This interdisciplinary graduate program is administered by the CMB Steering Committee. The commit- tee is composed of five CMB faculty members representing five different academic departments. Steer- ing Committee members, who serve overlapping three-year terms, are elected at a yearly meeting of the CMB faculty. A committee chair/program director is elected annually by the committee.
The duties of the Steering Committee include 1) review of each CMB student's plan of study, proposed research topic, and general progress; 2) review of applications for membership in the CMB faculty; and 3) implementation of the CMB program by established procedures.
Faculty
Marc L. Bauer, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky, 1996
Field: Digestive Physiology, Nutrition Department: Animal Sciences
Eugene S. Berry, Ph.D.
Northeastern University, 1983 Field: Animal Virology (ss(+) RNA Vi- ruses), Genetic Variation, Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Virulence Department: Veterinary and Microbio- logical Sciences
Julia Bowsher, Ph.D.
Duke University, 2007
Field: Evolutionary Developmental Bi- ology; Molecular Basis of Pattern For- mation
Department: Biological Sciences
Lynn S. Dahleen, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1989 Field: Plant Molecular Genetics and Mapping, Tissue Culture, Transfor- mation
Department: USDA, Plant Sciences
Glenn Dorsam, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1998
Field: Epigenetic Regulation
Department: Chemistry and Biochem- istry
Jeffery E. Gerst, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska, 1973 Field: Animal Physiology and Neuro- physiology/Neuroendocrinology Department: Biological Sciences
Anna T. Grazul-Bilska, Ph.D.
University of Agriculture and Technolo- gy, 1983
Field: Animal Embryology and Repro- ductive Physiology & Endocrinology, Assisted Reproduction Technology Department: Animal and Range Sci- ences
Kendra Greenlee, Ph.D.
Arizona State University, 2004 Field: Insect Physiology and Immunol- ogy, Body Size Effects on Respiration and Metabolism
Department: Biological Sciences
Bin Guo, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Buffa- lo, 1999
Field: Cancer Cell Biology, Apoptosis, Molecular Pharmacology
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Carrie Hammer, DVM, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 2003 Field: Equine Physiology, Neonatal Physiology and Immunology Department: Animal Sciences
Stuart Haring, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, 2004
Field: DNA Metabolism and Cell Cycle Regulation
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Shahryar Kianian, Ph.D.
University of California-Davis, 1990 Field: Plant Genetics and Genomics; Germplasm Enhancement
Department: Plant Sciences
Benedict Law, Ph.D.
University of Manchester, 2002 Field: Imaging Diagnostics; Peptide/ Protein Delivery
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kasey Maddock-Carlin, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 2005
Field: Meat Science and Muscle Biolo- gy
Department: Animal Sciences
Sanku Mallik, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University, 1992
Field: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Drug Delivery Using Liposomes and Nano- particles
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phillip E. McClean, Ph.D.
Colorado State University, 1982 Field: Plant Molecular Genetics Department: Plant Sciences
John McEvoy, Ph.D.
University of Ulster, 2002
Field: Molecular Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Invasion
Department: Veterinary and Microbio- logical Sciences
Steven W. Meinhardt, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, 1984
Field: Biochemistry of Plant Interac- tions, Purification Characterization, and Mode of Action of Fungal Toxins Department: Plant Pathology
Stephen O'Rourke, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, 1995 Field: Vascular Pharmacology/ physiology, Regulation of Vasomotor Tone, Smooth Muscle-Endothelial Cell Interactions
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chung S. Park, Ph.D.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1975
Field: Maternal Nutrition and Epigenet- ic Control of Mammary Developmental and Mammary Cancer
Department: Animal Sciences
Birgit Pruess, Ph.D.
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, 1991 Field: Bacterial Physiology and Global Gene Expression
Department: Veterinary and Microbio- logical Sciences
Steven Qian, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, 1999 Field: Free Radical Metabolism Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jack B. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Michigan State University, 1987 Field: Fungal Disease Interactions, Mode of Action and Role in Disease of Pathogen-Produced Toxins
Department: Plant Pathology
Dale A. Redmer, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - Columbia, 1983
Field: Animal Physiology, Reproductive Physiology, Fetal Growth, Placental Func- tion, Ovarian Function, Vascular Growth
Department: Animal Sciences
Katie Reindl, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2006 Field: Cancer Cell Biology, Cell Migra- tion and Metastasis, Cell Cycle Con- trol, Extracellular Matrix Interactions Department: Biological Sciences
Lawrence P. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1983 Field: Factors Influencing Fetal and Placental Growth and Development in Compromised Pregnancies
Department: Animal Sciences & Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy
Jane Schuh, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2002 Field: Immunology of Chronic Airway Remodeling, Cellular Differentiation in Pulmonary Disease, Animal Modeling of Allergic Airway Disease (Asthma) Department: Veterinary and Microbio- logical Sciences
Mark A. Sheridan, Ph.D.
University of California-Berkeley, 1985 Field: Control of Growth, Development, and Metabolism
Department: Biological Sciences
Jagdish Singh, Ph.D.
Banaras Hindu University, 1982 Field: Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Protein, Vaccine and Gene
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sangita Sinha, Ph.D.
Purdue University, 2000
Field: Structure Biology and Biochem- istry of host pathogen interactions Department: Chemistry and Biochem- istry
D. K. Srivastava, Ph.D.
Banaras Hindu University, India, 1980 Field: Enzyme Mechanisms and Regu- lation
Department: Chemistry and Biochem- istry
Chengwen Sun, Ph.D.
Jilin University, China, 2000
Field: Blood Pressure Regulation; Cell Signaling
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kimberly Vonnahme, Ph.D.
University of Wyoming, 2003
Field: Reproductive Physiology, Fetal and Placental Growth
Department: Animal Sciences; Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy
Erxi Wu, Ph.D.
Sheffield University, UK, 1998 Field: Pharmacogenomics; Tumor Therapeutic Targets; Drug Discovery; Anticancer Natural Products
Department: Pharmaceutical Scienc- es
Adjunct
Michael Edwards, Ph.D.
Cornell University, 1983 Field: Molecular Plant Virology Department: Plant Pathology