Below is a list of the current mentors in the Iowa Sciences Academy that are mentoring our students. If interested in finding a mentor, please also see the list of Prospective Mentors below.

Current Mentors

Bryan Phillips

Brian Phillips

Title/Position
Professor Biology Dept
Vincent Rodgers
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Vincent G.J. Rodgers, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Kathleen Sluka

Kathleen Sluka

Title/Position
Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Long-Sheng Song

Long-Sheng Song

Title/Position
Professor of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jack Stapleton

Jack Stapleton , MD

Title/Position
Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Michelle Voss

Michelle Voss , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor, Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Elizabeth Walker

Elizabeth Walker, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Scholar
Edward Wasserman

Edward Wasserman, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Dewey B. Stuit Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Michael Wendt

Michael Wendt , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Kristan Worthington

Kristan Worthington , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering

Prospective Mentors

Ted Abel

Ted Abel, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience
Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Saba Rasheed Ali, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Research Team LSAMP
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Associate Dean for Research, College of Education
Kelly Baker

Kelly Baker, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Occupational and Environmental Health
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Alexander Bassuk, M.D., Ph.D.

Title/Position
Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief, Stead Family Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics - General Neurology
Professor of Neurology
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Melissa Bates

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Health and Human Physiology
Ryan Boudreau

Ryan Boudreau , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine
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Terry Braun, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Hansjoerg E.J.W. Kolder MD Associate Professor in Best Disease Research
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Researcher, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Director of Coordinated Laboratory for Computational Genomics
Researcher, Institute for Vision Research
Chris Brochu

Chris Brochu , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gordon Buchanan

Gordon Buchanan, MD, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Neurology
Beth L. Tross Epilepsy Professor