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Faculty of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Dr. Robert Atkinson,
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Virginia Tech
B.S., M.S. James Madison University
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Rob Atkinson came to the department in 1995. His out-of-school interests include canoeing, fishing, restoring his old farm house and working with teams of undergraduate and graduate students to understand ecosystems. He has conducted over $1.2 million in externally-funded research and his former students work for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the VA Dept. of Environmental Quality, the Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, local environmental consulting firms and elsewhere. He and his wife Leslie have a young son and daughter.

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