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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
Sarah Anderson
- Assistant Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
sna@iastate.edu
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
Oliver Eulenstein
Professor
Department
Computer Science
oeulenst@cs.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
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
Heike Hofmann
Professor
Department
Statistics
hofmann@iastate.edu
Adina Howe
Assistant Professor
Department
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
adina@iastate.edu
Xiaoqiu Huang
Professor
Department
Computer Science
xqhuang@iastate.edu
Matthew Hufford
Associate Professor
BCB Associate Chair - 2021 - 2024
Department
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
mhufford@iastate.edu
Ali Jannesari
Assistant 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
Supervisory Committee - August 1, 2021 - July 31, 2024
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
dkelley@iastate.edu
Karl Kerns
Assistant Professor
Department
Animal Science
kkerns@iastate.edu
James Koltes
Assistant 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
Susan Lamont
Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
Department
Animal Science
sjlamont@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
Associate Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
Associate Dean for Research and Discovery
Associate Directory, Agricultural Experiment Station
Department
Agronomy
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
triffid@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
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
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
Associate 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
Associate 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
Associate 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
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
vollbrec@iastate.edu
Justin Walley
Associate Professor
BCB Chair and Director of Graduate Education (DOGE) - 2021 - 2024
Department
Plant Pathology
jwalley@iastate.edu
Chong Wang
Professor
Department
Statistics
chwang@iastate.edu
Kan Wang
Professor
Department
Agronomy
kanwang@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
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
Chair
Justin Walley
Associate Professor
BCB Chair and Director of Graduate Education (DOGE) - 2021 - 2024
Department
Plant Pathology
jwalley@iastate.edu
Associate Chair
Matthew Hufford
Associate Professor
BCB Associate Chair - 2021 - 2024
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
Dior Kelley
Assistant Professor
Supervisory Committee - August 1, 2021 - July 31, 2024
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
dkelley@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
Associate Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Geetu Tuteja
Associate Professor
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
geetu@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
Associate Professor
Department
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
Associate Dean for Research and Discovery
Associate Directory, Agricultural Experiment Station
Department
Agronomy
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
triffid@iastate.edu
Justin Walley
Associate Professor
BCB Chair and Director of Graduate Education (DOGE) - 2021 - 2024
Department
Plant Pathology
jwalley@iastate.edu
Staff
Carla Harris
Graduate Student Services Specialist
charris@iastate.edu
Graduate Students
Bimala Acharya
Graduate Assistant
bacharya@iastate.edu
Oluwatobiloba Aminu
Graduate Assistant
osaminu@iastate.edu
Vinchencia Anderson
Graduate Assistant
andervaa@iastate.edu
Bandana Bhusal
Graduate Assistant
bbhusal@iastate.edu
Pradeep Bk
Graduate Assistant
pb977@iastate.edu
Sigournie Brock
Graduate Assistant
srbrock@iastate.edu
Ethan Bush
Graduate Assistant
ebushsr@iastate.edu
Jodi Callwood
Graduate Assistant
jodicall@iastate.edu
Henri Chung
Graduate Assistant
hchung@iastate.edu
Gulam Sarwar Chuwdhury
Graduate Assistant
sarwar@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
hgates@iastate.edu
Yuxiang Guo
Graduate Student
yxguo@iastate.edu
Md Shazid Hasan
Graduate Assistant
shazid@iastate.edu
Matthew Healy
Graduate Assistant
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
Mehak Kapoor
Graduate Assistant
Tuggle Lab
Department
Animal Science
mkapoor@iastate.edu
Muskan Kapoor
Graduate Research Assistant
Tuggle Lab
Department
Animal Science
muskan@iastate.edu
Kelby Kies
Graduate Assistant
krkies@iastate.edu
Mesih Kilinc
Graduate Assistant
Jernigan Lab
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
mesih@iastate.edu
Jia Liu
Graduate Assistant-Research
Department
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
liu2040@iastate.edu
Zachary Lozier
Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D.
Department
Plant Pathology
zlozier@iastate.edu
Alexis Marsh
Graduate Assistant
almarsh@iastate.edu
Divya Mistry
Graduate Assistant-Research
divyam@iastate.edu
Devin Molnau
Graduate Research Assistant, Nason Lab
Department
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
demolnau@iastate.edu
Swathi Nadendla
Graduate Assistant
swathi79@iastate.edu
Megan Neveau
Graduate Assistant
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
mneveau@iastate.edu
Thao Nguyen
Graduate Assistant
thaoq@iastate.edu
An Phan
Graduate Assistant
Department
Mathematics
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
ahphan@iastate.edu
Amy Pollpeter
Graduate Assistant
Center for Communication Excellence
Graduate Disciplinary Writing Consultant, Agronomy Department
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
amyrp@iastate.edu
Sabrena Rutledge
Graduate Assistant
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
sabrenar@iastate.edu
Shatabdi Sen
Graduate Assistant-Research
Dr. Carson Andorf
Dr. Justin Walley
Department
Plant Pathology
shatabdi@iastate.edu
Chenyu Shi
he/him/his
Graduate Assistant
Department
Mathematics
chenyus@iastate.edu
Divyanshu Shukla
Graduate Assistant
divshu@iastate.edu
Ha Vu
Graduate Assistant-Research
Tuteja's Lab
Department
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
hhvu@iastate.edu
Colleen Yanarella
Graduate Research Assistant, Lawrence-Dill Lab
Department
Agronomy
cfy@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
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
Graduate Student
gkandoi@iastate.edu
Gaurav Kandoi
Computational Biology, Scientist - Invaio
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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
Ruolin Liu
Graduate Assistant-Research
Graduated Fall 2017
ruolin@iastate.edu
Meiling Liu
Graduate Assistant-Research
Nettleton Lab
Graduated Fall 2019
Department
Statistics
meiling@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
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
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
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
Department
Plant Pathology
vvelasqz@iastate.edu
Paul Villanueva
Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D., Rotation Student
pev@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
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
