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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
Associate 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
Jack Lutz
Professor
Department
Computer Science
Mathematics
lutz@cs.iastate.edu
Robyn Lutz
Professor
Department
Computer Science
rlutz@iastate.edu
Gustavo MacIntosh
Professor
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
gustavo@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
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
University Professor
Department
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
marit@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
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
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