People

Faculty

Mark Hargrove
- Roy J. Carver Professor and Department Chair of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
- Morrill Professor
msh@iastate.edu
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
Alan Culbertson
- Assistant Professor
culb@iastate.edu
Alan Dispirito
- Professor
aland@iastate.edu
Robert Jernigan
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
jernigan@iastate.edu
Kristen Johansen
- Professor
kristen@iastate.edu
Gustavo Macintosh
- Professor
gustavo@iastate.edu
Walter Moss
- Associate Professor
wmoss@iastate.edu
Alan Myers
- Professor
ammyers@iastate.edu
Scott Nelson
- Associate Professor
swn@iastate.edu
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
- University Professor
marit@iastate.edu
Reuben Peters
- Distinguished Professor, Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
rjpeters@iastate.edu
Julien Roche
- Associate Professor
jroche@iastate.edu
Dipali Sashital
- Professor
sashital@iastate.edu
Michael Shogren-Knaak
- Associate Professor
knaak@iastate.edu
Eric Underbakke
- Associate Professor
esu@iastate.edu
Yang Yang
- Assistant Professor
yan9yang@iastate.edu
Olga Zabotina
- Professor
zabotina@iastate.edu

Courtesy Appointments

Josh Beck
- Associate Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
jrbeck@iastate.edu
Stone Chen
- Associate Professor
stone@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
- Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
mcho@iastate.edu
Muslum Ilgu
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
ilgu@iastate.edu
Claire Kruesel

she/her
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- Associate Teaching Professor
kruesel@iastate.edu
Sudhir Kumar
- Assistant Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
sudhirk@iastate.edu
Greg Martin
- Assistant Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
martingm@iastate.edu
Wendy Maury
- Affiliate Professor
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- University of Iowa
wmaury@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
- Professor
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
wamiller@iastate.edu
Davit Potoyan
- Associate Professor
- Chemistry
potoyan@iastate.edu
Ravindra Singh
- Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
singhr@iastate.edu
Louisa Tabatabai
- Department Historian
lbt@iastate.edu
Vincenzo Venditti
- Associate Professor
- Chemistry
venditti@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Aishat Abubakar
- PhD Student
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
abubakar@iastate.edu
William Agbemafle
- PhD Student
- Bassham Lab
willagbe@iastate.edu
Jamiu Ahmad
- PhD Student
- Peters Lab
ahjamiu@iastate.edu
Mahsa Askary Hemmat
- PhD Student in Genetics & Genomics
- Jernigan Lab
mahsa@iastate.edu
Kehinde Ayinde
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
ksayinde@iastate.edu
John Beck
- PhD student
- Beck Lab
jmbeck@iastate.edu
Scott Becker
- PhD Student
- Yang Lab
sbecker1@iastate.edu
Daniel Boesch
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
djboesch@iastate.edu
Manuela Chaves Mejia
- MS Student in Genetics & Genomics
- Roche Lab
Jennifer Coats
- PhD student
- Nelson Lab
jbcoats@iastate.edu
Evelyn Coppenbarger
- PhD Student
- Moss Lab
ecoppen@iastate.edu
Weixia Deng
- PhD Student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Jernigan Lab
wdeng@iastate.edu
Megan DeTemple
- PhD Student in Plant Biology
- Zabotina Lab
mf6130@iastate.edu
Haimantika Dey
- PhD Student
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
hdey@iastate.edu
Dilini Dissanayake
- PhD Student
- Venditti Lab
dilinid@iastate.edu
Taylor Eich
- PhD Student
- Moss Lab
teich@iastate.edu
Yiling Feng
- PhD Student in Plant Biology
- Peters Lab
ylfeng@iastate.edu
Russell Greene
- PhD Student
- Sashital Lab
rgreene1@iastate.edu
Kristin Helwig
- PhD Student
- Peters Lab
kiroach9@iastate.edu
Jordan Julian
- PhD Student
- Zabotina Lab
jjulian@iastate.edu
Tanveen Kaur
- PhD Student
- Culbertson lab
tanveenk@iastate.edu
Tirthankar Koley
- PhD Student
- Nelson Lab
tirtha@iastate.edu
Nathan Kreuter
- PhD Student in Plant Biology
- Macintosh Lab
nkreuter@iastate.edu
Yijun Liu
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
yijunl@iastate.edu
Azin Mirzazadeh
- PhD Student
- Venditti lab
azinmir@iastate.edu
Michael Murphy
- PhD Student in Genetics & Genomics
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
mpmurphy@iastate.edu
Lakshmi Priya Narasimhan
- PhD Student in MCDB
- Yang Lab
nlpriya@iastate.edu
Chigozie Ngoka
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
cngoka@iastate.edu
Khoa Nguyen
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
dangkhoa@iastate.edu
Meric Ozturk
- PhD Student
- Sashital Lab
ozturk@iastate.edu
Sinchita Pal
- PhD Student
- Culbertson Lab
sinchita@iastate.edu
Urval Patel
- PhD Student
- Roche Lab
upatel@iastate.edu
Akshara Raju
- PhD Student in MCDB
- Sashital Lab
aksharar@iastate.edu
Ahmed Raslan
- PhD Student
- Peters Lab
raslan@iastate.edu
Sourav Roy
- PhD Student in MCDB
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
souravoy@iastate.edu
Nipunika Rupasinghe
- PhD Student
- Chen Lab
nipunika@iastate.edu
Mark Schmidt-Dannert
- PhD Student
- Peters Lab
marksd@iastate.edu
Tim Stanley
- BS/MS Student
- Yandeau-Nelson Lab
timjstan@iastate.edu
Michelle Thayer
- PhD Student in MCDB
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
mlthayer@iastate.edu
Grace Tiffany
- PhD Student
- Potoyan Lab
gtiffany@iastate.edu
Madushani Wathukoralage
- PhD Student
- Culbertson lab
madu26dd@iastate.edu
Dirk Winkelman
- PhD Student
- Yandeau-Nelson Lab
dwink@iastate.edu
Alexzandrea Woudenberg
- PhD Student
- Underbakke Lab
aw5@iastate.edu
Pengxin Yang
- PhD Student
- Tuggle Lab
pyang19@iastate.edu
Kallie Zuidema
- PhD Student
- Underbakke Lab
kzuidema@iastate.edu

Staff

Nicholas Crumpton
- Teaching Laboratory Specialist II
ncrumpto@iastate.edu
Tenann Everly
- Finance Specialist
teverly@iastate.edu
Shobhana Ghimire
- Secretary III
shobhana@iastate.edu
Meredith Horrell
- Administrative Specialist II for BBMB & GDCB
mhorrell@iastate.edu
Jessy Jackson
- Procurement & Expense Specialist
jjcorbin@iastate.edu
Claire Kruesel

she/her
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- Associate Teaching Professor
kruesel@iastate.edu
Pete Lelonek
- Manager, Molecular Biology Building
plelonek@iastate.edu
Allison Ringholz
- Graduate Program Coordinator
anring@iastate.edu
Nick Schalinske
- Budget and Finance Specialist III
nschalin@iastate.edu

Scientific Staff

Sharif Anisuzzaman
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
sharif@iastate.edu
Lee Bendickson
- Lab Manager
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
bender@iastate.edu
Donald Fulton
- Research Scientist
- Biological NMR Facility
bfulton@iastate.edu
Sumit Gautam
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Macintosh Lab
sgautam@iastate.edu
Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen
- Research Scientist
- Myers Lab
tabier@iastate.edu
Raji Joseph
- Research Scientist
- Andreotti Lab
jraji@iastate.edu
Daniel Kramer
- Research Scientist
- Chen Lab
dkramer2@iastate.edu
Yu Li
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Yang Lab
yul1@iastate.edu
David Lin
- Research Scientist
- Andreotti Lab
dylin@iastate.edu
Hyelee Loyd
- Research Scientist
- Johansen Lab
heri1008@iastate.edu
Linda Lyngholm
- Administrative Assistant
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
lyngholm@iastate.edu
Pierre Palo
- Research Technologist
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
ppalo@iastate.edu
Gennady Pogorelko
- Research Scientist
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
gennady@iastate.edu
Jeffrey Purslow
- Research Scientist
- Biological NMR Facility
jpurslow@iastate.edu
Michael Schelling
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Sashital Lab
mas1@iastate.edu
Steven Siang
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Andreotti Lab
ssiang@iastate.edu
Sivakumar Swaminathan
- Research Scientist
- Zabotina Lab
sivaento@iastate.edu
Van Tompkins
- Research Scientist
- Moss Lab
vant@iastate.edu
Meimei Xu
- Research Scientist
- Peters Lab
xumm@iastate.edu
Ning Zhang
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Zabotina Lab
ningz@iastate.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Michael Schelling
- Postdoc Research Associate
mas1@iastate.edu

Emeritus Professors

Tom Bobik
- Professor
bobik@iastate.edu
Jack Girton
- University Professor Emeritus
bpatch@iastate.edu
Richard Honzatko
- Professor
honzatko@iastate.edu
Jorgen Johansen
- Professor
jorgen@iastate.edu
Basil Nikolau
- Frances M. Craig Professor
- Emeritus
dimmas@iastate.edu
Guru Rao
- Professor Emeritus
gururao@iastate.edu
Yeon-Kyun Shin
- Professor
colishin@iastate.edu
Robert Thornburg
- Professor Emeritus
thorn@iastate.edu