Postdoctoral Alumni

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has mentored many outstanding postdoctoral fellows. Below is a partial list of postdoctoral alumni and their current positions in industry or academia.

Alumni: Please email us with news and updated contact information at biochem@uiowa.edu.

2020-present

Name	Mentor	Current position
Fletcher Bain	Maria Spies	Scientist I, Nautilus Biotechnology
Kailey Cash	Maria Spies	Patent Examiner in Biology, US Patent and Trademark Office
Kelli (Sylvers) Davie	Brandon Davies	Principal Chemist, Ecolab
Benney Endoni	Anthony Pedley	Postdoctoral Associate, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota
William Hacker	Adrian Elcock	Clinical Instructor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa
Jitendra Kumar	Kris DeMali
Robert McDonnell	Adrian Elcock	Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Emma Morrison	Catherine Musselman	Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin
Mrutyanjaya "Rocky" Parida	David Price	Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa
Felipe Rodriguez	Pamela Geyer	Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University
Venkata Sanaboyana	Adrian Elcock	Postdoctoral Scientist, Corteva Agriscience
Kathryn Spitler	Brandon Davies	Research Specialist, University of Iowa
Zachary Wehrspan	Adrian Elcock	High Performance Computing Engineering, Rescale
Adam Whisnant	David Price	Postdoctoral Fellow, Universität Würzburg

2010-2019

Name	Mentor	Current position
Ugur Akgun	Shahram Khademi	Professor, Department of Physics, Coe College
Casey Andrews	Adrian Elcock	Lecturer, Texas A&M University
Sarah Bergeron	Peter Rubenstein	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nicholls State University
Seth Brown	Charles Brenner	Postdoctoral Fellow, Xing Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Xing Cui	Miles Pufall	Physician
George Dialynas	Lori Wallrath	Senior Director, Human Biomaterials and Bioassays, Athos Therapeutics Inc
Lynne Dieckman	Catherine Musselman	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Creighton University
Po Hein Ear	Charles Brenner	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa
Lawrence Gray	Eric Taylor	Scientific Applications Specialist, Integrated DNA Technologies
Brittney Griffin	David Price
Jiannan Guo	David Price	VP of Global R&D, NeoGenomics
Masayoshi Honda	Maria Spies	Project Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa
Troy Humphreys	Marc Wold	Product Scientist, Cell Signaling Technology
Karry Janine	Kris DeMali
Monika Joshi	Ernesto Fuentes	Evaluation Specialist, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Vasily Kerov	Sheila Baker	Python Engineer and Manager, Advance Auto Parts
Karina Kruth	Miles Pufall	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa
Tiandao Li	David Price	Senior Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis
Xu Liu	Ernesto Fuentes	Assistant Professor, Emory University
Tokiha Masuda	Maria Spies	Research Associate, Tohoku University
Szu-Chieh Mei	Charles Brenner	Scientist, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kyle Nilson	David Price	Field Software Engineer, QIAGEN Digital Insights
Nisha Pandey	Madeline Shea	Field Medical Director, Pfizer
Adam Rauckhorst	Eric Taylor	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
Caitlin Runne-Janczy	Ernesto Fuentes	Chief Academic Officer, Science Interactive
Karthik Shanmuganatham	Bryce Plapp	Associate Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratories
Ryan Sheldon	Eric Taylor	Director, Mass Spectrometry Core, Van Andel Institute
Alexey Soshnev	Pamela Geyer	Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Texas at San Antonio
Ema Stokasimov	Peter Rubenstein	Postdoctoral Researcher, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Shyamal Subramanyam	Maria Spies	Precision Medicine Strategist, Bayer
Rasheda Sultana	Eric Taylor	Visiting Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University
Rebecca (Fagan) Switzer	Charles Brenner	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Bucknell University
Surendar Tadi	Charles Brenner	Research Associate, University of Mississippi
Shilpa Thakur	Charles Brenner	Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca
Andrew Scott Thomas	Adrian Elcock	Associate Professor, Morningside University
Michael Vitalini	Lori Wallrath	Biologist II, Battelle
Colin Wu	Maria Spies	Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Oakland University
Zhen Xu	Ernesto Fuentes	Core Research Facility Specialist, Protein Structure, Analysis, & Design Core, University of Iowa
Hongxing Yang	Miles Pufall	Principal Computational Biologist, Merck Group
Shun Zhu	Adrian Elcock

2000-2009

Name	Mentor	Current position
Heather Bartlett	Dan Weeks	Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
James L. Carroll	Rama Mallampali	Physician, Pulmonary Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Lokesh Gakhar	S. Ramaswamy	Director, Protein Structure, Analysis, & Design Core, University of Iowa
Stuart Haring	Marc Wold	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University
Yun Ho Kim	Bryce Plapp	Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry, University of West Alabama
Douglas LaCount	John Donelson	Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University
Sandra Lobo	Robert Deschenes	Director, Biomedical Research Institute, Western Connecticut Health Network, New York City
Tim Parnell	Pamela Geyer	Bioinformatics Analysis Associate Director,University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
Sandra Schulze	Lori Wallrath	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Western Washington University
Monica Sundd	Andrew Robertson	Faculty Member, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
Ova Yazgan	Pamela Geyer	Instructor, Arizona State University

1990-1999

Name	mentor	current position
Brad Amendt	David Price	Director, Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center, Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Orthadontics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Jeffrey Beetham	John Donelson	Associate Professor Emeritus, Entomology, Iowa State University
Andrew Brittingham	John Donelson	Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences, and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University
Jacqueline Brittingham	Dan Weeks	Professor, Department of Biology, Chair, Division of Natural Science, Simpson College
Henry A. Charlier, Jr.	Bryce Plapp	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Boise State University
John Dagle	Dan Weeks	Associate Director, Iowa Statewide Perinatal Care Program, Program Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Biochemistry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Najib El-Sayed	John Donelson	Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland
Kent Hill	John Donelson	Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles
Amy Klion	John Donelson	Senior Investigator, Human Eosinophil Section Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
Kala Mayur	M. Bento Soares	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Passaic County Community College
Timothy Mueser	Arthur Arnone	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo
Andrew Norris	Arthur Spector	Professor of Pediatrics-Endocrinology and Diabetes and Biochemistry University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Zita Sibenaller	Dan Weeks	Assistant Research Scientist, University of Iowa Pharmaceuticals
Arthur Strauch	Peter Rubenstein	Professor, Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University
Urszula Tajchman	Dan Weeks	Pediatric Cardiologist at the Pediatric Heart Center of Central Oregon
Santuza Teixeira	John Donelson	HHMI Investigator and Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Tushar Vaidya	John Donelson	Senior Principal Scientist, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

1980-1989

name	mentor	current position
Ranjit Chatterjee	Joseph Walder	Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, President, Dristi, LLC.
F. Brad Hillgartner	Alan Goodridge	Professor, Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University
Holly H. Hogrefe	Joseph Walder	Manager, Agilent Technologies, San Diego, California
William Isaacs	Alice Fulton	William Thomas Gerrard, Mario Anthony Duhon, and Jennifer and John Chalsty Professor of Urology, Departments of Urology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Lenardo	John Donelson	Chief, Molecular Development of the Immune System, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Jagan Medicherla	Earle Stellwagen	Professor, Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
David Reinhold	Alan Goodridge	Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Associate Provost for Assessment and Undergraduate Studies, University of Western Michigan
Allison Rice-Ficht	John Donelson	Associate Vice President for Health Science Research Center, Director of the Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery, Texas A & M Health Science Center
Lisa M. Salati	Alan Goodridge	Assistant Vice President for Graduate Education, West Virginia University
Susan R. Stapleton	Alan Goodridge	Dean, Graduate College, Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University
David Stump	Ed Heath	Biopharmaceutical Consultant
Dale D. Vandre	Rex Montgomery	Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences, Associate Dean of Research Western Michigan University
Asgar Zaheer	Rex Montgomery	Emeritus Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa

1970-1979

name	mentor	current position
Dennis Heard (1969)	Arthur Arnone	Former Senior Vice President, Frito Lay
Larry Barnes	Earle Stellwagen	Associate Dean and Professor of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Jim Gaubatz	Roger Chalkley	Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
James L. Hartley	John Donelson	Protein Expression Laboratory and Advanced Technology Program, SAIC Frederick, Inc. and National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
Virginia Shepherd	Rex Montgomery	Emerita Director, Center for Science Outreach, Vanderbilt Center for Science Research
Byungse Suh	Robert Barker	Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, Temple University