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

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
Benji Baran

Bengi Baran, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
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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
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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
Gordon Buchanan

Gordon Buchanan, MD, Ph.D.

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

Martha Carvour, MD, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
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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