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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Environmental Science

Genetics and Genomics

Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies

Tenure Faculty

Lynn Clark
- Professor
- Director, Ada Hayden Herbarium
lgclark@iastate.edu
Dean Adams
- Distinguished Professor
dcadams@iastate.edu
Amy Burgin
- Professor and Chair
burginam@iastate.edu
William Crumpton
- University Professor
crumpton@iastate.edu
Phoebe Edwards

she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor
pde@iastate.edu
Tracy Heath
- Associate Professor
phylo@iastate.edu
Wenjuan Huang
- Assistant Professor
wjhuang@iastate.edu
Matthew Hufford
- Professor
- Cassling Family Professor
mhufford@iastate.edu
Dennis Lavrov
- Professor
dlavrov@iastate.edu
Charlie Loewen

he/him/his
- Assistant Professor
cloewen@iastate.edu
Chaoqun (Crystal) Lu
- Associate Professor
clu@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
- Associate Professor
kjroe@iastate.edu
Jeanne Serb
- Professor
- Director, Office of Biotechnology
serb@iastate.edu
Amy Toth

she/her/hers
- Professor
- Chair - Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
amytoth@iastate.edu
Nicole Valenzuela
- Professor
nvalenzu@iastate.edu
Robert Wallace
- Associate Professor
rwallace@iastate.edu
Ryan Weaver
- Assistant Professor
rjweaver@iastate.edu
Jonathan Wendel
- Distinguished Professor
jfw@iastate.edu
Brian Wilsey
- Professor
bwilsey@iastate.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Lori Biederman
- Adjunct Associate Professor
lbied@iastate.edu
Boris Jovanovic
- Adjunct Associate Professor
prcko@iastate.edu
Corinna Most
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Co-Director of the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project
cmost@iastate.edu
Norah Warchola
- Assistant Teaching Professor
warchola@iastate.edu

Affiliate and Collaborating Faculty

Anne Bronikowski
- Professor
abroniko@iastate.edu
Haldre Rogers
- Associate Professor
haldre@iastate.edu
Mark Widrlechner
- Associate Professor
isumw@iastate.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Ralph Ackerman
- Professor Emeritus
racker@iastate.edu
Bonnie Bowen
- Professor Emerita
bsbowen@iastate.edu
William Clark
- Professor Emeritus
wrclark@iastate.edu
James Colbert
- Professor Emeritus
jtcolber@iastate.edu
Brent Danielson
- Professor Emeritus
jessie@iastate.edu
John Downing
- Professor Emeritus
downing@iastate.edu
Fredric Janzen
- Professor
fjanzen@iastate.edu
Tom Jurik
- Professor Emeritus
jurik@iastate.edu
Kirk Moloney
- Professor Emeritus
kmoloney@iastate.edu
John Nason
- Professor Emeritus
jnason@iastate.edu
John Pleasants
- Adjunct Associate Professor
jpleasan@iastate.edu
James Raich
- Professor Emeritus
jraich@iastate.edu
Arnold van der Valk
- Professor Emeritus
valk@iastate.edu
Carol Vleck
- Professor Emerita
cvleck@iastate.edu

Staff

Alexis Atkinson
- Academic Advisor II
alexisa@iastate.edu
Angela Clarahan
- Graduate Student Services Specialist I
clarahan@iastate.edu
Emily Kapler
- Student Services Specialist II
- Transfer Student Coordinator
ekapler@iastate.edu
Deborah Lewis
- Curator III
dlewis@iastate.edu
Allison Manz
- Student Services Coordinator II
almanz@iastate.edu
Kenneth McCabe
- Greenhouse Manager
kgmccabe@iastate.edu
Christopher Myers
- Teaching Laboratory Coordinator
cgmyers@iastate.edu
Lauren Ramos
- Assistant Director Academic Advising
laurenw@iastate.edu
Mira Sanderson

she/her/hers
- Information Technology Support III
mira@iastate.edu
Chanda Skelton
- Teaching Laboratory Coordinator
chanda@iastate.edu
Sam Smith
- Administrative Assistant II
samsmith@iastate.edu
Richard Williams
- Student Services Specialist II
dickwms@iastate.edu

Research Associates

Jordan Carr
- Research Scientist I
jecarr@iastate.edu
Madelyn Clements
- Teaching Laboratory Specialist I
madelyn1@iastate.edu
Katie Cope
- Research Scientist I
ktjcope@iastate.edu
Danielle Eads
- Research Scientist I
deads@iastate.edu
Stephen Fisher
- Research Scientist II
swfisher@iastate.edu
Rachel Fleck
- Research Scientist II
rfleck@iastate.edu
David Green
- Research Scientist III
dgreen1@iastate.edu
Corrinne Grover
- Associate Scientist
corrinne@iastate.edu
Kyle McElroy
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
kmcelroy@iastate.edu
Cody Porter
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
cporter1@iastate.edu
Elena Sandry
- Research Scientist I
esandry@iastate.edu
Itzel Sifuentes-Romero
- Research Scientist III
itzels@iastate.edu
Greg Stenback
- Research Scientist III
gastenba@iastate.edu
Michael Syring
- Assistant Scientist
- Lab Manager
mlsyring@iastate.edu
Carlos Tenesaca
- Research Associate I
charlie4@iastate.edu
Bo Yi
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
boyi@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Abdullahi Adeola
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Environmental Science
- Advisor: William Crumpton
aadeola@iastate.edu
Momin Ahmed
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Dennis Lavrov
makhaki@iastate.edu
William Amendola Bye
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Genetics and Genomics
- Advisor: Nicole Valenzuela
bye@iastate.edu
Puja Bajracharya
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Microbiology
- Advisor: Ryan Weaver
pujabcb@iastate.edu
Sigournie Brock
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Advisor: Tracy Heath
srbrock@iastate.edu
Jerilyn Jean Calaor
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Co-Advisors: Amy Toth and Haldre Rogers
jmcalaor@iastate.edu
Julianna Cox
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Environmental Science
- Advisor: William Crumpton
jcox1@iastate.edu
Daniel Edwards
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Charlie Loewen
dje@iastate.edu
Mudith Ekanayake
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Genetics and Genomics
- Advisor: Dennis Lavrov
mudith@iastate.edu
Thea Gessler
- Graduate Assistant
tgessler@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Glynne
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Dean Adams
eglynne@iastate.edu
Sharmistha Goswami
- Graduate Assistant
sharmig@iastate.edu
Elena Grieser
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Advisor: Matthew Hufford
elenaj@iastate.edu
Md Shazid Hasan

He/His
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Advisor: Jeanne Serb
shazid@iastate.edu
Kale Hawks
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Corinna Most
- GREBE Secretary; GSO DEIC Representative
kahawks@iastate.edu
Matthew Healy
- Graduate Assistant
mhealy7@iastate.edu
Erika Ibarra-Garibay
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Amy Toth
egaribay@iastate.edu
Grace Jackson
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Charlie Loewen
ghj@iastate.edu
Kaitlyn Kelley
- Graduate Assistant
kkelley@iastate.edu
Mia Locquegnies
- Graduate Assistant
mlocqueg@iastate.edu
Morgan Moore
- EEB Graduate Research Assistant
- EEOB GSO DEIC Representative
- Advisor: Amy Toth
mimoore@iastate.edu
Jonathan Norton
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Environmental Science
- Advisor: William Crumpton
jdnorton@iastate.edu
Ceren Ordas
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Jeanne Serb
cordas@iastate.edu
Amy Pollpeter
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Advisor: Matthew Hufford
amyrp@iastate.edu
Colin Schuller
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Genetics and Genomics
- Advisor: Nicole Valenzuela
cschulle@iastate.edu
Nathan Soley
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Brian Wilsey
nsoley@iastate.edu
Nicholas Topping
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Nicole Valenzuela
topping@iastate.edu
Amanda Wyzykowski
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Brian Wilsey
awyzy@iastate.edu
Shuchao Ye
- Graduate Assistant
- Program: Environmental Science
- Advisor: Crystal Lu
ysc@iastate.edu