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Briony Atkinson
- Academic Advisor II
brionya@iastate.edu
Kara Berg
- Communications Specialist II
- Iowa Soybean Research Center
kjberg@iastate.edu
Charles Block
- Research Scientist IV
- National Seed Health System Co-Director
ccblock@iastate.edu
- Seed Pathology
Sandee Bodholdt
- Budget and Finance Specialist III
sandee@iastate.edu
- Finance
Benjamin Brenizer
- Research Scientist I
brenizer@iastate.edu
- Corn Pest Managment
Emily Cook
- Insect Rearing Technician
klanced@iastate.edu
Jill Cornelis
- Research Administrator III
cornelis@iastate.edu
- Iowa Soybean Research Center Administration
Joey Cornelis

she/her/hers
- Program Specialist I
jec@iastate.edu
- Marketing
Ashley Dean
- Extension Specialist II
adean@iastate.edu
- Entomology
Brenda Downs
- Grants Finance Specialist
bdowns@iastate.edu
Gregory Fuerst
- Affiliated Employee
gsfuerst@iastate.edu
Sachiko Funaba
- Student Services Coordinator II
- Microbiology Undergraduate Program
sfunaba@iastate.edu
Gregory Gebhart
- Agricultural Specialist III
ggebhart@iastate.edu
Chelsea Harbach

she/her/hers
- Plant Disease Diagnostician
- Plant & Insect Diagnostic Clinic
pidc@iastate.edu
- Diagnostics
Maya Hayslett

she/her
- Education Extension Specialist II
hayslett@iastate.edu
Keaton Hewitt
- Graphic Designer II
kjhewitt@iastate.edu
Cynthia Hicks
- Communications Specialist III
cghicks@iastate.edu
Parbati Joshi

she/her/hers
- Research Scientist I
joship@iastate.edu
- Plant Pathology
Michael Killewald
- Agricultural Specialist III
killewal@iastate.edu
- Agroecology
Brandon Kleinke
- Media Production Specialist I
bkleinke@iastate.edu
- Media Specialist and Video
Hyeogsun Kwon
- Research Scientist III
hskwon@iastate.edu
- Mosquito innate immunity
Breah LaSarre
- Research Scientist III
blasarre@iastate.edu
- Bacterial physiology
Chris Lee
- Research Scientist I
cl1@iastate.edu
Thomas Maier
- Assistant Scientist III
- Lab Manager
trmaier@iastate.edu
- Molecular Plant-Nematode Interactions
Christopher Marett
- Research Scientist III
cmarett@iastate.edu
- Soybean Cyst Nematode
Rashelle Matthiesen-Anderson
- Research Scientist I
rashelle@iastate.edu
- Corn and Soybean Seedling Diseases
Derrick Mayfield
- Assistant Scientist II
damayfie@iastate.edu
- Seed Pathology
Christian Montes-Serey

he/him/his
- Research Scientist II
chrisfm@iastate.edu
- Molecular Biology
Donna Moore
- Business Administrator I
dmoore12@iastate.edu
Kelsey Mueller
- Research Administrator I
kmuelle@iastate.edu
Mark Mullaney
- Research Scientist II
mmullane@iastate.edu
- Soybean Cyst Nematode
Dai Nguyen
- Graduate Student Services Specialist II
dna112@iastate.edu
Carol Pilcher
- Program Specialist I
cpilcher@iastate.edu
Jacqueline Pohl
- Communications Specialist II
Jacob Rasmussen
- Research Scientist I
jacobr@iastate.edu
Seema Rani Raychaudhuri
- Research Technician II
srani@iastate.edu
Clarice Schmidt
- Research Scientist III
- Lab Manager
clarice@iastate.edu
- Microbiology
Zach Schumm

he/him/his
- Insect Diagnostician, Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic
zschumm@iastate.edu
Rewa Seblani
- Research Scientist II
- Graduate Lecturer
rseblani@iastate.edu
- Mycology & Plant Pathology
John Shriver
- Research Scientist II
jshriver@iastate.edu
- Plant Pathology
Adam Sisson
- Industry Extension Specialist III
- Integrated Pest Management Program
- Crop Protection Network Communications
Morgan Smith

She/Her/Hers
- Teaching Laboratory Specialist I
msmith@iastate.edu
Gaoyuan Song
- Research Scientist II
sgy0097@iastate.edu
John VanDyk
- Manager Business Systems Analysis
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
jvandyk@iastate.edu
- Biodiversity
Gregory VanNostrand
- Research Scientist II
gregvn@iastate.edu
- Integrated Pest Management of Agricultural Pests
Stith Wiggs
- Agricultural Specialist II
stithw@iastate.edu
- Small Plot Research
Weihui Xu
- Research Scientist II
weihuixu@iastate.edu
Edward Zaworski
- Industry Extension Specialist II
zaworski@iastate.edu
- Extension Plant Pathology
Quinn Zuercher
- Communications Specialist II
quinnmz@iastate.edu

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