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Directors

Name Phone Email Office

Lori Adams

Co-Director, Iowa Biosciences Academy
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

 (319) 335-1322 lori-adams@uiowa.edu 169 BB

Vincent G. J. Rodgers

Co-Director, Iowa Biosciences Academy
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

 (319) 335-1219 vincent-rodgers@uiowa.edu 513 VAN

Current Mentors

Name Phone Email Office

E. Dale Abel

IBA Core Mentor; Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

 319-353-3050 dale-abel@uiowa.edu 4312 PBDB

Mark Blumberg

IBA Core Mentor; F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor

 (319) 335-2424 mark-blumberg@uiowa.edu E234 SSH

Thomas Casavant

Roy J. Carver, Jr. Chair in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biomedical Engineering; Professor Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

 (319) 335-5953 tom-casavant@uiowa.edu 5316 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences

Chi-Lien Cheng

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-2583 chi-lien-cheng@uiowa.edu 210 Biology Building

Sandra Daack-Hirsch

IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor

 (319) 335-7061 sandra-daack-hirsch@uiowa.edu 364 CNB

Brandon Davies

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

 319-335-3225 brandon-davies@uiowa.edu 3326 PBDB

Martine Dunnwald

Assistant Professor

 319-384-4645 martine-dunnwald@uiowa.edu 1-532 BSB

John F. Engelhardt

IBA Core Mentor; DEO and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

 319-335-7744 john-engelhardt@uiowa.edu 1-100 BSB

Tori Forbes

IBA Core Mentor; Assistant Professor

 319-384-1320 tori-forbes@uiowa.edu W374 CB

Laurence Fuortes

IBA Core Mentor; Professor

 (319) 335-9819 laurence-fuortes@uiowa.edu S351 CPHB

Kenneth Gayley

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-3282 kenneth-gayley@uiowa.edu 07 VAN

Ruth Grossman

Assistant Professor

 319-335-7111 ruth-grossmann@uiowa.edu 482 CNB

Cara Hamann

Associate Professor

 (319) 384-1513 cara-hamann@uiowa.edu S449 CPHB

Andrew Hollingworth

Professor

 319-335-2964 andrew-hollingworth@uiowa.edu W306 SSH

Douglas Houston

IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor

 (319) 335-1316 douglas-houston@uiowa.edu 257 BB

Ryan LaLumiere

IBA Core Mentor; Assistant Professor

 319-335-3657 ryan-lalumiere@uiowa.edu E219 SSH

Susan Lutgendorf

Professor & Starch Faculty Fellow

 (319) 335-2432 susan-lutgendorf@uiowa.edu E228 SSH

Linda McCarter

Professor

 319-335-9721 linda-mccarter@uiowa.edu 3-430 Bowen Science Building

Maurine Neiman

IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor

 (319) 384-1814 maurine-neiman@uiowa.edu 324B Biology Builiding

Megan Foley Nicpon

Associate Professor

 319-335-5575 megan-foley-nicpon@uiowa.edu N330 Lindquist Center

Molly Nikolas

Assistant Professor

 319-335-2455 molly-nikolas@uiowa.edu E112 SSH

Peggy Nopoulos

IBA Core Mentor; Professor

319-384-9264 peggy-nopoulos@uiowa.edu W278 General Hospital

Richard Roller

Professor

 319-335-9958 richard-roller@uiowa.edu 3-432 Bowen Science Building319-335-9958

Madeline Shea

IBA Core Mentor; Professor of Biochemistry

 319-335-7885 madeline-shea@uiowa.edu 4-450 BSB

Steven Spears

Assistant Professor

 steven-spears@uiowa.edu

Tina Tootle

Associate Professor

 319-335-7763 tina-tootle@uiowa.edu 1-550 BSB

Daniel Tranel

IBA Core Mentor; Professor (Neurology/Psychological & Brain Sciences)

 319-384-6050 daniel-tranel@uiowa.edu 2206 RCP

Gideon Zamba

IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor

 (319) 384-1586 gideon-zamba@uiowa.edu N350 CPHB

Undergraduate Students

Name Email Mentor Program Year

Anamar Blanes

Student

 anamar-blanes@uiowa.edu Tori Forbes 2016

Lander Geadelmann

Student

 lander-geadelmann@uiowa.edu Cornelia Lang 2015

Zosia Horak

Student

 zosia-horak@uiowa.edu Cara Hamann 2015

Camille Jaime

Student

 camille-jaime@uiowa.edu Tina Tootle 2016

Evan Lamb

Student

 evan-lamb@uiowa.edu Linda McCarter 2015

Rikki Laser

Student

 rikki-laser@uiowa.edu Mark Blumberg 2016

Elissa Monteiro

Student

 elissa-monteiro@uiowa.edu Megan Foley Nicpon 2015

Jorge Moreno

Student

 jorge-moreno@uiowa.edu Maurine Neiman 2016

Chibuzo Nwakama

Student

 chibuzo-nwakama@uiowa.edu Thomas Casavant 2016

Crystal Padilla

Student

 crystal-padilla@uiowa.edu Martine Dunnwald 2016

Ashley Segura-Roman

Student

 ashley-segura-roman@uiowa.edu Brandon Davies 2016

Callie Shannon

Student

 callie-shannon@uiowa.edu Molly Nikolas 2015

Morgane Tatchoum

Student

 morgane-tatchoum@uiowa.edu Daniel Tranel 2016

Undergraduate Alumni

Name Phone Email Office

Maurisa Aimable

Research Assistant, Dows Institute UIowa

Maya Amjadi

MD/PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin - Madison

 maya-amjadi@uiowa.edu

Jacqueline Bannon, MS, BSN, RN

PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

 jacquann@nursing.upenn.edu

Sarah Bannon

PhD Candidate in Psychology, Stony Brook University

Chelia Briner

BSN

Alfonza Brown

Postgraduate Summer Research Fellow ORISE at U.S. Army Public Health Command

Nicole Cady

Research Assistant - University of Iowa

 nicole-cady@uiowa.edu

Natalia Cardona

Process Improvement Engineer, Alcoa

Michael Dominguez

PhD Candidate in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan

 michael-dominguez@uiowa.edu

Steven Dominguez, Jr.

MS Program in Global Health Studies, UC San Francisco

 steven-dominguez@uiowa.edu

Timothy Fuqua

PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology, EMBL - Heidelberg, Germany

 timothy-fuqua@uiowa.edu

LauRen Gaines

MPH Student - University of Minnesota

Ashlynn Gerth

PhD Candidate in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) University of Illinois, Chicago

Alejandra Gonzalez

PhD Candidate in Nursing, University of Iowa

 alejandra-gonzalez@uiowa.edu

Maia Griffith

Student at Emory University School of Medicine

Kaitlyn Jones

Home Health Aide at HomeSafe

 kaitlyn-jones@uiowa.edu

Olivia Jones

MPH Student (Epidemiology) at The George Washington University

Nicholas McCarty

PhD Candidate, California Institute of Technology

 nicholas-mccarty@uiowa.edu

Alexandria Miller

PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Suffolk University

 alexandria-miller@uiowa.edu

Hannah Miller

PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, University of Iowa

 hannah-miller@uiowa.edu

Alexis Miller

Research Associate, Cedars-Sinai

 alexis-n-miller@uiowa.edu

William Narhi-Martinez

PhD Candidate in Cognitive Psychology, The Ohio State University

 william-narhi@uiowa.edu

Maria Nunez Hernandez

PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, The University of Iowa

 maria-nunezhernandez@uiowa.edu

Angela Olvera

MD/PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin - Madison

 angela-olvera@uiowa.edu

Evan Paelmo

Registered Nurse

 evan-paelmo@uiowa.edu

Edgardo Ramirez

Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Fellow, National Cancer Institute; Research Assistant, Northwestern University

 edgardo-ramirez@uiowa.edu

Nicole Richardson

MPH Student (Epidemiology) at Emory University

Nicholas Rolston

PhD Candidate in Applied Physics at Stanford University

Edwin Sagastume

Biochemical Engineer at Viewpoint Molecular Targeting, Iowa City, IA

 edwin-sagastume@uiowa.edu

Lucero Sanchez

PhD Candidate in Chemistry at Indiana University

Nicholas Sattler

PhD Candidate in Biology, University of Oregon

 nicholas-sattler@uiowa.edu

Shacoya Smith

Orthodics & Prosthetics Student at St. Petersburg College

Paul Taufalele

PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

 paul-taufalele@uiowa.edu

Hannah Tykol

 hannah-tykol@uiowa.edu

Tracy Vo

MPH Student at Columbia University

 tracy-vo@uiowa.edu

Frederick Zasadny

PhD Canidate in Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University

 frederick-zasadny@uiowa.edu

Graduate Alumni

Name Phone Email Office

Rondine Allen

Graduate Research Assistant

 rondine-allen@uiowa.edu

Toby Avalos

Advisor, Centralia College

 toby-avalos@uiowa.edu

Franklin Bright

Graduate Research Assistant

 franklin-bright@uiowa.edu

Johnny Cruz Corchado

Graduate Research Assistant

 (319) 335-1126 johnny-cruzcorchado@uiowa.edu 215 BB

Victoria Parker

Graduate Research Assistant

 victoria-parker@uiowa.edu S311 PHAR

Jessica Ponce

Graduate Research Assistant

 (319) 335-7916 jessica-ponce@uiowa.edu 3136 MERF

Eric Rodriguez

Postdoctoral Scientist, Indiana University

 (319) 335-8831 eric-a-rodriguez@uiowa.edu S311 PHAR

Brigitte Vanle

Postdoctoral Scientist, Cedars-Sinai

 (319) 335-8802 brigitte-vanle@uiowa.edu S311 PHAR

Amanda Ward

Graduate Research Assistant

 amanda-m-ward@uiowa.edu

Brittany Williams

Graduate Research Assistant

 brittany-williams@uiowa.edu

University of Iowa Advisors

Name Phone Email Office

Saba Rasheed Ali

Associate Professor

Daniel Eberl

Professor

Pamela Geyer

Professor

 (319) 335-6953 pamela-geyer@uiowa.edu 3135E MERF

John Keller

Associate Provost for Graduate Education

Colleen Mitchell

Associate Professor; Director, SLOAN Center

Ann Ricketts

Assis. VP for Research, Communications & External Relations

Sheila Schechinger

Senior Assistant Director, Outreach & Recruitment, UI Admissions

James Torner

Professor and Head of Department of Epidemiology

Deandrea Watkins

Multicultural Specialist, UI STEM Programs

Dan Weeks

Professor; Director of Graduate Studies in Biochemistry

External Advisors

Name Phone Email Office

Sarah England

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Former IBA Director

 (314) 286-1798 Englands@wustl.edu

Richard McGee

Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment & Professional Development

 (312) 503-1737 r-mcgee@northwestern.edu Rubloff Building Suite 12-129

Michael Summers

Professor

 (410) 455-2527 summers@hhmi.umbc.edu CHEM 182A

Staff

Name Phone Email Office

Steve Kehoe

Marketing Coordinator, IBA
Administrative Services Coordinator, Biology

 (319) 335-1050 steve-kehoe@uiowa.edu 143 BB

Brinda Shetty

Assistant Director, IBA

 (319) 335-1322 brinda-shetty@uiowa.edu 169 BB