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Faculty

Sarah Anderson
- Assistant Professor
sna@iastate.edu
Kyaw Aung
- Assistant Professor
kaung@iastate.edu
Hua Bai
- Assistant Professor
hbai@iastate.edu
Diane Bassham
- Loomis Professor of Plant Physiology
bassham@iastate.edu
Thomas Baum
- Professor
tbaum@iastate.edu
Gwyn Beattie
- Professor
- Interim Chair of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
gbeattie@iastate.edu
William Beavis
- Professor
wdbeavis@iastate.edu
Joshua Beck
- Assistant Professor
jrbeck@iastate.edu
Philip Becraft
- Professor
becraft@iastate.edu
Madan Bhattacharyya
- Professor
mbhattac@iastate.edu
Diane Birt
- Distinguished Professor
dbirt@iastate.edu
Thomas Bobik
- Professor
bobik@iastate.edu
Bryony Bonning
- Affiliate Professor
bbonning@iastate.edu
Anne Bronikowski
- Professor
abroniko@iastate.edu
Ludovico Cademartiri
- Assistant Professor
lcademar@iastate.edu
Steven Cannon
- Collaborator Associate Professor
scannon@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
- Professor
mcho@iastate.edu
F Chris Minion
- Professor
fcminion@iastate.edu
Brad Coates
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
coates@iastate.edu
Clark Coffman
- Associate Professor
ccoffman@iastate.edu
Timothy Day
- Professor
day@iastate.edu
Jack Dekkers
- Distinguished Professor
jdekkers@iastate.edu
Raquel Espin Palazon
- Assistant Professor
espin@iastate.edu
Jeffrey Essner
- Professor
jessner@iastate.edu
Shui-zhang Fei
- Professor
sfei@iastate.edu
Rohan Fernando
- Professor
rohan@iastate.edu
Iddo Friedberg
- Associate Professor
idoerg@iastate.edu
Jack Girton
- University Professor
bpatch@iastate.edu
Michelle Graham
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
magraham@iastate.edu
Xun Gu
- Professor
xgu@iastate.edu
Mohan Gupta
- Assistant Professor
mgupta@iastate.edu
Larry Halverson
- Associate Professor
larryh@iastate.edu
David Hannapel
- Professor
djh@iastate.edu
Tracy Heath
- Assistant Professor
phylo@iastate.edu
Eric Henderson
- Professor
telomere@iastate.edu
Stephen Howell
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
shh@iastate.edu
Matthew Hufford
- Associate Professor
mhufford@iastate.edu
Fredric Janzen
- Professor
fjanzen@iastate.edu
Kristin Johansen
- Roy J. Carver Chair and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
kristen@iastate.edu
Anumantha Kanthasamy
- Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor Lloyd Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar in Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Sciences Chair
akanthas@iastate.edu
Aileen Keating
- Associate Professor
akeating@iastate.edu
Dior Kelley
- Assistant Professor
dkelley@iastate.edu
Jinoh Kim
- Associate Professor
jinohk@iastate.edu
Michael Kimber
- Associate Professor
michaelk@iastate.edu
James Koltes
- Assistant Professor
jekoltes@iastate.edu
Susan Lamont
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Animal Science
sjlamont@iastate.edu
Nick Lauter
- USDA-ARS Research Geneticist, ISU Faculty Affiliate
nick.lauter@ars.usda.gov
Dennis Lavrov
- Associate Professor
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
- Professor
triffid@iastate.edu
Michael Lee
- Professor
mlee@iastate.edu
Thomas Lubberstedt
- Professor
thomasl@iastate.edu
Gustavo MacIntosh
- Associate Professor
gustavo@iastate.edu
Gunnar Mair
- Assistant Professor
mair@iastate.edu
Richard Martin
- Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor Dr. E.A. Benbrook Endowed Chair in Pathology and Parasitology
rjmartin@iastate.edu
Maura McGrail
- Professor
mmcgrail@iastate.edu
Elizabeth McNeill
- Assistant Professor
emcneill@iastate.edu
Cathy Miller
- Interim Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Training Professor
clm@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
- Professor
wamiller@iastate.edu
Walter Moss
- Assistant Professor
wmoss@iastate.edu
John Nason
- Professor and Department Chair
jnason@iastate.edu
Basil Nikolau
- Frances M. Craig Professor
dimmas@iastate.edu
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
- Professor
marit@iastate.edu
Thomas Peterson
- Professor & Pioneer Chair in Maize Molecular Genetics
thomasp@iastate.edu
Gregory Philips
- Professor
gregory@iastate.edu
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman
- Professor
japc@iastate.edu
James Reecy
- Professor
- Director of the Office of Biotechnology
jreecy@iastate.edu
Steven Rodermel
- Distinguished Professor
rodermel@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
- Associate Professor
kjroe@iastate.edu
Jason Ross
- Professor
- Director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center, Lloyd Anderson Endowed Professor in Physiology
jwross@iastate.edu
Max Rothschild
- Professor
mfrothsc@iastate.edu
Maria Salas-Fernandez
- Faculty, Adviser
mgsalas@iastate.edu
Stephan Schmitz-Esser
- Associate Professor
sse@iastate.edu
Patrick Schnable
- Plant Breeding
schnable@iastate.edu
Marvin Scott
- Affiliate, Faculty
pscott@iastate.edu
Joshua Selsby
- Professor
jselsby@iastate.edu
Nick Serao
- Assistant Professor
serao@iastate.edu
Jeanne Serb
- Associate Professor
serb@iastate.edu
Ravindra Singh
- Professor
singhr@iastate.edu
Asheesh Singh
- Associate Professor
- Monsanto Chair in Soybean Breeding
singhak@iastate.edu
Ryan Smith
- Assistant Professor
smithr@iastate.edu
Amy Toth
- Associate Professor
amytoth@iastate.edu
Chris Tuggle
- Professor
cktuggle@iastate.edu
Geetu Tuteja
- Associate Professor
geetu@iastate.edu
Rudy Valentine
- Assistant Professor
rvalenti@iastate.edu
Nicole Valenzuela
- Professor
nvalenzu@iastate.edu
Erik Vollbrecht
- Professor
vollbrec@iastate.edu
Justin Walley
- Assistant Professor
jwalley@iastate.edu
Kan Wang
- Professor
- Global Professorship in Biotechnology
kanwang@iastate.edu
Jonathan Wendel
- Distinguished Professor
jfw@iastate.edu
Mary West Greenlee
- Professor
mheather@iastate.edu
Steve Whitham
- Professor
swhitham@iastate.edu
Roger Wise
- Research Geneticist
- USDA-ARS - Affiliate Professor
roger.wise@ars.usda.gov
Eve Wurtele
- Professor
mash@iastate.edu
Marna Yandeau-Nelson
- Associate Professor
myn@iastate.edu
Bing Yang
- Professor (Affiliated Faculty Member)
yangbi@missouri.edu
Yanhai Yin
- Professor and Department Chair
yin@iastate.edu
Jianming Yu
- Professor
- Pioneer Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding
jmyu@iastate.edu
Olga Zabotina
- Associate Professor
zabotina@iastate.edu
Qijing Zhang
- Professor
- Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
- Dr. Frank K. Ramsey Endowed Chair
zhang123@iastate.edu

Staff

Carla Harris
- Graduate Program Coordinator
charris@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Maira Almeida
- Graduate Assistant-Research
maira@iastate.edu
Amruta Bapat
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. Paul Scott
amruta03@iastate.edu
Allison Birnbaum
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
- Dr. Hua Bai
abirnba1@iastate.edu
Basanta Bista
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
bbista@iastate.edu
Angela Bunning
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
abunning@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Carino
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Genetics Senator representative in GPSS
ejcarino@iastate.edu
Clayton Carley
- Graduate Assistant-Research
ccarley@iastate.edu
Kai Chang
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
kaic@iastate.edu
Kevin Chiteri
- Graduate Research Assistant
kchiteri@iastate.edu
Kendra Clark
- Graduate Assistant-Research
klking@iastate.edu
Justin Conover
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Jonathan Wendel
jconover@iastate.edu
Mudith Ekanayake
- Graduate Assistant - Research
mudith@iastate.edu
Thea Gessler
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching
tgessler@iastate.edu
Kaitlin Higgins
- Graduate Assistant
kaitlinj@iastate.edu
Alyssa Hohman
- Graduate Assistant-Research
ahohman@iastate.edu
Pulkit Kanodia
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. W. Allen Miller
pkanodia@iastate.edu
Aaron Kusmec
- Graduate Assistant-Research
amkusmec@iastate.edu
LingSze Lee
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching
lingszel@iastate.edu
Qiang Liu
- Graduate Assistant-Research
qiangliu@iastate.edu
Abbigail McCune
- Graduate Assistant-Research
ahmccune@iastate.edu
Ting Miao
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
tingmiao@iastate.edu
Beatriz Mizoguchi
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching
- Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
biakemi@iastate.edu
Christian Montes-Serey
- Graduate Assistant-Research
chrisfm@iastate.edu
Yosia Mugume
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
- Diane C Bassham
ymugume@iastate.edu
Timothy Nessel
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Joshua Beck
tnessel@iastate.edu
Zhengqiang Ni
- Graduate Assistant-Research
zqni@iastate.edu
Merritt Polomsky
- Graduate Research Assistant
merrittp@iastate.edu
Tesia Posekany
- Graduate Assistant-Research
posekany@iastate.edu
Kevin Quinteros
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching
kevinq@iastate.edu
Zainab Riaz
- Graduate Assistant-Research
zriaz@iastate.edu
Sharu Sharma
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
- Thomas Peterson
sharu@iastate.edu
Laura Tibbs
- Graduate Assistant-Research
ltibbs@iastate.edu
Yan Zhou
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Patrick Schnable
yzhou86@iastate.edu

Alfredo Kono
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
akono@iastate.edu