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Faculty

Dean Adams
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dcadams@iastate.edu
Tavis Anderson
- Research Biologist at the National Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
tavis.anderson@usda.gov
Carson Andorf
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department
- Computer Science
carson_andorf@usda.gov
Madan Bhattacharyya
- Professor
Department
- Agronomy
mbhattac@iastate.edu
Steven Cannon
- Collaborator Associate Professor
Department
- Agronomy
steven.cannon@usda.gov
Alicia Carriquiry
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Statistics
alicia@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
mcho@iastate.edu
Ratul Chowdhury
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
ratul@iastate.edu
Myra Cohen
- Professor
- Lanh & Oanh Nguyen Endowed Chair of Software Engineering
Department
- Computer Science
mcohen@iastate.edu
Jack Dekkers
- C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
- Section Leader of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Department
- Animal Science
jdekkers@iastate.edu
Julie Dickerson
- Professor
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
julied@iastate.edu
Philip Dixon
- University Professor
Department
- Statistics
pdixon@iastate.edu
Karin Dorman
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
- Statistics
kdorman@iastate.edu
Mohamed El-Gazzar
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
elgazzar@iastate.edu
Oliver Eulenstein
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
oeulenst@cs.iastate.edu
Shuizhang Fei
- Professor
Department
- Horticulture
sfei@iastate.edu
Iddo Friedberg
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
idoerg@iastate.edu
Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
- Professor
Department
- Mechanical Engineering
baskarg@iastate.edu
Phillip Gauger
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
pcgauger@iastate.edu
Corrinne Grover
- Research Scientist III
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
corrinne@iastate.edu
Xun Gu
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
xgu@iastate.edu
Mark Hargrove
- Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
msh@iastate.edu
Tracy Heath
- Assistant Professor
- - BCB Supervisory Committee - August 1 2023 - July 31, 2026
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
phylo@iastate.edu
Eric Henderson
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
telomere@iastate.edu
Adina Howe
- Associate Professor
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
adina@iastate.edu
Xiaoqiu Huang
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
xqhuang@iastate.edu
Matthew Hufford
- Professor
- BCB Director of Graduate Education and Chair - July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
mhufford@iastate.edu
Ali Jannesari
- Associate Professor
Department
- Computer Science
jannesar@iastate.edu
Laura Jarboe
- Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
ljarboe@iastate.edu
Robert Jernigan
- Curtiss Distinguished Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
jernigan@iastate.edu
Douglas Jones
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
jonesdou@iastate.edu
Claus Kadelka
- Assistant Professor
- -BCB Supervisory Committee - August 1 2023 - July 31, 2026
Department
- Mathematics
ckadelka@iastate.edu
Dior Kelley
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
dkelley@iastate.edu
Karl Kerns
- Assistant Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027
Department
- Animal Science
kkerns@iastate.edu
James Koltes
- Associate Professor
Department
- Animal Science
jekoltes@iastate.edu
Suraj Kothari
- Professor
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
kothari@iastate.edu
Monica Lamm
- Associate Professor
mhlamm@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Peng Liu
- Associate Professor
Department
- Statistics
pliu@iastate.edu
Chaoqun (Crystal) Lu
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
clu@iastate.edu
Robyn Lutz
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
rlutz@iastate.edu
Jack Lutz
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
lutz@cs.iastate.edu
Gustavo MacIntosh
- Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
gustavo@iastate.edu
S.K. Mallapragada
- Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
suryakm@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
wamiller@iastate.edu
Walter Moss
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
wmoss@iastate.edu
Dan Nettleton
- Distinguished Professor
- Laurence H. Baker Chair
Department
- Statistics
dnett@iastate.edu
Jennifer Newman
- Associate Professor
Department
- Mathematics
jlnewman@iastate.edu
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
- Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
marit@iastate.edu
Rueben Peters
- Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
rjpeters@iastate.edu
Davit Potoyan
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemistry
potoyan@iastate.edu
James Reecy
- Professor
Department
- Animal Science
jreecy@iastate.edu
Julien Roche
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
jroche@iastate.edu
David Rosero
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Animal Science
dsrosero@iastate.edu
Don Sakaguchi
- Morrill Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
dssakagu@iastate.edu
Patrick Schnable
- Distinguished Professor
- Iowa Corn Endowed Chair of Genetics
Department
- Agronomy
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
schnable@iastate.edu
Jeanne Serb
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
serb@iastate.edu
Andrew Severin
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
severin@iastate.edu
Jacqueline Shanks
- Manley Hoppe Professor
jshanks@iastate.edu
Ravindra Singh
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
singhr@iastate.edu
Jonathan Smith
- Professor
Department
- Mathematics
jdhsmith@iastate.edu
Xueyu Song
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
xsong@iastate.edu
Juan Steibel
- Professor
Department
- Animal Science
jsteibel@iastate.edu
Amy Toth
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
amytoth@iastate.edu
Alex Travesset
- Associate Professor
Department
- Physics and Astronomy
trvsst@ameslab.gov
Giovani Trevisan
- Research Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
trevisan@iastate.edu
Christopher Tuggle
- Professor
Department
- Animal Science
cktuggle@iastate.edu
Geetu Tuteja
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
geetu@iastate.edu
Eric Underbakke
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
esu@iastate.edu
Nicole Valenzuela
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
nvalenzu@iastate.edu
Amy Vincent
- Research Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA-ARS-National Animal Disease Center, Affiliate Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Amy.Vincent@usda.gov
Erik Vollbrecht
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
vollbrec@iastate.edu
Justin Walley
- Professor
- Ex-officio - BCB Chair and Director of Graduate Education (DOGE) - 2024 - 2025
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
jwalley@iastate.edu
Kan Wang
- Professor
Department
- Agronomy
kanwang@iastate.edu
Chong Wang
- Professor
Department
- Statistics
chwang@iastate.edu
Ryan Weaver
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
rjweaver@iastate.edu
Jonathan Wendel
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
jfw@iastate.edu
Mary West Greenlee
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
mheather@iastate.edu
Steve Whitham
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
swhitham@iastate.edu
Zhijun Wu
- Professor
Department
- Mathematics
zhijun@iastate.edu
Marna Yandeau-Nelson
- Associate Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
myn@iastate.edu
Michael Zeller
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
mazeller@iastate.edu

Chair

Matthew Hufford
- Professor
- BCB Director of Graduate Education and Chair - July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
mhufford@iastate.edu

Supervisory Committee

Tracy Heath
- Assistant Professor
- - BCB Supervisory Committee - August 1 2023 - July 31, 2026
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
phylo@iastate.edu
Claus Kadelka
- Assistant Professor
- -BCB Supervisory Committee - August 1 2023 - July 31, 2026
Department
- Mathematics
ckadelka@iastate.edu
Karl Kerns
- Assistant Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027
Department
- Animal Science
kkerns@iastate.edu
Justin Walley
- Professor
- Ex-officio - BCB Chair and Director of Graduate Education (DOGE) - 2024 - 2025
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
jwalley@iastate.edu

Curriculum Committee

Julie Dickerson
- Professor
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
julied@iastate.edu
Karin Dorman
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
- Statistics
kdorman@iastate.edu
Oliver Eulenstein
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
oeulenst@cs.iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu

BCB Teaching Faculty

Julie Dickerson
- Professor
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
julied@iastate.edu
Karin Dorman
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
- Statistics
kdorman@iastate.edu
Oliver Eulenstein
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
oeulenst@cs.iastate.edu
Xun Gu
- Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
xgu@iastate.edu
Xiaoqiu Huang
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science
xqhuang@iastate.edu
Robert Jernigan
- Curtiss Distinguished Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
jernigan@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
- Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu

Staff

Carla Harris
- Graduate Student Services Specialist
charris@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Bimala Acharya
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. David Rosero
Department
- Animal Science
bacharya@iastate.edu
Oluwatobiloba Aminu
- Graduate Assistant
osaminu@iastate.edu
Vinchencia Anderson
- Graduate Assistant
andervaa@iastate.edu
Hirva Sunilkumar Bhayani
- Rotation Graduate Student
hbhayani@iastate.edu
Bandana Bhusal
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Shuizhang Fei
Department
- Horticulture
bbhusal@iastate.edu
Pradeep Bk
- Graduate Assistant
pb977@iastate.edu
Sigournie Brock
- Graduate Assistant
srbrock@iastate.edu
Ethan Bush
- Graduate Assistant
ebushsr@iastate.edu
Gretta Buttelmann
- Rotation Graduate Student
glb28@iastate.edu
Jodi Callwood
- Graduate Assistant
jodicall@iastate.edu
Gulam Sarwar Chuwdhury
- Graduate Assistant
sarwar@iastate.edu
Abdelraouf Dapour
- Rotation Graduate Student
raouf@iastate.edu
Alyssa DeLeon
- Graduate Student
deleona2@iastate.edu
Weixia Deng
- Graduate Assistant
wdeng@iastate.edu
Colin Finnegan
- Graduate Assistant
cpf@iastate.edu
Hannah Gates
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Ratul Chowdhury
hgates@iastate.edu
Yuxiang Guo
- Graduate Student
yxguo@iastate.edu
Md Shazid Hasan
- Graduate Assistant
shazid@iastate.edu
Matthew Healy
- Graduate Assistant - Dr. Amy Toth
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
mhealy7@iastate.edu
Jessica Hicks
- Graduate Student
- Staff Scientist, National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL)
- Minion Lab
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
John Hsieh
- Graduate Assistant - Research
- Lamont Lab
Department
- Animal Science
jhsieh@iastate.edu
Xinglin Jia
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Mathematics
xjia@iastate.edu
Qiuhan Jiang
- Graduate Assistant
elenaj@iastate.edu
Xiaohan Jiang
- Graduate Assistant
xiaohanj@iastate.edu
Parnal Joshi
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Friedberg Lab
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
parnal@iastate.edu
Muskan Kapoor
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Tuggle Lab
Department
- Animal Science
muskan@iastate.edu
Mehak Kapoor
- Graduate Assistant
- Tuggle Lab
Department
- Animal Science
mkapoor@iastate.edu
Kelby Kies
- Graduate Assistant
krkies@iastate.edu
Zachary Lozier
- Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D.
zlozier@iastate.edu
Swathi Nadendla
- Graduate Assistant
swathi79@iastate.edu
Thao Nguyen
- Graduate Assistant
thaoq@iastate.edu
Faith Olusegun
- Rotation Graduate Student
faith508@iastate.edu
An Phan
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Mathematics
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
ahphan@iastate.edu
Amy Pollpeter
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
amyrp@iastate.edu
Sabrena Rutledge
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
sabrenar@iastate.edu
Divyanshu Shukla
- Graduate Assistant
divshu@iastate.edu

Alumni

Natalia Acevedo-Luna
- Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Institute of Health
Department
- Statistics
Shofi Andari
- Graduate Assistant
- Dorman Lab
Department
- Statistics
sandari@iastate.edu
Zebulun Arendsee
- Postdoctoral Research - USDA
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Sagnik Banerjee
- Graduate Assistant - Research, Dr. Carson M. Andorf's Lab
Department
- Statistics
sagnik@iastate.edu
Ali Berens
- Data Scientist, Genomic and Data Science Group, Monsanto
Priyanka Bhandary
- Graduate Assistant, Wurtele Lab
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
bhandary@iastate.edu
Bhagyashree Birla
- Genomics Application Scientist at GENEWIZ
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Ian Braun
- Data Engineer - Critical Path Institute
Jennifer Chang
- ORISE Post-Doc, Bioinformatics and Computational Biol at ORISE, USDA, Iowa State University
Keting Chen
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Yandeau-Nelson Lab
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
kchen@iastate.edu
Yulu Chen
- Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D., Dekkers Lab - Graduated Summer 2021
Department
- Animal Science
yuluc@iastate.edu
Alvin Chon
- Graduate Research Assistant, Huang Lab
Department
- Computer Science
achon@iastate.edu
Henri Chung
- Graduate Assistant
hchung@iastate.edu
Shane Dooley
- Graduate Student - Howe Lab - Graduated Summer 2021
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
dooley@iastate.edu
Md-Nafiz Hamid
- Graduate Assistant - Research, Friedberg Lab
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
nafizh@iastate.edu
Mingze He
- Senior Data Scientist at Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
David Hufnagel
- Graduate Assistant-Teaching/Research
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
davehuf@iastate.edu
Ashish Jain
- Graduate Assistant-Research - Dr. Geetu Tuteja
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
jain@iastate.edu
Gaurav Kandoi
- Computational Biology, Scientist - Invaio
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gaurav Kandoi
- Graduate Student
gkandoi@iastate.edu
Pranav Khade
- Postdoctoral Fellow - Computational Biology
- Genentech
- Former Graduate Assistant, Jernigan Lab
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
pranav.m.khade@gmail.com
Avani Khadilkar
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Chaoqun (Crystal) Lu
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
avanik@iastate.edu
Mesih Kilinc
- Graduate Assistant
- Jernigan Lab
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
mesih@iastate.edu
Daniel Kool
- Graduate Assistant, Jernigan Lab
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
kool@iastate.edu
Ambuj Kumar
- Graduate Research Assistant, Jernigan Lab
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
ambuj@iastate.edu
Jia Liu
- Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
liu2040@iastate.edu
Meiling Liu
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Nettleton Lab
- Graduated Fall 2019
Department
- Statistics
meiling@iastate.edu
Ruolin Liu
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Graduated Fall 2017
ruolin@iastate.edu
Nancy Manchanda
- Graduate Research Assistant, Hufford Lab
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
nancym@iastate.edu
Carla Mann
- Postdoctoral Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Alexis Marsh
- Graduate Assistant
almarsh@iastate.edu
Divita Mathur
- Research Assistant Professor, George Mason University & U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Viraj Muthye
- PostDoc - Dr. Dennis Lavrov Lab - Iowa State University
- Graduated Fall 2019
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Megan Neveau
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
mneveau@iastate.edu
Xiyu Peng
- Graduate Research Assistant - Graduated Fall 2021
- Dorman lab
Department
- Statistics
xiyupeng@iastate.edu
Srihari Radhakrishnan
- Bioinformatics Scientist, Arc Bio, LLC
Department
- Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Vishnu Ramasubramanian
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Agronomy - William Beavis
Department
- Agronomy
vishnur@iastate.edu
Sweta Roy

Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Shatabdi Sen
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. Carson Andorf
- Dr. Justin Walley
shatabdi@iastate.edu
Sayane Shome
- PostDoc - Stanford University of Medicine
- Former Graduate Assistant, Jernigan Lab
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
sshome@iastate.edu
Urminder Singh
- Graduate Research Assistant, Wurtele Lab
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
usingh@iastate.edu
Schuyler Smith
- Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D.
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
schuyler.smith@iastate.edu
Daniel Standage
- Associate Principal Investigator of Bioinformatics
Rebekah Starks
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. Geetu Tuteja
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
rstarks1@iastate.edu
Weijia Su
- Graduate Assistant-Research, Peterson Lab
- Graduated Summer 2020
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
weijia@iastate.edu
Priyanka Surana
- Research Associate at University of Sydney
Valeria Velasquez Zapata
- Graduate Research Assistant, Wise Lab
vvelasqz@iastate.edu
Paul Villanueva
- Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D., Rotation Student
pev@iastate.edu
Ha Vu
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Tuteja's Lab
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
hhvu@iastate.edu
Jesse Walsh
- Informatics Specialist II - Mayo Clinic
Yuan Wang
- Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
- Jernigan Lab
- Graduated Fall 2019
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Akshay Yadav

Department
- Computer Science
Colleen Yanarella
- Graduate Research Assistant, Lawrence-Dill Lab
Department
- Agronomy
cfy@iastate.edu
Michael Zeller
- Postdoc, ISU, VDL, Gauger Lab
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
mazeller@iastate.edu
Zerui Zhang
- Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D., Rotation Student
zeruiz@iastate.edu
Naihui Zhou
- Graduate Research Assistant, Friedberg Lab
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
nzhou@iastate.edu