People

Faculty

Hua Bai

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Diane Bassham

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Thomas Baum

Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Gwyn Beattie

Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Josh Beck

Department
- Biomedical Sciences
Donald Beitz

Department
- Animal Science
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Madan Bhattacharyya

Department
- Agronomy
Bradley Blitvich

Department
- Veterinary Microbiology, & Preventive Medicine
Byron Brehm-Stecher

Department
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
Clyde Campbell

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Michael Cho

Department
- Biomedical Sciences
Peter Clark

Department
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
Clark Coffman
- MCDB Curriculum Committee
Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Raquel Espin Palazon

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Jeffrey Essner

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Hongqing Guo

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Kristen Johansen

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Doug Jones

Department
- Veterinary Pathology
Russell Jurenka

Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Aileen Keating

Department
- Animal Science
Dior Kelley
- Director of Graduate Education - Chair - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028
- Associate Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Michael Kimber

Department
- Biomedical Sciences
Sudhir Kumar
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
sudhirk@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov

Department
- Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology
Gustavo MacIntosh

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Greg Martin
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
martingm@iastate.edu
Richard Martin

Department
- Biomedical Sciences
Maura McGrail

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Elizabeth McNeill

Department
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
Cathy Miller
- Department Chair
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology, & Preventive Medicine
W. Allen Miller
- Executive Committee
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Walter Moss

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Alan Myers

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Alejandro Olmedo Velarde
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
aolmedov@iastate.edu
Reuben Peters

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Jim Reecy

Department
- Animal Science
Julien Roche

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Jason Ross
- Department Chair, Lloyd Anderson Endowed Professor in Physiology
Department
- Animal Science
Matthew Rowling

Department
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
Randy Sacco

Department
- Veterinary Microbiology, & Preventive Medicine
Don Sakaguchi

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Dipali Sashital

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Kevin Schalinske

Department
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
Pat Schnable

Department
- Agronomy
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Ian Schneider

Department
- Chemical & Biological Engineering
Joshua Selsby

Department
- Animal Science
Yeon-Kyun Shin

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Michael Shogren-Knaak

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Ravindra Singh
- Executive Committee
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
Ryan Smith

Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Thimmasettapp Thippeswamy
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
tswamy@iastate.edu
Christopher Tuggle

Department
- Animal Science
Geetu Tuteja

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
David Verhoeven

Department
- Veterinary Microbiology, & Preventive Medicine
Erik Vollbrecht

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Justin Walley

Department
- Plant Pathology
Kan Wang

Department
- Agronomy
Jing Wang
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemical & Biological Engineering
jwang1@iastate.edu
Jie Xu
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
jiexu@iastate.edu
Marna Yandeau-Nelson

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Yang Yang
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
yan9yang@iastate.edu
Yanhai Yin

Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
Olga Zabotina

Department
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Qijing Zhang

Department
- Veterinary Microbiology, & Preventive Medicine

Chair

Dior Kelley
- Director of Graduate Education - Chair - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028
- Associate Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology

Supervisory Committee

Mohan Gupta
- Ex-Officio - DOGE - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology
W. Allen Miller
- Executive Committee
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Ravindra Singh
- Executive Committee
Department
- Biomedical Sciences

Curriculum Committee

Clark Coffman
- MCDB Curriculum Committee
Department
- Genetics, Development, & Cell Biology

Administration

Carla Harris
- Graduate Student Services Specialist II
charris@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
- Executive Committee
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
Ravindra Singh
- Executive Committee
Department
- Biomedical Sciences