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
Doctoral Students
Luciana Pereira
PhD student
Research topic: Migration, growth, and population genetics of Pseudoplatystoma in the Amazon
Email: lucianaa [at] vt.edu
Email: lucianaa [at] vt.edu
Mahatub Khan Badhon
PhD student
Research topic: Socio-Ecology of provisioning fisheries in the Great Lakes
Email: badhonmk [@] 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
Priscila Cunha
PhD student
Research topic: Ecology and Co-Management of Arapaima in the Brazilian Amazon
Email: prisrcunha [at] vt.edu
Undergraduate Students
Matthew Louvet
Undergraduate student
Research topic: Provisioning fisheries in the Great Lakes
Email: mlouvetjr [at] vt.edu
Alumni
Fernanda Silva
Postdoc
Felipe Carvalho
PhD student
Carolina Freitas
Postdoc
Ram Thapa
Postdoc
Gretchen Stokes
Master student
Jesse Olsen
Master student
Jordan Richard
Master student
Sasha Doss
Master student
Gwyneth Martin
Undergraduate student
Aaron Betancourt
Undergraduate student
Madeline Wood
Undergraduate student
Clare Posey
Undergraduate student
Haley Jenkins
Undergraduate student
Skylar Wolf
Undergraduate student
Alex Pelletier
Undergraduate student
Erica Ascani
Undergraduate student
