Mentors
Tiffany Adrain, M.S.
Title/Position
Special Collections Manager
Adjunct Instructor
Tyler Bell , Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark Blumberg, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Department Chair, University of Iowa Distinguished Chair
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Ryan Boudreau , Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine
Chris Brochu , Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kevin Campbell , Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Ece Demir Lira, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Natalie Denburg , Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Neurology
John F. Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Prospective Mentors
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
Saba Rasheed Ali, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Research Team LSAMP
Professor of 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
Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief, Stead Family Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics - General Neurology
Professor of Neurology
Melissa Bates
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Health and Human Physiology
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
Gordon Buchanan, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Neurology
Beth L. Tross Epilepsy Professor
Martha Carvour, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Thomas Casavant, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Roy J. Carver, Jr. Chair in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director of Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Chi-Lien Cheng, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Department of Biology
Catherine Cherwin, Ph.D., RN
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Marcelo Correia, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
David Cwiertny, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Director of Environmental Policy Research Program
Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
William D. Ashton Professor of Civil Engineering
Sandra Daack-Hirsch, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Executive Associate Dean
Interim Dean for Graduate Practice Programs
College of Nursing
Dao-Fu Dai, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Ben Darbro, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics & Genomics
Director, Shivanand R. Patil Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory
Associate Director, Iowa Institute of Human Genetics
David Drake, BS, MS, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Endodontics
Professor of Iowa Institute for Oral Health
Martine Dunnwald, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Research Associate Professor
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jennifer Fiegel, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Professor (secondary) of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics
Researcher, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
Researcher, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute
Researcher, Center for Gene Therapy of Cystic Fibrosis and Other Genetic Diseases
Researcher, Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing
John Freeman, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Associate Department Chair
Dewey B. Stuit Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director
Ph.D. Program
College of Nursing
Jean Gordon, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Steven Green, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Department of Biology
Charles Grose, M.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Pediatric - 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
Professor
MR-Linac Technical Director
Director of Clinical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
Erin Irish, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Dorit Kliemann, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Mike Knudson, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Professor of Pathology
Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
Medical Director of the DeGowin Blood Bank and Donor Center
Damian Krysan, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Pediatric - Infectious Disease
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Samuel J. Fomon Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary, Allergy, and Infectious Diseases
Division Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Ryan LaLumiere, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Ronnie Ketchel Faculty Fellow
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Occupational and Environmental Health
Fang Lin, MD, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Susan Lutgendorf, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Co-Director, Behavioral and Biomedical Interface Training Program (T32)
Dewey B. Stuit Professor
Bob McMurray, Ph.D.
Title/Position
F. Wendell Miller Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Molly Nikolas, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director of Clinical Training
Jonathan Nizar, MD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Peggy Nopoulos, MD
Title/Position
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics
Chair and DEO, Department of Psychiatry
Matthew O'Brien, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Psychology
Clinical Associate Professor of School Psychology
Jason Radley, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor
Ronnie Ketchel Faculty Fellow
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Lilliana Radoshevich
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Heather Sander, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
Scott Shaw, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Chemistry
Madeline Shea, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Stefan Strack, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
John Paul Long Professor of Pharmacology
Vice Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Emily Thomas, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Daniel Tranel, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Senior Director of Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship
Thaddeus Wadas, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine
Co-Director, Theranostics Lab and Production Facility
Director, Small Animal Imaging Facility
Director, Wadas Laboratory
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology