Available Mentors
Please note that this is not an inclusive list and that reviewing departmental faculty webpages would also be advised.
Geoscience
David Peate, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Trace element analysis of volcanic and/or environmental samples
HLTH_SPORT
Melissa Bates, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Research project title
Regulation of the Lung Vasculature in Individuals Born Prematurely
Health Services and Policy
Tessa Heeren, MSW
Title/Position
Research Manager
Research project title
Evaluation of Polk County Health Services
Mathematics
Palle Jorgensen, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Mathematics of signals and images
Mechanical Engineering
H.S. Udaykumar, PhD
Title/Position
Professor, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Research, and Faculty at the College of Engineering
Research project title
Modeling of blood cells and their flow through artificial heart valves
Microbiology
Gail Bishop, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
A variety of potential projects are possible, with a final choice being based upon what is "hot" in the lab at the time the student will be arriving, as well as his/her own interests.
Craig Ellermeier, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
The Production and Resistance to the Cannibalism Toxin in Bacillus subtilis
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Rainbo Hultman, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Research project title
Brain Networks of Depression Vulnerability in Female Rodents
Neuroscience
Ted Abel, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Molecular Mechanisms of Learning, Sleep, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Gordon Buchanan, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Research project title
Sleep state dependent mechanisms of seizure related death: Mechanisms of arousal from sleep
Hanna Stevens, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Research project title
Psychiatry and Early Neurobiological Development
Lane Strathearn, MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Oxytocin and Brain Reward and Stress Responses to Infant Cues is Addicted Mothers
Daniel Tranel, PhD
Title/Position
Professor of Neurology and Psychology
Research project title
The neuroanatomical substrates of complex human behavior
Nursing
Stephanie Gilbertson-White, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Research project title
Multimorbidity and Cancer Symptom Science: Using data-science and AI to develop symptom management interventions for people in rural areas
Occupational and Environmental Health
Hans-Joachim Lehmler, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Metabolism of environmental pollutants
Thomas Peters, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Novel methods to assess nanomaterial exposures in the workplace
Pathology
Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Research project title
Mechanisms of Chemotherapy Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer
Pharmacology
Matthew Potthoff, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Research project title
Functional characterization of novel regulators of hepatic metabolism
Stefan Strack, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Research project title
Signal transduction mechanisms underlying neurological dysfunction