People

Directors

Name	Phone	Email	Office
Lori Adams Co-PI and Director, Iowa Biosciences Academy Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Biology	(319) 335-1322	lori-adams@uiowa.edu	169 BB
Tori Forbes Co-PI, Iowa Biosciences Academy Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry	319-384-1320	tori-forbes@uiowa.edu	W374 CB
Vincent G.J. Rodgers Co-Investigator, Instructor for Iowa Biosciences Academy Professor, Physics and Astronomy	(319) 335-1219	vincent-rodgers@uiowa.edu	513 VAN
Brinda Shetty Associate Director, Iowa Biosciences Academy	(319) 335-0964	brinda-shetty@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
Ted Abel Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-353-4534	ted-abel@uiowa.edu	2312 PBDB
Rima Afifi IBA Core Mentor; Professor and Interim Head, Public Health Department of Community and Behavior Health	(319) 384-1476	rima-afifi@uiowa.edu	N432A CPHB
Alexander Bassuk Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology; Director, Division of Pediatric Neurology	319-356-7726	alexander-bassuk@uiowa.edu	2040 ML
Mark Blumberg IBA Core Mentor; F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology	(319) 335-2424	mark-blumberg@uiowa.edu	E234 SSH
Debra Brandt Research Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology	319-384-8667	debra-brandt@uiowa.edu	464 MRF
Terry Braun Professor, Biomedical Engineering	(319) 335-6285	terry-braun@uiowa.edu	5318 Seamans Center
Gordon Buchanan Associate Professor of Neurology		gordon-buchanan@uiowa.edu
Thomas Casavant IBA Core Mentor; 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
Diana Colgan Asst Research Scientist, Internal Medicine	(319) 354-1700	diana-colgan@uiowa.edu	3171C MERF
David Cwiertny IBA Core Mentor; Associate Faculty Research Engineer, IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering; Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination	(319) 335-1401	david-cwiertny@uiowa.edu	4655 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
Dao-Fu Dai Assistant Professor of Pathology; Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology	319-335-0194	dao-fu-dai@uiowa.edu	106C Medical Research Center
Ece Demir Lira Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences		ece-demirlira@uiowa.edu
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
Polly Ferguson Director, Pediatric Rheumatology; Professor of Pediatrics - Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology	319-356-1608	polly-ferguson@uiowa.edu	2040-A Med Labs
John Freeman Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences; Stuit Faculty Fellow	319-335-3243	john-freeman@uiowa.edu	226 SLP
Jessica Goetz Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME)	319-384-4275	jessica-goetz@uiowa.edu	2181J-1 WL
Steven Green Professor, Department of Biology	(319) 335-1612	shgreen@iowa.uiowa.edu	238 BBE
Isabella Grumbach Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Internal Medicine	319-384-4610	isabella-grumbach@uiowa.edu	4336 PBDB
Bin Z. He Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	(319) 467-0158	bin-he@uiowa.edu	336 Biology Building East
Andrew Hollingworth IBA Core Mentor; Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-335-2964	andrew-hollingworth@uiowa.edu	W306 SSH
Grazyna Kochanska Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology	319-335-2409	grazyna-kochanska@uiowa.edu	G7 SLP
Young Do Koo Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Internal Medicine - Division of Endocrinology	(319) 335-5505	youngdo-koo@uiowa.edu	4312 PBDB
Emily Kroska Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-335-0191	emily-kroska@uiowa.edu	470 PBSB
Ryan LaLumiere IBA Core Mentor; Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-335-3657	ryan-lalumiere@uiowa.edu	E219 SSH
Gregory LeFevre Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering	(319) 335-5655	gregory-lefevre@uiowa.edu	4106 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
Dominique Limoli Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology	319-335-1955	dominique-limoli@uiowa.edu	203 Eckstein Medical Research Building
Fang Lin Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology	319-335-7746	fang-lin@uiowa.edu	1-404 BSB
Susan Lutgendorf IBA Core Mentor; Professor, Department of Psychology	(319) 335-2432	susan-lutgendorf@uiowa.edu	E228 SSH
Ashutosh Mangalam Assistant Professor, Pathology	319-335-8558	ashutosh-mangalam@uiowa.edu	1080-A Medical Laboratories
Jeffrey Murray IBA Core Mentor; Professor, Department of Pediatrics	(319) 335-6897	jeff-murray@uiowa.edu	2182 ML
Isaac Petersen Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-467-1014	isaac-t-petersen@uiowa.edu	309 STH
Bryan Phillips Associate Professor; Associate Chair for Graduate Education/Director of Graduate Studies	(319) 335-2071	bryan-phillips@uiowa.edu
Vincent G.J. Rodgers Co-Investigator, Instructor for Iowa Biosciences Academy; Professor, Physics and Astronomy	(319) 335-1219	vincent-rodgers@uiowa.edu	513 VAN
Aliasger Salem Professor, Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics	(319) 335-8810	aliasger-salem@uiowa.edu	452 CPB
Diane Slusarski Professor	(319) 335-3229	diane-slusarski@uiowa.edu	246A Biology Building
Sarit Smolikove IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor	(319) 335-1977	sarit-smolikove@uiowa.edu	308 Biology Building
Daniel Tranel IBA Core Mentor; Professor (Neurology/Psychological & Brain Sciences)	319-384-6050	daniel-tranel@uiowa.edu	2206 RCP
Ingrid Ukstins Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences	(319) 335-1824	ingrid-peate@uiowa.edu	237 TH
Edward Wasserman Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology	319-335-2445	ed-wasserman@uiowa.edu	478 PBSB
Chung-Fang Wu Professor, Department of Biology	(319) 335-1091	chun-fang-wu@uiowa.edu	239A Biology Building
Charles Yeaman Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine	319-335-8782		1-400E BSB
Yuan Zhang Associate of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism	(319) 353-5505	yuan-zhang-1@uiowa.edu	4312 PBDB

Undergraduate Students

Name	Email	Mentor	Program Year
Madison Anae IBA Scholar	madison-anae@uiowa.edu	Ingrid Ukstins	2019
Nicole Boodhoo Science Alliance Intern	nicole-boodhoo@uiowa.edu	Gordon Buchanan	2021
Amanda Caraballo Science Alliance Intern	amanda-caraballo@uiowa.edu	Bin Z. He	2020
Adelisa Dedic IBA Scholar	adelisa-dedic@uiowa.edu	Grazyna Kochanska	2020
Mikayla Eppert IBA Scholar	mikayla-eppert@uiowa.edu	Sarit Smolikove	2020
Floyd Evans IBA Scholar; 2019-20 Science Alliance Intern	floyd-evans@uiowa.edu	Jeffrey Murray	2019
Dustin Fykstra IBA Scholar	dustin-fykstra@uiowa.edu	Alexander Bassuk	2019
Cristina Garcia IBA Scholar	cristina-garcia@uiowa.edu	Steven Green	2020
Sofia (Camila) Gomez Science Alliance Intern	camila-gomez@uiowa.edu	Diane Slusarski	2021
Bryan Guevara Science Alliance Intern	bryan-guevara@uiowa.edu	Dao-Fu Dai	2020
Renato Jensen IBA Scholar	renato-jensen@uiowa.edu	E. Dale Abel	2019
Emily Krogstad Science Alliance Intern	emily-krogstad@uiowa.edu	Ece Demir Lira	2021
Michelle Krumm IBA Scholar; 2020 Science Alliance Intern	michelle-krumm@uiowa.edu	John Freeman	2020
Lexi Leali IBA Scholar	alexis-sharp@uiowa.edu	Vincent G.J. Rodgers	2020
Ricardo Lozano Flores IBA Scholar	ricardo-lozanoflores@uiowa.edu	Fang Lin	2019
Hannah McCumber Science Alliance Intern	hannah-mccumber@uiowa.edu	John F. Engelhardt	2021
Mayra Narvaez Cardenas IBA Scholar	mayra-narvaezcardenas@uiowa.edu	David Cwiertny	2019
Odysseus Orr Science Alliance Intern	odysseus-orr@uiowa.edu	Edward Wasserman	2020
Joshua Peterson IBA Scholar	joshua-peterson@uiowa.edu	E. Dale Abel	2020
Elias Shaeffer IBA Scholar	elias-shaeffer@uiowa.edu	Terry Braun	2020
Cally Tucker Science Alliance Intern	cally-tucker@uiowa.edu	E. Dale Abel	2021
Anthony Vitale IBA Scholar	anthony-h-vitale@uiowa.edu	Isabella Grumbach	2020
Jia Zhao IBA Scholar	jia-zhao@uiowa.edu	Bin Z. He	2019

Undergraduate Alumni

Name	Email
Maurisa Aimable Research Assistant, Dows Institute UIowa
Tartil Ali MA Student at University of Iowa	tartil-ali@uiowa.edu
Vanessa Alizo PhD Candidate in Neuroscience at the University of California - Irvine	vanessa-alizo@uiowa.edu
Maya Amjadi MD/PhD Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison	maya-amjadi@uiowa.edu
Salma AshShareef IBA Scholar	salma-ashshareef@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
Anamar Blanes PhD Candidate in Chemistry at Georgetown University	anamar-blanes@uiowa.edu
Chelia Briner BSN
Alfonza Brown MPH, Epidemiology at the US Army Public Health Center, Baltimore, MD; 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 Program in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan	michael-dominguez@uiowa.edu
Steven Dominguez, Jr. Education Analyst - UCSF School of Pharmacy; MS Program in Global Health Studies, UC San Francisco	steven-dominguez@uiowa.edu
Alessandra Dutra 2019-20 Science Alliance Intern	alessandra-dutra@uiowa.edu
Timothy Fuqua PhD Program in Molecular Biology, EMBL - Heidelberg, Germany	timothy-fuqua@uiowa.edu
LauRen Gaines MPH Student - University of Minnesota
Lander Geadelmann PhD Candidate, Plant Biology at Iowa State University	lander-geadelmann@uiowa.edu
Ashlynn Gerth PhD Candidate in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) University of Illinois, Chicago
Alejandra Gonzalez PhD Program in Nursing, University of Iowa	alejandra-gonzalez@uiowa.edu
Maia Griffith Student at Emory University School of Medicine
Chelsea Higgins IBA Scholar	chelsea-higgins@uiowa.edu
Zosia Horak MHA Candidate at the University of Iowa	zosia-horak@uiowa.edu
Camille Jaime PhD Student, Immunology at Johns Hopkins University	camille-jaime@uiowa.edu
Olivia Jones MPH Student (Epidemiology) at The George Washington University
Kaitlyn Jones Home Health Aide at HomeSafe	kaitlyn-jones@uiowa.edu
Benjamin Kirk Fall 2019 - IBA Scholar; Spring 2019 - LSAMP Intern	benjamin-kirk-1@uiowa.edu
Evan Lamb MD/PhD Program, University of Virginia	evan-lamb@uiowa.edu
Rikki Laser PhD Candidate in Psychology at Cornell University	rikki-laser@uiowa.edu
Nicholas McCarty PhD Program, California Institute of Technology	nicholas-mccarty@uiowa.edu
Alexis Miller Research Associate, Cedars-Sinai	alexis-n-miller@uiowa.edu
Alexandria Miller PhD Program in Clinical Psychology, Suffolk University	alexandria-miller@uiowa.edu
Hannah Miller Campbell PhD Program in Biochemistry, University of Iowa	hannah-miller@uiowa.edu
Elissa Monteiro PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology at University of California, Riverside	elissa-monteiro@uiowa.edu
Jorge Moreno PhD Program in Molecular Biology, Princeton University	jorge-moreno@uiowa.edu
Margaret Mungai Fulbright Research Scholar in Biology	margaret-mungai@uiowa.edu
William Narhi-Martinez PhD Program in Cognitive Psychology, The Ohio State University	william-narhi@uiowa.edu
Maria Nunez Hernandez PhD Program in Biochemistry, The University of Iowa	maria-nunezhernandez@uiowa.edu
Chibuzo Nwakama MSE Student, Computer Science and Engineering at University of Iowa	chibuzo-nwakama@uiowa.edu
Angela Olvera MD/PhD Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison	angela-olvera@uiowa.edu
Evan Paelmo Registered Nurse	evan-paelmo@uiowa.edu
Allison Peroutka PhD Student in Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines	allison-peroutka@uiowa.edu
Megan Powers PhD Student, Biology at the University of Washington	megan-m-powers@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 Program in Biology, University of Oregon	nicholas-sattler@uiowa.edu
Ashley Segura-Roman PhD Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Biology at University of California, Berkeley	ashley-segura-roman@uiowa.edu
Callie Shannon	callie-shannon@uiowa.edu
Shacoya Smith Orthodics & Prosthetics Student at St. Petersburg College
Paul Taufalele PhD Program 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
Lynn Wang MA Student in Mental Health and Counseling at University of Missouri	xinyang-want-1@uiowa.edu
Jesse Weiss PhD Candidate in Nursing, University of Iowa	jesse-weiss@uiowa.edu
Frederick Zasadny PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University	frederick-zasadny@uiowa.edu

Graduate Alumni

Name	Email
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	johnny-cruzcorchado@uiowa.edu
Victoria Parker Graduate Research Assistant	victoria-parker@uiowa.edu
Jessica Ponce Graduate Research Assistant	jessica-ponce@uiowa.edu
Eric Rodriguez Postdoctoral Scientist, Indiana University	eric-a-rodriguez@uiowa.edu
Brigitte Vanle Postdoctoral Scientist, Cedars-Sinai	brigitte-vanle@uiowa.edu
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
Daniel Eberl Professor
Pamela Geyer Professor	(319) 335-6953	pamela-geyer@uiowa.edu	3135E MERF
John Keller Interim Vice President, OVPR&ED; Dean and Associate Provost, Graduate College
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
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
All Staff Virtual Office Hours
Halin Chung Graduate Research Assistant		halin-chung@uiowa.edu
Devon Dawson Graduate Research Assistant		devon-dawson@uiowa.edu
Chelsey Gates Graduate Research Assistant	(319) 467-1463	chelsey-gates@uiowa.edu	169 Biology Building
Steve Kehoe Marketing Coordinator, Iowa Biosciences Academy Administrative Services Coordinator, Biology	(319) 335-1051	steve-kehoe@uiowa.edu	143 Biology Building
Laura Kowalski-Bliss Administrative Services Coordinator	(319) 467-1483	laura-kowalski-bliss@uiowa.edu	169 Biology Building

Prospective Mentors

Name	Phone	Email	Office
Saba Rasheed Ali Professor, Counseling Psychology; Associate Dean for Research, College of Education	319-335-5495	saba-ali@uiowa.edu	362 LC
Bengi Baran Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-467-4541	bengi-baran@uiowa.edu	370 PBSB
Martine Dunnwald Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology	319-384-4645	martine-dunnwald@uiowa.edu	1-532 BSB
Charles Grose Professor of Pediatrics - Infectious Disease	319-356-2270	charles-grose@uiowa.edu	2111 ML
Daniel Hyer Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; Medical Physics Residency Director	319-356-2441	daniel-hyer@uiowa.edu	01615 Pomerantz Family Pavilion
Allison N. Jaynes Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy	(319)-335-3799	allison-n-jaynes@uiowa.edu	404 VAN
Mike Knudson Clinical Professor of Pathology; Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology	319-467-5129	c-knudson@uiowa.edu	SW247 General Hospital
Emily Kroska Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	319-335-0191	emily-kroska@uiowa.edu	470 PBSB
Molly Nikolas Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences	319-335-2455	molly-nikolas@uiowa.edu	E112 SSH
Peggy Nopoulos IBA Core Mentor; Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Department of Neurology	319-384-9264	peggy-nopoulos@uiowa.edu	W278 General Hospital
David Soll Professor, Department of Biology	(319) 335-1117	david-soll@uiowa.edu	302 BBE
Elizabeth Stone IBA Core Mentor; Associate Professor, Chemistry	(319) 384-1863	betsy-stone@uiowa.edu	W376 CB
Thaddeus Wadas Associate Professor of Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine	319-356-8213	thaddeus-wadas@uiowa.edu

People

Directors

Lori Adams

Tori Forbes

Vincent G.J. Rodgers

Brinda Shetty

Current Mentors

E. Dale Abel

Ted Abel

Rima Afifi

Alexander Bassuk

Mark Blumberg

Debra Brandt

Terry Braun

Gordon Buchanan

Thomas Casavant

Diana Colgan

David Cwiertny

Dao-Fu Dai

Ece Demir Lira

John F. Engelhardt

Polly Ferguson

John Freeman

Jessica Goetz

Steven Green

Isabella Grumbach

Bin Z. He

Andrew Hollingworth

Grazyna Kochanska

Young Do Koo

Emily Kroska

Ryan LaLumiere

Gregory LeFevre

Dominique Limoli

Fang Lin

Susan Lutgendorf

Ashutosh Mangalam

Jeffrey Murray

Isaac Petersen

Bryan Phillips

Vincent G.J. Rodgers

Aliasger Salem

Diane Slusarski

Sarit Smolikove

Daniel Tranel

Ingrid Ukstins

Edward Wasserman

Chung-Fang Wu

Charles Yeaman

Yuan Zhang

Undergraduate Students

Madison Anae

Nicole Boodhoo

Amanda Caraballo

Adelisa Dedic

Mikayla Eppert

Floyd Evans

Dustin Fykstra

Cristina Garcia

Sofia (Camila) Gomez

Bryan Guevara

Renato Jensen

Emily Krogstad

Michelle Krumm

Lexi Leali

Ricardo Lozano Flores

Hannah McCumber

Mayra Narvaez Cardenas

Odysseus Orr

Joshua Peterson

Elias Shaeffer

Cally Tucker

Anthony Vitale

Jia Zhao

Undergraduate Alumni

Maurisa Aimable

Tartil Ali

Vanessa Alizo

Maya Amjadi

Salma AshShareef