Mentors
Mark Blumberg, Ph.D.
Title/Position
F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Azeez Butali, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine
Ece Demir Lira, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
John F. Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Andrew Forbes, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Joel Geerling, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Jessica Goetz, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine
Bin Z. He, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Biology
Li-Chun (Queena) Lin, PhD
Title/Position
Director, Iowa NeuroBank Core
Prospective Mentors
Tori Forbes, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Co-PI, UI-MARC
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Vincent G.J. Rodgers, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Co-PI, UI-LSAMP
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ted Abel, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Saba Rasheed Ali, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Research Team LSAMP
Professor, Counseling Psychology
Associate Dean for Research, College of Education
Kelly Baker, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health
Bengi Baran, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Alexander Bassuk, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology
Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Melissa Bates
Title/Position
Associate Professor Health and Human Physiology
Terry Braun, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Gordon Buchanan, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Neurology
Martha Carvour, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Thomas Casavant, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Chi-Lien Cheng, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department of Biology
Catherine Cherwin, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Marcelo Correia, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism
David Cwiertny, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
Sandra Daack-Hirsch, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, College of Nursing
Executive Associate Dean, Nursing
Dao-Fu Dai, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Ben Darbro, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
David Drake, BS, MS, PhD
Title/Position
Professor of Endodontics
Martine Dunnwald, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jennifer Fiegel, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
John Freeman, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Stuit Faculty Fellow
Silvia Gasparini
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology
Pamela Geyer, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Co-Director, UI Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Director, PhD Program, College of Nursing
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Jean Gordon, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Title/Position
Director of PhD Studies, Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders
Associate Professor, Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders
Steven Green, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department of Biology
Charles Grose, M.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Disease
Kristi Hendrickson, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Douglas Houston
Title/Position
Professor of Biology
Director, Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB)
Daniel Hyer, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Medical Physics Residency Director
MR-Linac Technical Director
Erin Irish
Title/Position
Associate Professor Biology
Allison Jaynes, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Dorit Kliemann, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Mike Knudson, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Professor, Pathology
Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology
Co-Medical Director of the DeGowin Blood Center - Blood Bank and Donor Collections
Damian Krysan, M.D., Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Pediatrics-Infectious Disease
Ryan LaLumiere, Ph.D.
Title/Position
AssociateProfessor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health
Fang Lin, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Susan Lutgendorf, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Co-Director, Behavioral and Biomedical Interface Training Program (T32)
Bob McMurray, Ph.D.
Title/Position
F. Wendell Miller Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Molly Nikolas, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jonathan Nizar
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Nephrology
Peggy Nopoulos, M.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Neurology
Matthew O'Brien, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Krystal Parker, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Jason Radley, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Lilliana Rodoshevich
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Heather Sander, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
Associate Professor, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
Scott Shaw, Ph.D.
Title/Position
UI-MARC Core Mentor
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Madeline Shea, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Biochemistry
Sarit Smolikove, Ph.D.
Title/Position
UI-MARC Core Mentor
Associate Professor, Biology
Stefan Strack, Ph.D.
Title/Position
UI-MARC Core Mentor
Professor, Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Emily Thomas, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Daniel Tranel, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Neurology
Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Thaddeus Wadas, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine
Edward Wasserman, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology
Daniel Weeks, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Biochemistry
Joshua Weiner, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department of Biology
Associate Dean for Research, CLAS
Florence Williams, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Chemistry