People

Department Chair

Kristen Johansen
- Roy J. Carver Professor and Department Chair of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
kristen@iastate.edu

Faculty

Amy Andreotti
- Roy J. Carver Chair and University Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
amyand@iastate.edu
Don Beitz
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
dcbeitz@iastate.edu
Tom Bobik
- Professor
bobik@iastate.edu
Stone Chen
- Assistant Professor
stone@iastate.edu
Alan Dispirito
- Professor
aland@iastate.edu
Mark Hargrove
- Morrill Professor
msh@iastate.edu
Richard Honzatko
- Professor
honzatko@iastate.edu
Robert Jernigan
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
jernigan@iastate.edu
Jorgen Johansen
- Professor
jorgen@iastate.edu
Kristen Johansen
- Roy J. Carver Professor and Department Chair of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
kristen@iastate.edu
Gustavo Macintosh
- Professor
gustavo@iastate.edu
Walter Moss
- Assistant Professor
wmoss@iastate.edu
Alan Myers
- Professor
ammyers@iastate.edu
Scott Nelson
- Associate Professor
swn@iastate.edu
Basil Nikolau
- Frances M. Craig Professor
dimmas@iastate.edu
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
- Professor
marit@iastate.edu
Reuben Peters
- Distinguished Professor, Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
rjpeters@iastate.edu
Julien Roche
- Assistant Professor
jroche@iastate.edu
Dipali Sashital
- Associate Professor
sashital@iastate.edu
Yeon-Kyun Shin
- Professor
colishin@iastate.edu
Michael Shogren-Knaak
- Associate Professor
knaak@iastate.edu
Eric Underbakke
- Assistant Professor
esu@iastate.edu
Yang Yang
- Assistant Professor
yan9yang@iastate.edu
Olga Zabotina
- Professor
zabotina@iastate.edu

Courtesy Appointments

Adam Barb
- Affiliate Associate Professor
Josh Beck
- Assistant Professor
jrbeck@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
- Professor
mcho@iastate.edu
Wendy Maury
- Affiliate Professor
wmaury@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
- Professor
wamiller@iastate.edu
Davit Potoyan
- Caldwell Assistant Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
potoyan@iastate.edu
Ravindra Singh
- Professor
singhr@iastate.edu
Louisa Tabatabai
- Professor
lbt@iastate.edu
Vincenzo Venditti
- Associate Professor
venditti@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Ayobami Adeniyi
- PhD Rotation Student
aadeniyi@iastate.edu
William Agbemafle
- PhD student
willagbe@iastate.edu
Vinchencia Anderson
- PhD Student in BCB
- Jernigan Lab
andervaa@iastate.edu
Sharif Anisuzzaman
- PhD candidate
sharif@iastate.edu
Mahsa Askary Hemmat
- PhD Student in Genetics & Genomics
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
mahsa@iastate.edu
John Beck
- PhD student
jmbeck@iastate.edu
Scott Becker
- PhD Student
sbecker1@iastate.edu
Daniel Boesch
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
djboesch@iastate.edu
Reid Brown
- PhD candidate
rfbrown@iastate.edu
Abbigale Brown
- PhD student in Immunobiology
brownab@iastate.edu
Daniel Burns
- PhD student
dburns@iastate.edu
Norin Chaudhry
- PhD student in MCDB
norin@iastate.edu
Jennifer Coats
- PhD student
jbcoats@iastate.edu
Samuel Coder
- BS/MS Concurrent Enrollee
scode27@iastate.edu
Philip Dershwitz
- PhD candidate
phild@iastate.edu
Yukti Dhingra
- PhD Candidate
yukti11@iastate.edu
Taylor Eich
- PhD Rotation Student
teich@iastate.edu
Christopher Gayvert
- PhD Student
- Potoyan Lab
cgayvert@iastate.edu
Sara Hazinia
- PhD candidate in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
hazinia@iastate.edu
Pongrat Jaisil
- PhD student in Neuroscience
pojaisil@iastate.edu
Jordan Julian
- PhD Student
- Zabotina Lab
jjulian@iastate.edu
Manvi Kapur
- PhD Candidate
- Nelson Research Group
manvi@iastate.edu
Max Keller
- Master's student
- Nelson Lab
kellerma@iastate.edu
Pranav Khade
- PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Jernigan Lab
pranavk@iastate.edu
Tung Mei Khu
- PhD Student
tkhu@iastate.edu
Daniel Kool
- PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
kool@iastate.edu
Daniel Kramer
- PhD candidate
dkramer2@iastate.edu
Lauren Kueffer
- PhD candidate
lkueffer@iastate.edu
Simon Kuihon
- PhD candidate
alian@iastate.edu
Ambuj Kumar
- PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
ambuj@iastate.edu
Raymond Larsen
- PhD student
- Peters Lab
rlarsen3@iastate.edu
Ang-Yu Liu
- PhD student in Genetics and Genomics
- MacIntosh Lab
ayl@iastate.edu
Yijun Liu
- PhD student
- Chen Lab
yijunl@iastate.edu
Jacques Lowe
- PhD candidate
jacquesl@iastate.edu
Kyle Malcolm
- PhD Rotation Student
kmalcolm@iastate.edu
Michael Murphy
- PhD candidate
mpmurphy@iastate.edu
Giang Nguyen
- PhD student
gtnguyen@iastate.edu
Nicholas Nieto
- PhD candidate
- Nelson Lab
nsnieto@iastate.edu
Collin O'Leary
- PhD candidate
caoleary@iastate.edu
Chang-Yong Oh
- PhD student
- Henderson Lab
johnoh@iastate.edu
Richard Oyagbenro
- PhD candidate
gbenro@iastate.edu
Meric Ozturk
- PhD Rotation Student
ozturk@iastate.edu
Tania Palhano Zanela
- PhD student
- Underbakke Lab
taniapz@iastate.edu
Urval Patel
- PhD Rotation Student
upatel@iastate.edu
Jake Peterson
- PhD student
- Moss Lab
jakemp@iastate.edu
Phong Phan
- PhD candidate
ptphan26@iastate.edu
Joshua Pierson
- PhD candidate
pierson1@iastate.edu
Hannah Piper
- PhD candidate
hpiper@iastate.edu
Kristin Roach
- PhD candidate
kiroach9@iastate.edu
Warren Rouse
- PhD student
wbrouse@iastate.edu
Nipunika Rupasinghe
- PhD Rotation Student
nipunika@iastate.edu
Michael Schelling
- PhD candidate
- Sashital Lab
mas1@iastate.edu
Mark Schmidt-Dannert
- PhD student
marksd@iastate.edu
Samuel Shobade
- PhD Candidate
shobades@iastate.edu
Sayane Shome
- PhD student Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Jernigan Lab
sshome@iastate.edu
Steven Siang
- PhD candidate
- Roche Lab
ssiang@iastate.edu
Kenna Stenback
- PhD candidate
kback29@iastate.edu
Shravanti Suresh
- PhD candidate
shravsur@iastate.edu
Denis Tamiev
- PhD candidate and CRT student in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
ddtamiev@iastate.edu
Adron Ung
- PhD student
- Teaching assistant
arung@iastate.edu
Dirk Winkelman
- PhD student
dwink@iastate.edu
Alexzandrea Woudenberg
- PhD student
- Underbakke Lab
aw5@iastate.edu
Pengxin Yang
- PhD student
pyang19@iastate.edu
Dandan Zhang
- PhD student in Plant Biology
- MacIntosh Lab
ddzhang@iastate.edu
Ning Zhang
- PhD candidate in Plant Biology
- Zabotina Lab
ningz@iastate.edu

Staff

Emily Boettger
- Teaching Laboratory Specialist II
epb@iastate.edu
Tenann Everly
- Finance Specialist
teverly@iastate.edu
Meredith Horrell
- Administrative Assistant II
mhorrell@iastate.edu
Diane Jepsen
- Procurement & Expense Specialist
djepsen@iastate.edu
Claire Kruesel
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
kruesel@iastate.edu
Pete Lelonek
- Manager, Molecular Biology Building
plelonek@iastate.edu
Linda Lyngholm
- Nilsen-Hamilton Administrative Specialist I
lyngholm@iastate.edu
Allison Ringholz
- Graduate Program Coordinator
anring@iastate.edu
Katie Thorson
- LAS Budget Analyst
thorsonk@iastate.edu

Scientific Staff

Liza Alexander
- Postdoc Fellow
liza@iastate.edu
Lee Bendickson
- Lab Manager
bender@iastate.edu
Libuse Brachova
- Associate Scientist
libuse@iastate.edu
Geng Ding
- Assistant Scientist
gengding@iastate.edu
Bruce Fulton
- Associate Scientist
bfulton@iastate.edu
Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen
- Associate Scientist
tabier@iastate.edu
Kejue Jia
- Postdoc Research Associate
kjia@iastate.edu
Raji Joseph
- Associate Scientist
jraji@iastate.edu
Puneet Juneja
- Manager, Cryo EM Facility
pjuneja@iastate.edu
David Lin
- Assistant Scientist
dylin@iastate.edu
Hyelee Loyd
- Research Scientist II
heri1008@iastate.edu
Andrew Stewart
- Postdoc Research Associate
amstew@iastate.edu
Sivakumar Swaminathan
- Research Scientist II
sivaento@iastate.edu
Van Tompkins
- Postdoc Research Associate
vant@iastate.edu
Muneaki Watanabe
- Research Associate
mune1122@iastate.edu
Meimei Xu
- Associate Scientist
xumm@iastate.edu
Sheng Yang
- Research Scientist II
syang@iastate.edu

Emeritus Professors

Jack Girton
- University Professor Emeritus
bpatch@iastate.edu
Guru Rao
- Professor Emeritus
gururao@iastate.edu