Available Mentors

Please note that this is not an inclusive list and that reviewing departmental faculty webpages would also be advised.

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Andrew Frank

C. Andrew Frank, PhD

Assistant Professor
andy-frank@uiowa.edu
319-384-1193

How Synapses Maintain Stable Function

Fang Lin

Fang Lin, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
fang-lin@uiowa.edu
319-335-7746

Genetic regulation of endoderm and heart development

Hank Qi, M.D., Ph.D.

Hank Qi, MD, PhD

Assistant professor
hank-qi@uiowa.edu
319-335-3084

Epigenetic mechanism on gene regulation in human development

Tina Tootle

Tina Tootle, PhD

Associate Professor
tina-tootle@uiowa.edu
319-335-7763

Uncovering the mechanisms of prostaglandin action

Anthropology

Katina Lillios

Katina Lillios, PhD

Associate Professor
katina-lillios@uiowa.edu
319-335-3023

Bioarchaeological Analyses of the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Population of Bolores, Portugal

Biochemistry

E. Dale Abel

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

Director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center and Professor of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine
drcadmin@uiowa.edu
319-353-3050

Regulation of myocardial injury by insulin signaling

Sheila Baker

Sheila Baker, PhD

Assistant Professor
sheila-baker@uiowa.edu
319-353-4119

Protein trafficking in neurons

Charles Brenner

Charles Brenner, PhD

Professor and Head
charles-brenner@uiowa.edu
319-335-7934

Molecular Biology of Cancer and Aging

Kris DeMali

Kris DeMali, PhD

Assistant Professor
kris-demali@uiowa.edu
319-355-7882

Adhesion proteins in tumor cell invasion and metastasis

Ernesto Fuentes

Ernesto Fuentes, PhD

Assistant Professor
ernesto-fuentes@uiowa.edu
319-353-4244

Biochemical and Structural Analysis of Signal Transduction

Pamela Geyer

Pamela Geyer, PhD

Professor
pamela-geyer@uiowa.edu
319-335-6953

Chromosome structure and nuclear organization: impacts on transcriptional regulation

Maria Spies

Maria Spies, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
maria-spies@uiowa.edu
319-335-3221

Mechanisms of DNA repair and recombination: from single-molecule biochemistry to anticancer drug discovery

Maria Spies

Maria Spies, PhD

Associate Professor
maria-spies@uiowa.edu
319-335-3221

Effect of mutations in BRCA1 tumor suppressor protein on BRCA1-DNA interactions

Lori Wallrath

Lori Wallrath, PhD

Professor
lori-wallrath@uiowa.edu
219-335-7921

The role of chromatin structure and nuclear organization in gene expression

Daniel Weeks

Daniel Weeks, PhD

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
daniel-weeks@uiowa.edu
319-335-7918

Control of embryonic development: Using studies on frog embryos to understand congenital birth defects in humans.

Biology

Dan Eberl

Daniel Eberl, PhD

Professor
daniel-eberl@uiowa.edu
319-335-1323

Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Hearing in Drosophila

Andrew Forbes

Andrew Forbes, PhD

Assistant Professor
Andrew-forbes@uiowa.edu
319-335-3006

The effects of human land use on insect diversity and species richness

Steven Green

Steven Green, PhD

Professor
steven-green@uiowa.edu
319-335-1612

Neurobiology of hearing and deafness

John Logsdon

John Logsdon, PhD

Associate Professor
john-logsdon@uiowa.edu
319-335-1082

Molecular origins and evolution of sexual reproduction

Maurine Neiman

Maurine Neiman, PhD

Associate Professor
maurine-neiman@uiowa.edu
319-384-1814

The advantages and disadvantages of sex in a New Zealand snail