Mentors

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

Associate 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

Former Mentors

Name Phone Email Office

Donald Anderson

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-7528 don-anderson@uiowa.edu 2181 WL

Michael Anderson

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-7839 michael-g-anderson@uiowa.edu 3111A MERF

Mark Arnold

Professor

 (319) 335-1368 mark-arnold@uiowa.edu 230 IATL

Kelly Baker

IBA Core Mentor; Assistant Professor

 (319) 384-4008 kelly-k-baker@uiowa.edu S316 CPHB

Clar Baldus

Clinical Associate Professor

 319-335-6189 clar-baldus@uiowa.edu 543 Blank Honors Center

Charles Brenner

Professor

 (319) 335-7934 charles-brenner@uiowa.edu 4-403 BSB

Songhai Chen

Associate Professor of Pharmacology; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

 319-384-4562 songhai-chen@uiowa.edu 2-250 Bowen Science Building

Chi-Lien Cheng

Associate Professor

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

Russell Ciochon

Professor

 319-335-2751 russell-ciochon@uiowa.edu 129 Macbride Hall; Lab: 26 Macbride Hall

Josep Comeron

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-0628 josep-comeron@uiowa.edu 212 BB

Sandra Daack-Hirsch

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

Jonathan Doorn

Associate Professor, Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry

 319-335-8834 jonathan-doorn@uiowa.edu S328 PHAR

Jeffrey Dorale

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-0822 jeffrey-dorale@uiowa.edu 35A TH

Edwin Dove

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-5635 edwin-dove@uiowa.edu 1412 SC

Michael Duffel

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Pharmacy; Professor of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics

 319-335-8840 michael-duffel@uiowa.edu S325 Pharmacy Building

Martine Dunnwald

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

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

Adam Dupuy

Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Associate Professor of Pathology

 adam-dupuy@uiowa.edu 1-400A BSB

Albert Erives

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-2418 albert-erives@uiowa.edu 424 Biology Building

Jennifer Fiegel

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-8830 jennifer-fiegel@uiowa.edu 4124 SC

Michael Flatté

Director, Optical Science Technology Center; Professor

 (319) 335-0201 michael-flatte@uiowa.edu 406 VAN

Andrew Forbes

Assistant Professor

 (319) 335-3006 andrew-forbes@uiowa.edu 434A BB

Laurence Fuortes

Professor

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

Sue Gardner

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-7037 sue-gardner@uiowa.edu 320 CNB

Kenneth Gayley

Associate Professor

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

Pamela Geyer

Professor

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

Ruth Grossman

Assistant Professor

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

Patricia Groves

Assistant Professor

 319-335-7117 patricia-groves@uiowa.edu 472 CNB

Cara Hamann

Associate Professor

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

Douglas Houston

Associate Professor

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

Bradley Jones

Professor

 (319) 353-5457 bradley-jones@uiowa.edu 3-330A BSB

Anne Kwitek

Associate Director, Iowa Institute of Human Genetics; Associate Professor

 (319) 384-2934 anne-kwitek@uiowa.edu 2-252 BSB

Cornelia Lang

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-1945 cornelia-lang@uiowa.edu 703 VAN

Sarah Larsen

Professor and Chair of Chemistry

 (319) 335-3124 sarah-larsen@uiowa.edu E331 CB

Erika Lawrence

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-2417 erika-lawrence@uiowa.edu E122 SSH

Bridget Lear

Assistant Professor

(319) 335-3079 bridget-lear@uiowa.edu 450C Biology Building

Amy Lee

Associate Professor

 (319) 384-1762 amy-lee@uiowa.edu 5-610 BSB

Kevin Legge

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-6744 kevin-legge@uiowa.edu 1028 Medical Laboratories

Melissa Lehan-Mackin

Assistant Professor

 319-335-3045 melissa-lehan@uiowa.edu 454 CNB

Vitor Lira

Assistant Professor

 319-335-6966 vitor-lira@uiowa.edu 432 FH, 4324 PBDB

Vincent Magnotta

Associate Professor of Radiology; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering

 319-356-8255 vincent-magnotta@uiowa.edu 0453-D John Colloton Pavilion

Linda McCarter

Professor

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

James McNamara

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation

 319-335-8491 james-mcnamara@uiowa.edu 3270C CBRB

Joseph Modrik

Clinical Assistant Professor

 joseph-modrick@uiowa.edu

William Nauseef

Professor, Internal Medicine

 (319) 335-4278 william-nauseef@uiowa.edu FT 11

Maurine Neiman

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

Andrew Norris

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-7383 andrew-norris@uiowa.edu 1270B CBRB

Michael OHara

Professor & Starch Faculty Fellow

 (319) 335-2460 mike-ohara@uiowa.edu E229 SSH

Gary Pierce

Assistant Professor

 319-335-9487 gary-pierce@uiowa.edu 412 FH

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

John Prineas

Professor

 (319) 335-3347 john-prineas@uiowa.edu 120 IATL

Hank Qi

Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology

 319-335-3084 hank-qi@uiowa.edu 1-632 Bowen Science 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

Richard Roller

Professor

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

Edward Sander

Assistant Professor

 (319) 384-2862 edward-sander@uiowa.edu 1418 SC

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

Professor of Biochemistry

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

David Soll

Professor, Department of Biology

 (319) 335-1117 david-soll@uiowa.edu 302 BBE

Steven Spears

Assistant Professor

 steven-spears@uiowa.edu

Maria Spies

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-3221 maria-spies@uiowa.edu 4-532 BSB

Fayyaz Sutterwala

Associate Professor

 319-335-4261 fayyaz-sutterwala@uiowa.edu D156 MTF

Tina Tootle

Associate Professor

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

Sharon Tucker

Director, Nursing Research, EBP & Quality

 319-356-0518 sharon-tucker@uiowa.edu T100 GH

Lori Wallrath

Professor of Biochemistry

 (319) 335-7920 lori-wallrath@uiowa.edu 3136 MERF

M. Todd Washington

Associate Professor of Biochemistry

 319-335-7518 todd-washington@uiowa.edu 4-610 BSB

H. John Yack

Associate Professor

 (319) 335-9802 john-yack@uiowa.edu 1-243 Medical Education Building

Gideon Zamba

Associate Professor; Director, Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics

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

Nicholas Zavazava

Professor

 (319) 384-6577 nicholas-zavazava@uiowa.edu C429-1 GH

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