People

Graduate Students

Onyinyechi Amaechi
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Dipa Sashital
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
oamaechi@iastate.edu
William Amendola Bye
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
bye@iastate.edu
Prince Ameyaw
- Graduate Student - Dr. Clyde Campbell
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
ameyawp@iastate.edu
Natalie Andreasen
- Graduate Student - Dr. Anna Fagre
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
nat12@iastate.edu
Kofi Appiagyei
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Mohan Gupta
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
kofiaa@iastate.edu
Mahsa Askary Hemmat
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Robert Jernigan
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
mahsa@iastate.edu
David Avery
- Graduate Assistant
dmavery@iastate.edu
Tessa Bierbaum

she/her
- Graduate Research Assistant - Dr. Jeff Essner
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
tbierbau@iastate.edu
Prathyusha Cheguri
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Shuizhang Fei
Department
- Horticulture
prathyu@iastate.edu
Ramesh Chethri
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Madan Bhattacharya
Department
- Agronomy
chram@iastate.edu
TJ Cofer
- Graduate Student - Dr. Jeff Essner
tjcofer@iastate.edu
Damilare Dabiri
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Walter Moss
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
ddabiri@iastate.edu
Joseph DeTemple
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Jianming Yu
Department
- Agronomy
detemplj@iastate.edu
Sristi Dey
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Britta Rued
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
sristid@iastate.edu
Supantha Dey
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Ratul Chowdhury
Department
- Chemical Engineering
supantha@iastate.edu
Marlene Dorneich-Hayes

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Ping Kang
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
mkdh@iastate.edu
Jessie Dupuis
- Graduate Student - Dr. Steven Harris
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
jmdupuis@iastate.edu
Lucky Gbeda
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Geetu Tuteja
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
lkgbeda@iastate.edu
David Hall
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Ryan Smith
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
drhall@iastate.edu
Garrick Hohm
- Graduate Student - Dr. Britta Rued
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
ghohm@iastate.edu
Andrew Hokanson
- Graduate Student - Dr. Josh Strable
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
hokan@iastate.edu
Abdul Mueed Ibne Momen
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Zhengyi Shao
Department
- Chemical Engineering
mueed@iastate.edu
Maliha Jahan
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Mohan Gupta
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
maliha@iastate.edu
Leonora James
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. James Koltes
Department
- Animal Science
lmjames9@iastate.edu
Usamah Kabuye

He/him/his
- Graduate Research Assistant - Dr. Jack Dekkers
Department
- Animal Science
ukabuye@iastate.edu
Faizo Kasule
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Kan Wang
Department
- Agronomy
fkasule@iastate.edu
Simran Kaur
- Graduate Student - Dr. Greg Martin
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
simran@iastate.edu
Amanda Kirk
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Geetu Tuteja
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
amandak@iastate.edu
Sophie Krivograd
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Britta Rued
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
skrivog@iastate.edu
Matthew Lettow
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Hongqing Guo
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
mlettow@iastate.edu
Yawei Li
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Patrick Schnable
Department
- Agronomy
yaweil@iastate.edu
Huyu Liu
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Patrick Schnable
Department
- Agronomy
huyu@iastate.edu
Ludvin Mejia
- Graduate Assistant -Dr. Geetu Tuteja
lamejia@iastate.edu
Israt Jahan Mouri
- Graduate Student - Dr. Ryan Weaver
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
ijmouri@iastate.edu
Michael Murphy
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
mpmurphy@iastate.edu
Karlene Negus
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Jianming Yu
Department
- Agronomy
knegus@iastate.edu
Zhengqiang Ni
- Graduate Assistant-Research - Dr. Jack Dekkers
Department
- Animal Science
zqni@iastate.edu
Otibhor Odia
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Hua Bai and Dr. Peter Clark
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
otiodia@iastate.edu
Blessing Olabosoye
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Juan Steibel
Department
- Animal Science
blessing@iastate.edu
Ginushika Premarathne
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Corrinne Grover
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
ginushik@iastate.edu
James Preston
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Maura McGrail
- PhD Candidate
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
jprest@iastate.edu
Udit Millenn R
- Graduate Student - Dr. Josh Beck
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
umillenn@iastate.edu
Aidana Rymgali
- Graduate Student - Dr. Ravi Singh
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
arymgali@iastate.edu
Iman Saha
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Madan Bhattacharya
Department
- Agronomy
imansaha@iastate.edu
Colin Schuller
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
cschulle@iastate.edu
Lakpa Sherpa

She/Her
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Maura McGrail
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
lakpa12@iastate.edu
Mina Shumaly
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Juan Steibel
Department
- Animal Science
mshumaly@iastate.edu
John Ssengo
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Steve Whitham
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
jssengo@iastate.edu
Morgan Vorwald
- Graduate Assistant- Dr. Joshua Selsby
Department
- Animal Science
mvorwald@iastate.edu
Tyler Weide
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Karl Kerns
Department
- Animal Science
tjweide@iastate.edu
Matthew Wendt

he/him
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Marna Yandeau-Nelson
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
wendtmat@iastate.edu