GDCB - Key Persons

Abbigail McCune

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Member of the Communications Team
Member of the Executive Committee
Representative
Graduate Assistant ( Espin Palazon Lab )

Abesh Bera

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Member of the Executive Committee
Graduate Assistant ( Gupta Lab )
Student Representative )

Alan G Atherly

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Member of the Emeritus and Retired Faculty Team
Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology ( 2004 ) Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Alexis Atkinson

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Academic Adviser II

Alison Esser

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Academic Adviser II

Allison Triebe

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Graduate Assistant ( Kelley Lab )

Amanda N Kirk

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Graduate Assistant ( Tuteja Lab )

Anh Pham

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Graduate Assistant ( Kang / Bai Labs )

Ankur Kumar

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Member of the Executive Committee
Graduate Assistant ( Bai Lab )
Student Representative )

Anthony J Sillman

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Graduate Assistant ( Espin Palazon Lab )

Anurag Das

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Graduate Assistant ( Bai Lab )

Aron Nakama

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Teaching Lab Coordinator

Ashwini Rangaraj

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Graduate Assistant ( Tuteja Lab )

Astha Tuladhar

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Graduate Assistant, Essner Lab

Bing Yang

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Professor ( Affiliate Faculty )

Professor Yang received his B.S. in 1986 and his M.Sc. in 1989 from Southwest Forestry College in China. In 2000, he received his Ph.D. from Kansas State University, where he continued his studies as a postdoctoral research fellow from 2001-2004. From 2004-2006, he was Research Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at KSU. In 2007, he became assistant professor in Genetics, Development and Cell Biology at Iowa State University and in 2013 was promoted to associate professor with tenure. In 2018, he was promoted to professor. He also became an affiliate faculty member with Iowa State University in 2018. He currently is a professor with the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Brian Zebosi

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Graduate Assistant ( Volllbrecht Lab )

Carolyn J Lawrence-Dill

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Associate Dean for Research and Discovery, CALS
Professor

Cecil R Stewart

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Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology / Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology

Chanda Skelton

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Teaching Lab Coordinator

Charles F. Curtiss

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Distinguished Professor ( Courtesy Joint Faculty )
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Chris Myers

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Teaching Lab Coordinator

Christopher J Maylard

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Systems Analyst II

Clarice Gonzales

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Graduate Assistant ( Kelley Lab )

Clark R Coffman

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Associate Professor

Clifford E Lamotte

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Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology ( 1995 )

Clyde Campbell

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Assistant Professor
Member of the Executive Committee

Colin Finnegan

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Graduate Assistant ( Vollbrecht Lab )

Craig Cowling

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Graduate Assistant ( Kelley Lab )

Education B.S., Biotechnology, California State University San Marcos, 2020

Curtis Mosher

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Associate
Scientist

Dale D. Grosvenor - Chairman

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Chairman

Damilola Olatunji

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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kelley Lab

Danise Jones

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Member of the Communications Team
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Graduate Affairs Committee
Graduate Student Services Specialist, Website Administrator
Staff

Darwin A Campbell

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Program Manager

David Oliver

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Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology ( 2014 )

Diane Bassham

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Chairman of the Executive Committee
Chairman of the Promotion and Tenure Committee
Distinguished Professor
Promotion and Tenure Committee Chair

Dior Kelley

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Kelley, Assistant Professor, received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2000, and her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California Davis in 2009. Dr. Kelley joined GDCB in January 2015.

Dirk Winkelman

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Graduate Assistant ( BBMB Student, Yandeau - Nelson Lab )

Donald S Sakaguchi

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Member of the Executive Committee
Genetics Director
Morrill Professor
Morrill Professor Director of Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Programs / Cellular Biology / Development

Dr. Sakaguchi, Morrill Professor, received his B.S. in Biology and Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the State University of New York-Albany. After serving as a postdoctoral scholar and research biologist at the University of California-San Diego, Dr. Sakaguchi joined the faculty at Iowa State University as an Assistant Professor. He has served as Chair of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience here at ISU, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Science at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Carly Manz

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Assistant Chair for Teaching and Associate Teaching Professor

Dr. Carly Manz received her Ph.D. in Geology in 2015 from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Her Ph.D. adviser was Dr. Jonathan Bloch. Dr. Manz joined GDCB as a Lecturer for Biology 255L and 256L in August 2015.

Drena Dobbs

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University Professor Emeritus

Education B.S., University of Georgia, 1977 Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1983

Elizabeth McNeill

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Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition ( Courtesy Joint Faculty )

Elizabeth Snella

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Research Associate I, Espin Palazon Lab

Emily Kapler

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Student Services Specialist II - Biology

Eric Henderson

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Chairman of the Executive Committee
Member of the Communications Team
Professor

Erica Unger-Wallace

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Member of the Executive Committee
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Library Liaison

Erik Vollbrecht

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Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee
Development

Eve Syrkin Wurtele

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Professor Emeritus

Fang Liu

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Postdoctoral Research Associate, McGrail Lab

Floyd, BE

Rojas H, B Floyd, S Morriss, D Bassham, G MacIntosh and A Goldraij. 2015. NnSR1, a class III non-S-RNase specifically induced in Nicotiana alata under Pi deficiency, is localized in endoplasmic reticulum compartments. Plant Sci 236:250-9.