People

Tenure Faculty

Lynn Clark
- Professor and Interim Chair
- Director, Ada Hayden Herbarium
lgclark@iastate.edu
Dean Adams
- Distinguished Professor
dcadams@iastate.edu
William Crumpton
- University Professor
crumpton@iastate.edu
Tracy Heath
- Associate Professor
phylo@iastate.edu
Matthew Hufford
- Associate and 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
- Associate Professor
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
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 Assistant Professor
prcko@iastate.edu
Corinna Most
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
cmost@iastate.edu
John Pleasants
- Adjunct Associate Professor
jpleasan@iastate.edu
Ryan Weaver
- Adjunct Assistant Professor

Affiliate and Collaborating Faculty

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

Emeritus Faculty

Ralph Ackerman
- Professor
racker@iastate.edu
Bonnie Bowen
- Adjunct Assistant Professor Emerita
bsbowen@iastate.edu
William Clark
- Professor Emeritus
wrclark@iastate.edu
James Colbert
- Associate Professor Emeritus
jtcolber@iastate.edu
Brent Danielson
- Professor
jessie@iastate.edu
John Downing
- Professor Emeritus
Fredric Janzen
- Professor Emeritus
fjanzen@iastate.edu
Tom Jurik
- Associate Professor Emeritus
jurik@iastate.edu
Kirk Moloney
- Professor Emeritus
kmoloney@iastate.edu
John Nason
- Professor
jnason@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
Wade Dismukes

waded@iastate.edu
Emily Kapler
- Student Services Specialist II
- Transfer Student Coordinator
ekapler@iastate.edu
Deborah Lewis
- Curator III
dlewis@iastate.edu
Amy Lewman
- Administrative Assistant II
alewman@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
Sarah Wehner

she/her
- Academic Advisor II
swehner@iastate.edu
Richard Williams
- Student Services Specialist II
dickwms@iastate.edu

Research Associates

Mark Conaway
- Postdoc Research Associate
markcona@iastate.edu
Danielle Eads
- Research Scientist I
deads@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
- Postdoc Research Associate
kmcelroy@iastate.edu
Cody Porter
- Postdoc 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

Graduate Students

Basanta Bista
- Graduate Assistant
bbista@iastate.edu
Katherine (Kate) Borchardt
- EEOB - Graduate Assistant
- GREBE President
- Advisor - Amy Toth
kateborc@iastate.edu
Isabella Burger

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
iburger@iastate.edu
Jerilyn Jean Calaor
- Graduate Assistant-Research
jmcalaor@iastate.edu
Ignacio Calderon
- Graduate Assistant
ignacioc@iastate.edu
Heather Chamberlain-Irwin

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
hchamber@iastate.edu
Holly Curtinrich
- Graduate Assistant
hrich@iastate.edu
Bruno Do Rosario Petrucci
- Graduate Assistant
petrucci@iastate.edu
Thea Gessler
- Graduate Assistant
tgessler@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Glynne (Boenigk)
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. Dean Adams
eglynne@iastate.edu
Dani Hayes
- Graduate Assistant
Erika Ibarra-Garibay
- Graduate Assistant - Research
- Amy L. Toth
egaribay@iastate.edu
Joshua Justison
- Graduate Assistant
justison@iastate.edu
Holly Loper
- Graduate Assistant
hjloper@iastate.edu
Elizabeth McMurchie
- Graduate Assistant
mcmurch@iastate.edu
Devin Molnau
- Graduate Assistant
demolnau@iastate.edu
Jordan Nikkel
- Graduate Assistant
jjnikkel@iastate.edu
Benjamin Noack
- Research Scientist II
benoack@iastate.edu
Samantha Snodgrass
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Dr. Matthew Hufford
snodgras@iastate.edu
Nathan Soley
- Graduate Assistant
nsoley@iastate.edu
Rachel Sorensen
- Graduate Assistant
rachel2@iastate.edu
Nicholas Topping
- Graduate Assistant-Research
topping@iastate.edu
Tamara Tyner

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
tltyner@iastate.edu
Shuchao Ye
- Graduate Assistant
ysc@iastate.edu
Bo Yi
- Graduate Assistant
boyi@iastate.edu

Angela Clarahan
- Graduate Student Services Specialist I
clarahan@iastate.edu
Allison Manz
- Student Services Coordinator II
almanz@iastate.edu
Noel Thomas
- Student Employee
web_noeljoyt@iastate.edu