Aquatic Ecotoxicology Laboratory    

Cherry Lab Members

 

Donald S. Cherry, Ph D.

(Professor)

 

Rebecca Currie, Ph D.

(Post-Doc/Research Associate)

 

 

 

Brandi Echols

(Lab Manager/Graduate Student)

 

Michael Chanov

(Graduate Student)

Current Research

Mercury Contamination in the North Fork Holston River, Saltville, VA

In situ Chronic Toxicity Tests with the Asian Clam

Laboratory Toxicity Tests with the Mayfly, Isonychia bicolor

Abandoned Mine Lands/Acid-Mine Drainage Impacts in the Powell River Watershed

Coal Mining Hollow Fill Influence upon Head Water Streams

Toxic Thresholds of Conductivity, TDS and trace metals from Coal Mining Effluents

Virginia Tech Polytechnic Institute and State University

Department of Biological Sciences

Blacksburg, Virginia 24061