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
Alan Culbertson
- Assistant Professor
culb@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
- Associate 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
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
- Professor
- Chemistry
venditti@iastate.edu
Fengrong Wang
- Assistant Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
frwang@iastate.edu
Jie Xu
- Assistant Professor
- Biomedical Sciences
jiexu@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Aishat Abubakar
- PhD Student
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
abubakar@iastate.edu
William Agbemafle
- PhD Student
- Bassham Lab
willagbe@iastate.edu
Hasina Akhter
- PhD student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
Onyinyechi Amaechi
- PhD Student in Genetics and Genomics
- Sashital Lab
Elakkiya Amburose Venkatesan
- PhD Student in Plant Biology
- MacIntosh Lab
Mahsa Askary Hemmat
- PhD Student in Genetics & Genomics
- Jernigan Lab
mahsa@iastate.edu
Marty Backstrand
- Rotation Student
John Beck
- PhD student
- Beck Lab
jmbeck@iastate.edu
Joseph Burns
- Rotation Student
Evelyn Coppenbarger
- PhD Student
- Moss Lab
ecoppen@iastate.edu
Damilare Dabiri
- PhD Student in Genetics and Genomics
- Moss Lab
Abdelraouf Dapour
- PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Moss Lab
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
Madison Ellis
- PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Underbakke Lab
Russell Greene
- PhD Student
- Sashital Lab
rgreene1@iastate.edu
Md Robiul Hasan
- PhD student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
Ryan Hasbrook
- PhD Student
- Yang Yang Lab
rhasbro@iastate.edu
Cole Huedepohl
- Rotation Student
Jordan Julian
- PhD Student
- Zabotina Lab
jjulian@iastate.edu
Tirthankar Koley
- PhD Student
- Nelson Lab
tirtha@iastate.edu
Nathan Kreuter
- PhD Student in Plant Biology
- Macintosh Lab
nkreuter@iastate.edu
Rakib Ullah Kuddusi
- M.S. Student in Biochemistry
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
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
Meric Ozturk
- PhD Student
- Sashital Lab
ozturk@iastate.edu
Sinchita Pal
- PhD Student
- Culbertson Lab
sinchita@iastate.edu
Akshara Raju
- PhD Student in MCDB
- Sashital Lab
aksharar@iastate.edu
Sourav Roy
- PhD Student in MCDB
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
souravoy@iastate.edu
Momi Roy
- PhD student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
Nesreen Sedeek
- PhD student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Peters Lab
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
Dylan Wolfe
- PhD Student
- Roche Lab
dwolfe24@iastate.edu
Zichen Zhang
- Rotation Student
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
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
Allison Ringholz
- Graduate Program Coordinator
anring@iastate.edu
Nick Schalinske
- Budget and Finance Specialist III
nschalin@iastate.edu
Chris Schott
- Manager, Molecular Biology Building
cschott1@iastate.edu

Scientific Staff

Komal Attri
- Research Scientist II
kattri@iastate.edu
Lee Bendickson
- Lab Manager
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
bender@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
Yu Li
- Research Scientist II
- 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
- P&S Temporary
lyngholm@iastate.edu
Pierre Palo
- Research Technologist
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
ppalo@iastate.edu
Gennady Pogorelko
- Research Scientist
- Nilsen-Hamilton Lab
gennady@iastate.edu
Steven Siang
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Andreotti Lab
ssiang@iastate.edu
Van Tompkins
- Research Scientist
- Moss Lab
vant@iastate.edu
Christopher Williams
- Research Scientist
- Biological NMR Facility
cw3@iastate.edu
Meimei Xu
- Research Scientist
- Peters Lab
xumm@iastate.edu
Ning Zhang
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Zabotina Lab
ningz@iastate.edu

Emeritus Professors

Don Beitz
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
dcbeitz@iastate.edu
Tom Bobik
- Professor Emeritus
bobik@iastate.edu
Alan Dispirito
- Professor Emeritus
aland@iastate.edu
Jack Girton
- University Professor Emeritus
bpatch@iastate.edu
Richard Honzatko
- Professor Emeritus
honzatko@iastate.edu
Jorgen Johansen
- Professor Emeritus
jorgen@iastate.edu
Basil Nikolau
- Frances M. Craig Professor
- Emeritus
dimmas@iastate.edu
Guru Rao
- Professor Emeritus
gururao@iastate.edu
Yeon-Kyun Shin
- Professor Emeritus
colishin@iastate.edu
Robert Thornburg
- Professor Emeritus
thorn@iastate.edu