People

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Pamela Geyer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stephanie Gilbertson-White

Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director
Ph.D. Program
College of Nursing
Joseph  Gomes

Joseph Gomes, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Joe Gomes is an assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering. He received postdoctoral training in the Departments of Chemistry and Bioengineering at Stanford University, where he worked on method development and applications of deep learning in physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Professor Gomes's research group focuses on method development at the intersection of theory, computation, and deep learning with applications in the areas of computer-aided materials and drug design, catalytic and electrochemical systems, energy generation and storage, and multiscale, multiphysics modeling. He is a contributing developer for Q-Chem, a quantum chemistry software package, and DeepChem, a library for molecular machine learning.
Jean Gordon

Jean Gordon, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
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Steven Green, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Department of Biology
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Charles Grose, M.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Pediatric - Infectious Disease
Jasper Haleka

Jasper Halekas, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Society of Physics Students (SPS) Advisor
Kylee Harford

Kylee Harford

Title/Position
UI-LSAMP Intern (2025-2026)
UI-LSAMP Intern (2024-2025)
Jill Harmande

Jill Harmande

Title/Position
Senior Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center
Luke Hawkins

Luke Hawkins

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
Latham Fellow (2025-2026)
Science Alliance Intern (2024-2025)
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Bin Z. He, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Marco Hefti

Marco Hefti, MD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Pathology
I am a neuropathologist with a particular interest in pediatric and fetal neuropathology. I graduated from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2008. I completed two years of general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston before doing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. I then did a residency in anatomic pathology at Beth Israel before moving to Mount Sinai to do my neuropathology fellowship.
Kristi Hendrickson

Kristi Hendrickson, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jacob Hermann

Jacob Herrmann , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
Klaertje Hesselink

Klaertje Hesselink

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
UI-MARC Trainee (2024-2025)
Tze Ning Hiew

Tze Ning Hiew, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutics Program
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Douglas Houston

Title/Position
Professor of Biology
Director, Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB)
Rainbo Hultman

Rainbo Hultman , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Jenny Huynh

Jenny Huynh

Title/Position
Latham Fellow (2025-2026)
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Daniel Hyer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
MR-Linac Technical Director
Director of Clinical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
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Erin Irish, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
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Allison Jaynes, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Physics and Astronomy
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Katie Joslyn

Title/Position
2022-2023 Latham Fellow
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Bob Kirby, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director, Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates
Andrew Kitchen

Andrew Kitchen, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor Anthropology
Department Executive Officer (Chair)
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Dennis (Martin) Kivlighan III, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor, Co-director of the Telepsychology Training Clinic (TPTC) housed in the College of Education
Counseling Psychology
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Dorit Kliemann, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
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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
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Emmeline Kraus

Title/Position
2022-2023 Latham Fellow