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Kyaw Aung
Assistant Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
kaung@iastate.edu
Hua Bai
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
hbai@iastate.edu
Diane Bassham
Loomis Professor of Plant Physiology
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
bassham@iastate.edu
Thomas Baum
Professor
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
tbaum@iastate.edu
Gwyn Beattie
Professor
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
gbeattie@iastate.edu
Joshua Beck
Assistant Professor
IGG supervisory committee - 2022 - 2025 (1st term)
Department
Biomedical Sciences
jrbeck@iastate.edu
Madan Bhattacharyya
Professor
Department
Agronomy
mbhattac@iastate.edu
Clyde Campbell
Adjunct Assistant Professor
clyde@iastate.edu
Steven Cannon
Collaborator Associate Professor
Department
Agronomy
scannon@iastate.edu
Stone Chen
Associate Professor
stone@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
mcho@iastate.edu
Clark Coffman
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
ccoffman@iastate.edu
Timothy Day
Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
day@iastate.edu
Jack Dekkers
Distinguished Professor
Department
Animal Science
jdekkers@iastate.edu
Raquel Espin Palazon
Assistant Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
espin@iastate.edu
Jeffrey Essner
Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
jessner@iastate.edu
Shui-zhang Fei
Professor
Department
Horticulture
sfei@iastate.edu
Iddo Friedberg
Associate Professor
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
idoerg@iastate.edu
Xun Gu
Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
xgu@iastate.edu
Hongqing (Michelle) Guo
Assistant Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
hguo@iastate.edu
Mohan Gupta
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
mgupta@iastate.edu
Larry Halverson
Associate Professor
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
larryh@iastate.edu
Tracy Heath
Assistant Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
phylo@iastate.edu
Eric Henderson
Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
telomere@iastate.edu
Matthew Hufford
Associate Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
mhufford@iastate.edu
Kristin Johansen
Roy J. Carver Chair and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
kristen@iastate.edu
Aileen Keating
Associate Professor
Department
Animal Science
akeating@iastate.edu
Karl Kerns
Assistant Professor
Department
Animal Science
kkerns@iastate.edu
Michael Kimber
Associate Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
michaelk@iastate.edu
James Koltes
Assistant Professor
Department
Animal Science
jekoltes@iastate.edu
Sudhir Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
sudhirk@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
Associate Professor
IGG supervisory committee - 2021 - 2024 (4th term)
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Thomas Lubberstedt
Professor
Department
Agronomy
thomasl@iastate.edu
Gustavo MacIntosh
Associate Professor
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
gustavo@iastate.edu
Richard Martin
Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor Dr. E.A. Benbrook Endowed Chair in Pathology and Parasitology
Department
Biomedical Sciences
rjmartin@iastate.edu
Maura McGrail
Professor
IGG supervisory committee - 2022 - 2025 (1st term)
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
mmcgrail@iastate.edu
Elizabeth McNeill
Assistant Professor
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
emcneill@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
Professor
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
wamiller@iastate.edu
Cathy Miller
Interim Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Training Professor
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
clm@iastate.edu
Walter Moss
Assistant Professor
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
wmoss@iastate.edu
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
Professor
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
marit@iastate.edu
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman
Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
japc@iastate.edu
James Reecy
Professor
Director of the Office of Biotechnology
Department
Animal Science
jreecy@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
Associate Professor
Department
Natural Resource Ecology and Management
kjroe@iastate.edu
Jason Ross
Professor and Department Chair, Animal Science
Lloyd Anderson Endowed Professor in Physiology
Department
Animal Science
jwross@iastate.edu
Maria Salas-Fernandez
Faculty, Adviser
Department
Agronomy
mgsalas@iastate.edu
Stephan Schmitz-Esser
Associate Professor
Department
Animal Science
sse@iastate.edu
Patrick Schnable
Plant Breeding
Department
Agronomy
schnable@iastate.edu
Marvin Scott
Affiliate, Faculty
Department
Agronomy
pscott@iastate.edu
Joshua Selsby
Professor
IGG Chair and Director of Graduate Education - July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Department
Animal Science
jselsby@iastate.edu
Jeanne Serb
Associate Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
serb@iastate.edu
Asheesh Singh
Associate Professor
Monsanto Chair in Soybean Breeding
Department
Agronomy
singhak@iastate.edu
Ravindra Singh
Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
singhr@iastate.edu
Arti Singh
Assistant Professor
Department
Agronomy
arti@iastate.edu
Ryan Smith
Assistant Professor
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
smithr@iastate.edu
Thimmasettapp Thippeswamy
Professor
tswamy@iastate.edu
Amy Toth
Associate Professor
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
amytoth@iastate.edu
Giovani Trevisan
Research Assistant Professor
trevisan@iastate.edu
Chris Tuggle
Professor
Department
Animal Science
cktuggle@iastate.edu
Geetu Tuteja
Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
geetu@iastate.edu
Nicole Valenzuela
Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
nvalenzu@iastate.edu
Erik Vollbrecht
Professor
IGG Supervisory Committee 2023 - 2026 (1st term)
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
vollbrec@iastate.edu
Justin Walley
Assistant Professor
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
jwalley@iastate.edu
Kan Wang
Professor
Global Professorship in Biotechnology
Department
Agronomy
kanwang@iastate.edu
Jonathan Wendel
Distinguished Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
jfw@iastate.edu
Mary West Greenlee
Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
mheather@iastate.edu
Steve Whitham
Professor
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
swhitham@iastate.edu
Marna Yandeau-Nelson
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
myn@iastate.edu
Yanhai Yin
Professor and GDCB Department Chair
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
yin@iastate.edu
Jianming Yu
Professor
Pioneer Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding
Department
Agronomy
jmyu@iastate.edu
Olga Zabotina
Associate Professor
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
zabotina@iastate.edu
Qijing Zhang
Distinguished Professor
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
zhang123@iastate.edu
Chair
Joshua Selsby
Professor
IGG Chair and Director of Graduate Education - July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Department
Animal Science
jselsby@iastate.edu
Associate Chair
Hua Bai
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
hbai@iastate.edu
Supervisory Committee
Joshua Beck
Assistant Professor
IGG supervisory committee - 2022 - 2025 (1st term)
Department
Biomedical Sciences
jrbeck@iastate.edu
Jack Dekkers
Distinguished Professor
Department
Animal Science
jdekkers@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
Associate Professor
IGG supervisory committee - 2021 - 2024 (4th term)
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Maura McGrail
Professor
IGG supervisory committee - 2022 - 2025 (1st term)
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
mmcgrail@iastate.edu
Erik Vollbrecht
Professor
IGG Supervisory Committee 2023 - 2026 (1st term)
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
vollbrec@iastate.edu
Curriculum Committee
Matthew Hufford
Associate Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
mhufford@iastate.edu
Karl Kerns
Assistant Professor
Department
Animal Science
kkerns@iastate.edu
Elizabeth McNeill
Assistant Professor
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
emcneill@iastate.edu
Staff
Carla Harris
Graduate Student Services Specialist
charris@iastate.edu
Graduate Students
Kavi Raj Acharya
Graduate Assistant
Department
Horticulture
kacharya@iastate.edu
Mahsa Askary Hemmat
Graduate Assistant
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
mahsa@iastate.edu
Tessa Bierbaum
she/her
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
tbierbau@iastate.edu
Basanta Bista
Graduate Assistant-Research
Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
bbista@iastate.edu
Angela Bunning
Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
abunning@iastate.edu
Clayton Carley
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Agronomy
ccarley@iastate.edu
Manuela Chaves Mejia
Graduate Assistant
mchavesm@iastate.edu
Prathyusha Cheguri
Graduate Assistant
prathyu@iastate.edu
Ramesh Chethri
Graduate Assistant
chram@iastate.edu
Damilare Dabiri
Graduate Assistant
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
ddabiri@iastate.edu
Joseph DeTemple
Graduate Assistant
detemplj@iastate.edu
Supantha Dey
Graduate Assistant
supantha@iastate.edu
Mudith Ekanayake
Research Assistant
Dennis Lavrov Lab
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
mudith@iastate.edu
Leila Fattel
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
lfattel@iastate.edu
Cameron Fay
Graduate Assistant
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
cfay@iastate.edu
Thea Gessler
Graduate Assistant-Teaching
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
tgessler@iastate.edu
Sharmistha Goswami
Graduate Assistant
sharmig@iastate.edu
David Hall
Graduate Assistant
drhall@iastate.edu
Jeffrey Haltom
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
jahaltom@iastate.edu
Kaitlin Higgins
Graduate Assistant - Research
Department
Agronomy
kaitlinj@iastate.edu
Alyssa Hohman
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
ahohman@iastate.edu
Md Nazmul Hossain
Graduate Assistant
nhossain@iastate.edu
Abdul Mueed Ibne Momen
Graduate Assistant
mueed@iastate.edu
Maliha Jahan
Graduate Assistant
maliha@iastate.edu
Leonora James
Graduate Assistant
lmjames9@iastate.edu
Jen Jaqueth
Graduate Student
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
jjaqueth@iastate.edu
Usamah Kabuye
He/him/his
Graduate Research Assistant
Department
Animal Science
ukabuye@iastate.edu
Ping Kang
Research Scientist III
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
pkang@iastate.edu
Faizo Kasule
Graduate Assistant
fkasule@iastate.edu
Fazhir Kayondo
Graduate Assistant
fkayondo@iastate.edu
Zakayo Kazibwe
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
zkazibwe@iastate.edu
Alexandra Keller
Graduate Assistant
alkeller@iastate.edu
Shelly Kinney
Graduate Assistant
smkinney@iastate.edu
Amanda Kirk
Graduate Assistant
amandak@iastate.edu
Swathy Krishna
Graduate Assistant
Department
Animal Science
skrishna@iastate.edu
Roshan Kulkarni
Graduate Student
Department
Agronomy
roshank@iastate.edu
Ankur Kumar
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
ankurk@iastate.edu
Tianqi Li
Graduate Assistant
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
tianqili@iastate.edu
Yawei Li
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
yaweil@iastate.edu
Qiang Liu
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Agronomy
qiangliu@iastate.edu
Ang-Yu Liu
Graduate Assistant
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
ayl@iastate.edu
Huyu Liu
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
huyu@iastate.edu
Abbigail McCune
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
ahmccune@iastate.edu
Sean McLaughlin
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
seanm1@iastate.edu
Ludvin Mejia
Graduate Assistant
lamejia@iastate.edu
Ting Miao
Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
tingmiao@iastate.edu
Christian Montes-Serey
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
chrisfm@iastate.edu
Ann Murithi
Graduate Student
amurithi@iastate.edu
Michael Murphy
Graduate Assistant
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
mpmurphy@iastate.edu
Karlene Negus
Graduate Assistant
knegus@iastate.edu
Zhengqiang Ni
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Animal Science
zqni@iastate.edu
Blessing Olabosoye
Graduate Assistant
blessing@iastate.edu
Ashley Paulsen
Graduate Assistant
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
ashleyp1@iastate.edu
Sarah Pedersen-Matlage
Graduate Assistant
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
smpeders@iastate.edu
Ginushika Premarathne
Graduate Assistant
ginushik@iastate.edu
James Preston
Graduate Assistant
jprest@iastate.edu
Jaspreet Rishi
Graduate Assistant
Department
Animal Science
jkrishi@iastate.edu
Missey Roths
Research Scientist I
mroths@iastate.edu
Tori Rudolph
Graduate Assistant
Department
Animal Science
trudolph@iastate.edu
Iman Saha
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
imansaha@iastate.edu
Colin Schuller
Graduate Assistant
cschulle@iastate.edu
Ronald Schultz
Graduate Research Assistant
Ross Lab
Department
Animal Science
rbs@iastate.edu
Terryn Sears
Graduate Student
terryn@iastate.edu
Mina Shumaly
Graduate Assistant
mshumaly@iastate.edu
Sahiba Siddiqui
she/her/hers
PhD Candidate
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
sahiba@iastate.edu
Lyle Sisson
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
lsisson@iastate.edu
John Ssengo
Graduate Assistant
jssengo@iastate.edu
Jacob Stai
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
jsstai@iastate.edu
Laura Tibbs-Cortes
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Agronomy
ltibbs@iastate.edu
Allison Triebe
Graduate Assistant
artriebe@iastate.edu
Morgan Vorwald
Graduate Assistant
mvorwald@iastate.edu
Matthew Wendt
Graduate Assistant
wendtmat@iastate.edu
Sau-Qwan Yap
Graduate Assistant
cavannah@iastate.edu
Letong Yin
Graduate Assistant
lyin@iastate.edu
Christopher Zdyrski
Graduate Assistant
czdyrski@iastate.edu
Brian Zebosi
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
bzebosi@iastate.edu
Zihao Zheng
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
zhzheng@iastate.edu
Jacob Zobrist
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
jzobrist@iastate.edu
Alumni
Maira Almeida
Graduate Assistant-Research
maira@iastate.edu
Amruta Bapat
Graduate Assistant-Research
Dr. Paul Scott
Department
Agronomy
amruta03@iastate.edu
Vishesh Bhatia
he/him/his
Graduate Assistant
vishesh@iastate.edu
Allison Birnbaum
Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Dr. Hua Bai
abirnba1@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Carino
Graduate Assistant-Research
Genetics Senator representative in GPSS
ejcarino@iastate.edu
Kai Chang
Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Graduated Fall 2020
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
kaic@iastate.edu
Antony Chapman
Graduate Assistant
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
antonyc@iastate.edu
Kevin Chiteri
Graduate Research Assistant
Department
Agronomy
kchiteri@iastate.edu
Kendra Clark
Graduate Assistant-Research
klking@iastate.edu
Justin Conover
Graduate Assistant-Research
Jonathan Wendel
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
jconover@iastate.edu
Linkan Dash
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
linkan@iastate.edu
Andrew Harley
Graduate Assistant
Department
Biomedical Sciences
aharley@iastate.edu
Bridget Hatfield
Graduate Assistant
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
bmhat@iastate.edu
Kerui Huang
Graduate Assistant
Graduated Fall 2020
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
keruih@iastate.edu
Pulkit Kanodia
Graduate Assistant-Research
Dr. W. Allen Miller
Department
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
pkanodia@iastate.edu
Alfredo Kono
Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
akono@iastate.edu
Aaron Kusmec
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Agronomy
amkusmec@iastate.edu
LingSze Lee
Graduate Assistant-Teaching
lingszel@iastate.edu
Jing Li
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
jingli@iastate.edu
Mark McHugh
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
mmchugh@iastate.edu
James McNellie
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
mcnellie@iastate.edu
Beatriz Mizoguchi
Graduate Assistant-Teaching
Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
biakemi@iastate.edu
Yosia Mugume
Graduated Summer 2021
Major Faculty Member: Diane C Bassham
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
ymugume@iastate.edu
Timothy Nessel
Graduate Assistant-Research
Joshua Beck
Department
Biomedical Sciences
tnessel@iastate.edu
Emmanuel Nsamba
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
ensamba@iastate.edu
Paul Otyama
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agronomy
piotyama@iastate.edu
Merritt Polomsky
Graduate Research Assistant
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
merrittp@iastate.edu
Tesia Posekany
Graduate Assistant-Research
posekany@iastate.edu
Kevin Quinteros
Graduate Assistant-Teaching
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
kevinq@iastate.edu
Sharu Paul Sharma
Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Thomas Peterson Lab
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
sharu@iastate.edu
Maggie Sodders
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
msodders@iastate.edu
Yan Zhou
Graduate Assistant-Research
Patrick Schnable
Department
Agronomy
yzhou86@iastate.edu
