People

Faculty

Karin Allenspach-Jorn
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Medicine
allek@iastate.edu
Gwyn Beattie
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
gbeattie@iastate.edu
Joshua Beck
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
jrbeck@iastate.edu
Bryan Bellaire
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
bbella@iastate.edu
Madan Bhattacharyya
- Professor
Department
- Agronomy
mbhattac@iastate.edu
Julie Blanchong
- Associate Professor
Department
- Natural Resource Ecology and Management
julieb@iastate.edu
Bradley Blitvich
- Professor
- Interim Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Training
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
blitvich@iastate.edu
Thomas Bobik
- Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
bobik@iastate.edu
Nancy Boury
- Associate Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
nan1@iastate.edu
Terri Boylston
- Associate Professor
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
tboylsto@iastate.edu
Byron Brehm-Stecher
- Associate Professor
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
byron@iastate.edu
Eric Burrough
- Professor
Department
- Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
burrough@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
mcho@iastate.edu
Joan Cunnick
- Professor
Department
- Animal Science
jcunnick@iastate.edu
James Dickson
- Professor
Department
- Animal Science
jdickson@iastate.edu
Timothy Ellis
- Associate Professor
Department
- Civil, Constr. and Environmental Eng
tge@iastate.edu
Iddo Friedberg
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
idoerg@iastate.edu
Phillip Gauger
- Associate Professor
Department
- Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
pcgauger@iastate.edu
Mark Gleason
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
mgleason@iastate.edu
Ronald Griffith
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
rgriffit@iastate.edu
Mohan Gupta
- Associate Professor
Department
- Genetics Development and Cell Biology
mgupta@iastate.edu
Steven Hall
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
stevenjh@iastate.edu
Larry Halverson
- Associate Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
larryh@iastate.edu
Thomas Harrington
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
tcharrin@iastate.edu
Steven Harris
- Department Chair Plant Pathology Microbiology and Entomology
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
stevenh1@iastate.edu
Adina Howe
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
adina@iastate.edu
Soyoun Hwang
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
soyoun.hwang@usda.gov
Kaoru Ikuma
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Civil, Constr. and Environmental Eng
kikuma@iastate.edu
Laura Jarboe
- Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
ljarboe@iastate.edu
Marian Kohut
- Professor
Department
- Kinesiology
mkohut@iastate.edu
Amanda Kreuder
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
akreuder@iastate.edu
Ganwu Li
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
liganwu@iastate.edu
Torey Looft
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
tlooft@iastate.edu
Crystal Loving

Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
crystal.loving@usda.gov
Mark Lyte
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
mlyte@iastate.edu
Thomas Mansell
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
mansell@iastate.edu
Jodi McGill
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
jlmcgill@iastate.edu
Melha Mellata
- Associate Professor
- Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program DOGE, 2022-2024
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
mmellata@iastate.edu
Aubrey Mendonca
- Associate Professor
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
amendon@iastate.edu
W. Allen Miller
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
wamiller@iastate.edu
Cathy Miller
- Interim Department Chair
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
clm@iastate.edu
Thomas Moorman
- Affiliate Associate Professor
Department
- Agronomy
tom.moorman@ars.usda.gov
Gary Munkvold
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
munkvold@iastate.edu
Steven Olsen
- Affiliate Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
solsen@iastate.edu
Say Ong
- Professor
Department
- Civil, Constr. and Environmental Eng
skong@iastate.edu
Tanja Opriessnig
- Professor
Department
- Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
tanjaopr@iastate.edu
Nicholas Peters
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
ntpeters@iastate.edu
Gregory Phillips
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
gregory@iastate.edu
Paul Plummer
- Professor
Department
- Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
pplummer@iastate.edu
Nigel Reuel
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
reuel@iastate.edu
James Roth
- Distinguished Professor
- Director, Center for Food Security and Public Health
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
jaroth@iastate.edu
Orhan Sahin
- Associate Professor
Department
- Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
osahin@iastate.edu
Stephan Schmitz-Esser
- Professor
Department
- Animal Science
sse@iastate.edu
Alexandra Scupham
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
ascupham@iastate.edu
Zengyi Shao
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
zyshao@iastate.edu
Ryan Smith
- Associate Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
smithr@iastate.edu
Michelle Soupir
- Professor
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
msoupir@iastate.edu
Brett Sponseller
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
baspon@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Swanner
- Associate Professor
Department
- Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
eswanner@iastate.edu
Eric Vaughn
- Affiliate Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
emvaughn@iastate.edu
David Verhoeven
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
davidver@iastate.edu
Michael Wannemuehler
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
mjwannem@iastate.edu
Aude Watrelot
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
watrelot@iastate.edu
Steven Whitham
- Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
swhitham@iastate.edu
Qijing Zhang
- Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
- Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
zhang123@iastate.edu
Jianqiang Zhang
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Medicine
jqzhang@iastate.edu

Collaborators

Timothy Parkin
- Research Microbiologist
tim.parkin@ars.usda.gov

Staff

Dai Nguyen
- Graduate Student Services Specialist
dna112@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Katie Allgaier
- Graduate Research Assistant
kde114@iastate.edu
Chiron Anderson
- Graduate Student
Department
- Animal Science
chirona@iastate.edu
Abesh Bera
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Genetics Development and Cell Biology
abesh@iastate.edu
Zachary Burton
- Graduate Research Assistant
Department
- Civil, Constr. and Environmental Eng
zburton@iastate.edu
Grace Carey
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
gcarey1@iastate.edu
Michelle Chamberlain

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
mchamber@iastate.edu
Bienvenido (Ben) Cortes
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Animal Science
bwcortes@iastate.edu
Sarah DeWolf
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
skdewolf@iastate.edu
Debarpan Dhar
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
debarpan@iastate.edu
Malissa Grimsley
- Graduate Student
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
mklinger@iastate.edu
Lucille Jonas
- Graduate Assistant
lcjonas@iastate.edu
Lucas Koester
- Graduate Student
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
lkoest12@iastate.edu
Nicholas Lizer
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
nlizer@iastate.edu
Holly Loper
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
hjloper@iastate.edu
Jared Meinen-Jochum
- Graduate Student
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
jmjochum@iastate.edu
Anastasia Meyerhofer

she/her/hers
- Graduate Student
alm17@iastate.edu
Maureen Moroney

any/no preference
- Graduate Student
mmoroney@iastate.edu
Logan Ott
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
ott@iastate.edu
Kruttika-Suhas Phadke
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
ksphadke@iastate.edu
Faith Rahic-Seggerman

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Animal Science
fms@iastate.edu
Marissa Roghair Stroud

she/her/hers
- Graduate Student
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
mroghair@iastate.edu
Brandon Ruddell
- Graduate Student
Department
- Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
bruddell@iastate.edu
Dylan Schultz
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Animal Science
dls@iastate.edu
Swastik Sen
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
ssen@iastate.edu
Caleb Skow
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
cskow02@iastate.edu
Amali Stephens
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Kinesiology
amalis@iastate.edu
Zackry Stevenson
- Graduate Assistant
zackrys@iastate.edu
Jessica Strathman
- Graduate Assistant
jessica5@iastate.edu
Hannah Watkins
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
hrwatk@iastate.edu