People

Faculty

Claire Andreasen
- University Professor
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
candreas@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 & Preventative Medicine
bbella@iastate.edu
Julie Blanchong
- Associate Professor
Department
- Natural Resource Ecology and Management
julieb@iastate.edu
Brad Blitvich
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
blitvich@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Bobeck
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Animal Science
eabobeck@iastate.edu
Paola Boggiatto
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
pbogg@iastate.edu
Alexandra Buckley
- Affiliate Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
alexandra.buckley@usda.gov
Joaquin Caceres
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
jcaceres@iastate.edu
Eric Cassmann
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
cassmann@iastate.edu
Michael Cho
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
mcho@iastate.edu
Fabian Diaz
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
fediaz1@iastate.edu
Raquel Espin Palazon
- Associate Professor
Department
- Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
espin@iastate.edu
Luis Gimenez-Lirola
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
luisggl@iastate.edu
Heather Greenlee
- Dean of the Graduate College
- Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
mheather@iastate.edu
Ronald Griffith
- Vet Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
rgriffit@iastate.edu
Albert Jergens
- Donn E. and Beth M. Bacon Professorship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 (2nd term)
Department
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences
ajergens@iastate.edu
Marian Kohut
- Barbara E. Forker Professor in Kinesiology
Department
- Kinesiology
mkohut@iastate.edu
Crystal Loving
- AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
- ImBio Supervisory Committee - July 1 2025 - June 30 2028
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
loving27@iastate.edu
Greg Martin
- Assistant Professor
martingm@iastate.edu
Katy Martin
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
kamartin@iastate.edu
Jodi McGill
- Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Students
- Professor
- John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
jlmcgill@iastate.edu
Melha Mellata
- Associate Professor
Department
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
mmellata@iastate.edu
Cathy Miller
- Department Chair
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
clm@iastate.edu
Balaji Narasimhan
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
nbalaji@iastate.edu
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
- University Professor
Department
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
marit@iastate.edu
Steven Olsen
- AFFILIATE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
solsen@iastate.edu
Tanja Opriessnig
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
tanjaopr@iastate.edu
Pablo Pineyro-Pineiro
- Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
pablop@iastate.edu
Ellie Putz
- Affiliate
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
ejpowell@iastate.edu
Randy Sacco
- AFFILIATE PROFESSOR
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
resacco@iastate.edu
Macarena Sanz
- Associate Professor
msanz@iastate.edu
Ryan Smith
- Associate Professor
Department
- Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
smithr@iastate.edu
Brett Sponseller
- Associate Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
baspon@iastate.edu
Judith Stabel
- AFFILIATE PROFESSOR
jrstabel@iastate.edu
Louisa Tabatabai
- AFFILIATE PROFESSOR
lbt@iastate.edu
Tyler Thacker
- AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
tthacker@iastate.edu
Christopher Tuggle
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Animal Science
cktuggle@iastate.edu
David Verhoeven
- Assistant Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
davidver@iastate.edu
Michael Wannemuehler
- Professor
- Imbio Director of Graduate Education - August 1, 2026
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
mjwannem@iastate.edu
Meghan Wymore Brand
- USDA
meghan.brand@usda.gov
Jie Xu
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
jiexu@iastate.edu
Kyoungjin Yoon
- Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
kyoon@iastate.edu
Qijing Zhang
- Associate Dean
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
zhang123@iastate.edu

Chair

Michael Wannemuehler
- Professor
- Imbio Director of Graduate Education - August 1, 2026
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
mjwannem@iastate.edu

Supervisory Committee

Fabian Diaz
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
fediaz1@iastate.edu
Crystal Loving
- AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
- ImBio Supervisory Committee - July 1 2025 - June 30 2028
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
loving27@iastate.edu
Katy Martin
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
kamartin@iastate.edu
Pablo Pineyro-Pineiro
- Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
pablop@iastate.edu
David Verhoeven
- Assistant Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
davidver@iastate.edu

Administration

Pablo Pineyro-Pineiro
- Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Department
- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
pablop@iastate.edu
David Verhoeven
- Assistant Professor
- Supervisory Committee - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
davidver@iastate.edu

Staff

Casey Smith
- Graduate Student Services Specialist II
caseys@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Abigail Agyenda
- Graduate Assistant
agyen005@iastate.edu
Tolulope Babatunde
- Student
btphilip@iastate.edu
Lauren Bloodgood
- Graduate Assistant
laurenb2@iastate.edu
Nicholas Bockenstedt
- Graduate Assistant
njb3@iastate.edu
Breigha Boyle
- Graduate Assistant
beboyle@iastate.edu
Jack Brady
- Graduate Assistant
jbrady@iastate.edu
Brooklyn Cauwels
- Graduate Student
Department
- Immunobiology
bmhend14@iastate.edu
John Christiansen
- Graduate Student
johnc2@iastate.edu
Akshara Gaur
- Graduate Student
akshara@iastate.edu
Sharmin Sultana Jyoti
- Graduate Assistant
sjyoti@iastate.edu
Paul Lueth
- Graduate Assistant
pablueth@iastate.edu
Carrie Patience
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Animal Science
cmeeks@iastate.edu
David Ray
- Graduate Student
Department
- Immunobiology
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
dray@iastate.edu
Abhideep Sinha
- Graduate Assistant
abhideep@iastate.edu
Zoe Sirotiak
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Kinesiology
zmsiro@iastate.edu
Jamison Slate
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
jrslate@iastate.edu
Sierra Strenge
- Graduate Assistant
stren062@iastate.edu
Veronica Vazquez
- Graduate Assistant
vavg@iastate.edu

Alumni

Scott Ackerman
- Graduate Student
sracker@iastate.edu
Jessica Alley
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Kinesiology
alleyjr@iastate.edu
Sage Becker
- Graduate Student
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
srbecker@iastate.edu
Lauren Crawford
- Graduate Student
lms0001@iastate.edu
Haley Greiman
- Graduate Assistant
hgreiman@iastate.edu
Suyeon Hong
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
suyeonh@iastate.edu
Carly Kanipe
- Graduate Student
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
ckanipe@iastate.edu
Molly Kroeger
- Graduate Assistant
kroeger@iastate.edu
Sarah Letourneau
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
sarahl@iastate.edu
Sanjana Mahadev-Bhat
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Biomedical Sciences
smbhat@iastate.edu
Shadi Parvin Roo
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
shadi@iastate.edu
Beulah Esther Rani Samuel
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
bsamuel@iastate.edu
Taylor Wherry
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Veterinary Pathology
twherry@iastate.edu
Jayne Wiarda
- Graduate Student
Department
- Veterinary Microbiology & Preventative Medicine
jwiarda@iastate.edu