the University of Georgia
Abderrahmane Bucherf, Visiting PhD Student. Pierce’s disease epidemiologyEsther Bello, Research Associate, vector-borne plant pathogen ecology and epidemiology
