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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
Todd Bell
Professor
Department
Veterinary Pathology
toddbell@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
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
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
Sudhir Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department
Biomedical Sciences
sudhirk@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, 2022-2025
Faculty Senate
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
Timothy Parkin
Research Microbiologist
tim.parkin@ars.usda.gov
Nicholas Peters
Assistant Professor
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
ntpeters@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
Chunhui Xiang
Associate Professor
Department
Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
chxiang@iastate.edu
Curtis Youngs
Morrill Professor, ME Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Animal Agriculture
Department
Animal Science
cryoungs@iastate.edu
Xiaochen Yuan
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
xyuan@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
Staff
Dai Nguyen
Graduate Student Services Specialist
dna112@iastate.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
Holly Loper
Graduate Researcher
Department
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
hjloper@iastate.edu
Brandon Ruddell
Graduate Researcher
Department
Vet Diag and Production Animal Medicine
bruddell@iastate.edu
Graduate Researcher
Umar Shahid
He/him/his
Graduate Researcher
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
ushahid@iastate.edu
Graduate Students
Puja Bajracharya
Graduate Researcher
Department
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
pujabcb@iastate.edu
Catherine Batchelder
Graduate Researcher
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
cvb@iastate.edu
Abesh Bera
Graduate Researcher
Department
Genetics Development and Cell Biology
abesh@iastate.edu
Luke Brown
Graduate Assistant
Department
Animal Science
lab0221@iastate.edu
Zachary Burton
Graduate Researcher
Department
Civil, Constr. and Environmental Eng
zburton@iastate.edu
Grace Carey
Graduate Researcher
Department
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
gcarey1@iastate.edu
Michelle Chamberlain
she/her/hers
Graduate Researcher
Department
Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
mchamber@iastate.edu
Sarah DeWolf
Graduate Researcher
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
skdewolf@iastate.edu
Luke Huggins
He/Him/His
Student
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
lhuggins@iastate.edu
Lucille Jonas
she/her/hers
Graduate Researcher
Department
Animal Science
lcjonas@iastate.edu
Nicholas Lizer
Graduate Researcher
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
nlizer@iastate.edu
Jared Meinen-Jochum
Graduate Researcher
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
jmjochum@iastate.edu
Anastasia Meyerhofer
she/her/hers
Graduate Researcher
alm17@iastate.edu
Logan Ott
Graduate Researcher
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
ott@iastate.edu
Binayak Pandey
he/him/his
Graduate Researcher
Department
Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
binayak@iastate.edu
Faith Rahic-Seggerman
she/her/hers
Graduate Researcher
Department
Animal Science
fms@iastate.edu
Dikshya Regmi
she/her/hers
Graduate Assistant
dikshya@iastate.edu
Jonathan Rodriguez-Gallegos
he/him/his
Graduate Researcher
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Jrod11@Iastate.edu
Marissa Roghair Stroud
she/her/hers
Graduate Researcher
Department
Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
mroghair@iastate.edu
Dylan Schultz
Graduate Researcher
Department
Animal Science
dls@iastate.edu
Ann Clarisse Siababa
she/her/hers
Graduate Assistant
Department
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
asiababa@iastate.edu
Tyler Simpkins
Graduate Assistant
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
trsimpk@iastate.edu
Caleb Skow
Graduate Researcher
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
cskow02@iastate.edu
Amali Stephens
Graduate Researcher
Department
Kinesiology
amalis@iastate.edu
Zackry Stevenson
Graduate Researcher
zackrys@iastate.edu
Madison Stoltz
she/her/hers
Graduate Assistant
mjstoltz@iastate.edu
Jessica Strathman
Graduate Researcher
jessica5@iastate.edu
Angelica Tongco
she/her/hers
Graduate Researcher
aptongco@iastate.edu
Hannah Watkins
Graduate Researcher
Department
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
hrwatk@iastate.edu