Faculty
Leandro Castello
Associate Professor
Research Interests: The ecology and conservation of fish and fisheries with aims to improving societal capacity to solve the problems of tropical fisheries
Email: leandro [at] vt.edu
POSTDOCS
Monalisa Silva
Postdoc
Research topic: Ecology and governance of fisheries in a tributary of the Amazon
Email: silva.monaro [at] gmail.com
George Brooks
Postdoc
Research topic: Integrated population modeling (co-supervised /Kindsvater)
Email: boa10gb [at] vt.edu
Doctoral Students
Mahatub Khan Badhon
PhD student
Research topic: Socio-Ecology of provisioning fisheries in the Great Lakes
Email: badhonmk [@] vt.edu
Priscila Cunha
PhD student
Research topic: Ecology and Co-Management of Arapaima in the Brazilian Amazon
Email: prisrcunha [at] vt.edu
Gabriel Borba
PhD student
Research topic: Climate change effects on Amazon fish catch
Email: gabrielborba [@] vt.edu
Email: gabrielborba [@] vt.edu
Emma Hultin
PhD student
Thesis topic: Integrated population modeling of arapaima fisheries in the Amazon
Email: emmah6 [at] vt.edu
Undergraduate Students
Matthew Louvet
Undergraduate student
Research topic: Provisioning fisheries in the Great Lakes
Email: mlouvetjr [at] vt.edu
Jared Rasmussen
Undergraduate student
Research topic: Vulnerability of floodplain lakes of the Amazon to poaching
Email: jaredras26 [at] vt.edu