People

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
Meaghan Rowe-Johnson Assistant Director, Iowa Biosciences Academy Graduate Research Assistant	(319) 335-1322	meaghan-rowe-johnson@uiowa.edu	169 BB

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
Kelly Baker IBA Core Mentor; Assistant Professor	(319) 384-4008	kelly-k-baker@uiowa.edu	S316 CPHB
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
Songhai Chen Associate Professor of Pharmacology; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine	319-384-4562	songhai-chen@uiowa.edu	2-250 Bowen Science 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
Natalie Denburg Associate Professor of Neurology	319-356-7619	natalie-denburg@uiowa.edu	2155 RCP
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
Albert Erives Associate Professor	(319) 335-2418	albert-erives@uiowa.edu	424 Biology Building
Michael Flatté Director, Optical Science Technology Center; Professor	(319) 335-0201	michael-flatte@uiowa.edu	406 VAN
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
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
Cornelia Lang Associate Professor	(319) 335-1945	cornelia-lang@uiowa.edu	703 VAN
Melissa Lehan-Mackin Assistant Professor	319-335-3045	melissa-lehan@uiowa.edu	454 CNB
Susan Lutgendorf Professor & Starch Faculty Fellow	(319) 335-2432	susan-lutgendorf@uiowa.edu	E228 SSH
James McNamara Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation	319-335-8491	james-mcnamara@uiowa.edu	3270C CBRB
William Nauseef Professor, Internal Medicine	(319) 335-4278	william-nauseef@uiowa.edu	FT 11
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
Andrew Pieper Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Neurology, Radiation Oncology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	319-353-5781	andrew-pieper@uiowa.edu	1318 Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building
Matthew Potthoff Assistant Professor of Pharmacology	319-384-4438	matthew-potthoff@uiowa.edu	3322 Pappajohn Biomedical Discover Building
Kevin Rice Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics / Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry	(319) 335-9903	kevin-rice@uiowa.edu
Michael Schultz Associate Professor of Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Radiation Oncology	319-335-8017	michael-schultz@uiowa.edu	B180 ML
Madeline Shea IBA Core Mentor; Professor of Biochemistry	319-335-7885	madeline-shea@uiowa.edu	4-450 BSB
Diane Slusarski Professor	(319) 335-3229	diane-slusarski@uiowa.edu	246A Biology Building
Daniel Tranel IBA Core Mentor; Professor (Neurology/Psychological & Brain Sciences)	319-384-6050	daniel-tranel@uiowa.edu	2206 RCP
Sharon Tucker Director, Nursing Research, EBP & Quality	319-356-0518	sharon-tucker@uiowa.edu	T100 GH
Gideon Zamba IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor	(319) 384-1586	gideon-zamba@uiowa.edu	N350 CPHB

Undergraduate Students

Name	Email	Mentor	Program Year
Maya Amjadi Student	maya-amjadi@uiowa.edu	William Nauseef	2014
Anamar Blanes Student	anamar-blanes@uiowa.edu		2016
Nicole Cady Student	nicole-cady@uiowa.edu	Ruth Grossman	2016
Michael Dominguez Student	michael-dominguez@uiowa.edu	Michael Flatté	2013
Timothy Fuqua Student	timothy-fuqua@uiowa.edu	Albert Erives	2015
Lander Geadelmann Student	lander-geadelmann@uiowa.edu	Cornelia Lang	2015
Gunther Hansen Student	gunther-hansen@uiowa.edu		2016
Zosia Horak Student	zosia-horak@uiowa.edu	Ryan LaLumiere	2015
Camille Jaime Student	camille-jaime@uiowa.edu		2016
Se Jin Kim Student	sejin-kim@uiowa.edu	Songhai Chen	2016
Evan Lamb Student	evan-lamb@uiowa.edu	Diane Slusarski	2015
Rikki Laser Student	rikki-laser@uiowa.edu	Mark Blumberg	2016
Nicholas McCarty Student	nicholas-mccarty@uiowa.edu	E. Dale Abel	2014
Alexandria Miller Student	alexandria-miller@uiowa.edu	Michael OHara	2016
Elissa Monteiro Student	elissa-monteiro@uiowa.edu	Megan Foley Nicpon	2015
Sadie Moore Student	sadie-moore@uiowa.edu	Kenneth Gayley	2016
Jorge Moreno Student	jorge-moreno@uiowa.edu	Maurine Neiman	2016
William Narhi-Martinez Student	william-narhi@uiowa.edu	Susan Lutgendorf	2015
Maria Nunez Hernandez Student	maria-nunezhernandez@uiowa.edu	Madeline Shea	2013
Chibuzo Nwakama Student	chibuzo-nwakama@uiowa.edu	Thomas Casavant
Angela Olvera Student	angela-olvera@uiowa.edu	E. Dale Abel	2015
Crystal Padilla Student	crystal-padilla@uiowa.edu
Vincent Parra Student	vincent-parra@uiowa.edu	Tori Forbes	2015
Logan Pillard Student	logan-pillard@uiowa.edu	Natalie Denburg	2016
Edwin Sagastume Student	edwin-sagastume@uiowa.edu	Jennifer Fiegel	2012
Ashley Segura-Roman Student	ashley-segura-roman@uiowa.edu	Brandon Davies	2016
Callie Shannon Student	callie-shannon@uiowa.edu		2015
Morgane Tatchoum Student	morgane-tatchoum@uiowa.edu
Paul Taufalele Student	paul-taufalele@uiowa.edu	E. Dale Abel	2015
Hannah Tykol Student	hannah-tykol@uiowa.edu	Melissa Lehan-Mackin	2015
Tracy Vo Student	tracy-vo@uiowa.edu	Maurine Neiman	2014

Graduate Students

Name	Email	Mentor	Program Year
Rondine Allen Graduate Research Assistant	rondine-allen@uiowa.edu	Kevin Rice	2016
Franklin Bright Graduate Research Assistant	franklin-bright@uiowa.edu	James McNamara	2016

Undergraduate Alumni

Name	Phone	Email	Office
Maurisa Aimable Research Assistant, Dows Institute UIowa
Jacqueline Bannon Student		jacqueline-bannon@uiowa.edu
Sarah Bannon PhD Candidate in Psychology, Stony Brook University
Chelia Briner
Alfonza Brown Postgraduate Summer Research Fellow ORISE at U.S. Army Public Health Command
Natalia Cardona Process Improvement Engineer, Alcoa
Steven Dominguez, Jr. Student		steven-dominguez@uiowa.edu
LauRen Gaines
Ashlynn Gerth PhD Candidate in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) University of Illinois, Chicago
Alejandra Gonzalez Student		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
Hannah Miller Student		hannah-miller@uiowa.edu
Alexis Miller Student		alexis-n-miller@uiowa.edu
Evan Paelmo Student		evan-paelmo@uiowa.edu
Edgardo Ramirez Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Fellow, National Cancer Institute		edgardo-ramirez@uiowa.edu
Nicole Richardson MPH Student (Epidemiology) at Emory University
Nicholas Rolston PhD Candidate in Applied Physics at Stanford University
Lucero Sanchez PhD Candidate in Chemistry at Indiana University
Nicholas Sattler Research Assistant, University of Iowa		nicholas-sattler@uiowa.edu
Shacoya Smith Orthodics & Prosthetics Student at St. Petersburg College
Frederick Zasadny Student		frederick-zasadny@uiowa.edu

Graduate Alumni

Name	Phone	Email	Office
Toby Avalos Graduate Research Assistant		toby-avalos@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 Graduate Research Assistant	(319) 335-8831	eric-a-rodriguez@uiowa.edu	S311 PHAR
Brigitte Vanle Graduate Research Assistant	(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 Program Manager, IBA	(319) 335-1322	brinda-shetty@uiowa.edu	169 BB

Directors

Lori Adams

Vincent G. J. Rodgers

Meaghan Rowe-Johnson

Current Mentors

E. Dale Abel

Kelly Baker

Mark Blumberg

Thomas Casavant

Songhai Chen

Sandra Daack-Hirsch

Brandon Davies

Natalie Denburg

John F. Engelhardt

Albert Erives

Michael Flatté

Tori Forbes

Laurence Fuortes

Kenneth Gayley

Ruth Grossman

Douglas Houston

Ryan LaLumiere

Cornelia Lang

Melissa Lehan-Mackin

Susan Lutgendorf

James McNamara

William Nauseef

Maurine Neiman

Megan Foley Nicpon

Molly Nikolas

Peggy Nopoulos

Andrew Pieper

Matthew Potthoff

Kevin Rice

Michael Schultz

Madeline Shea

Diane Slusarski

Daniel Tranel

Sharon Tucker

Gideon Zamba

Undergraduate Students

Maya Amjadi

Anamar Blanes

Nicole Cady

Michael Dominguez

Timothy Fuqua

Lander Geadelmann

Gunther Hansen

Zosia Horak

Camille Jaime

Se Jin Kim

Evan Lamb

Rikki Laser

Nicholas McCarty

Alexandria Miller

Elissa Monteiro

Sadie Moore

Jorge Moreno

William Narhi-Martinez

Maria Nunez Hernandez

Chibuzo Nwakama

Angela Olvera

Crystal Padilla

Vincent Parra

Logan Pillard

Edwin Sagastume

Ashley Segura-Roman

Callie Shannon

Morgane Tatchoum

Paul Taufalele

Hannah Tykol

Tracy Vo

Graduate Students

Rondine Allen

Franklin Bright

Undergraduate Alumni

Maurisa Aimable

Jacqueline Bannon

Sarah Bannon