Graduate Students

• Kavi Raj Acharya

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Biomedical Sciences

  kacharya@iastate.edu

• Mahsa Askary Hemmat

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

  mahsa@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

• 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
• 

  Kevin Chiteri

  • Graduate Research Assistant

  Department

  • Agronomy

  kchiteri@iastate.edu
• 

  Justin Conover

  • Graduate Assistant-Research
  • Jonathan Wendel

  Department

  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

  jconover@iastate.edu
• 

  Laura Cortes

  • Graduate Assistant-Research

  Department

  • Agronomy

  ltibbs@iastate.edu

• Linkan Dash

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  linkan@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

• 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

• Jen Jaqueth

  • Graduate Student

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  jjaqueth@iastate.edu

• Ping Kang

  • Research Scientist III

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  pkang@iastate.edu
• 

  Pulkit Kanodia

  • Graduate Assistant-Research
  • Dr. W. Allen Miller

  Department

  • Plant Pathology and Microbiology

  pkanodia@iastate.edu

• Zakayo Kazibwe

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  zkazibwe@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

  ankurk@iastate.edu
• 

  Aaron Kusmec

  • Graduate Assistant-Research

  Department

  • Agronomy

  amkusmec@iastate.edu

• Tianqi Li

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Food Science and Human Nutrition

  tianqili@iastate.edu

• Jing Li

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  jingli@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

• James McNellie

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Agronomy

  mcnellie@iastate.edu

• Ting Miao

  • Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  tingmiao@iastate.edu
• 

  Beatriz Mizoguchi

  • Graduate Assistant-Teaching
  • Dr. Nicole Valenzuela

  Department

  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

  biakemi@iastate.edu
• 

  Christian Montes-Serey

  • Graduate Assistant-Research

  Department

  • Plant Pathology and Microbiology

  chrisfm@iastate.edu
• 

  Yosia Mugume

  • Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
  • Diane C Bassham

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  ymugume@iastate.edu

• Ann Murithi

  • Graduate Student

  amurithi@iastate.edu

• Michael Murphy

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

  mpmurphy@iastate.edu
• 

  Timothy Nessel

  • Graduate Assistant-Research
  • Joshua Beck

  Department

  • Biomedical Sciences

  tnessel@iastate.edu

• Zhengqiang Ni

  • Graduate Assistant-Research

  Department

  • Animal Science

  zqni@iastate.edu

• Emmanuel Nsamba

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  ensamba@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

• Merritt Polomsky

  • Graduate Research Assistant

  Department

  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

  merrittp@iastate.edu
• 

  Kevin Quinteros

  • Graduate Assistant-Teaching

  Department

  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

  kevinq@iastate.edu
• 

  Zainab Riaz

  • Graduate Assistant-Research

  Department

  • Biomedical Sciences

  zriaz@iastate.edu
• 

  Jaspreet Rishi

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Animal Science

  jkrishi@iastate.edu

• Tori Rudolph

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Animal Science

  trudolph@iastate.edu
• 

  Ronald Schultz

  • Graduate Research Assistant
  • Ross Lab

  Department

  • Animal Science

  rbs@iastate.edu

• Sharu Sharma

  • Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
  • Thomas Peterson

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  sharu@iastate.edu
• 

  Sahiba Siddiqui

  she/her/hers

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  sahiba@iastate.edu

• Lyle Sisson

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Agronomy

  lsisson@iastate.edu

• Maggie Sodders

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  msodders@iastate.edu

• Jacob Stai

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Agronomy

  jsstai@iastate.edu

• Melanie Torrie

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

  metorrie@iastate.edu

• McKenzie Wishman

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

  wishman@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
• 

  Yan Zhou

  • Graduate Assistant-Research
  • Patrick Schnable

  Department

  • Agronomy

  yzhou86@iastate.edu

• Jacob Zobrist

  • Graduate Assistant

  Department

  • Agronomy

  jzobrist@iastate.edu