2019-2020
Spydel Nardy s a junior at Iowa State University who is majoring in Biochemistry with a minor in Emerging Global Diseases. He has served as the secretary for the Stupka Committee since Fall 2017 and actively volunteers in the committee. Since Spring 2018, Spydel has been involved in undergraduate research in Dr. Dipali Sashital’s lab where he is currently focusing on CRISPR Cascade Type 1-C complex. He also enjoys being a Supplemental Instructor for organic chemistry in Iowa State’s SI program. In the future, Spydel hopes to attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D after graduating in spring 2020.
Kayla Uthe is a junior in biochemistry with a minor in environmental studies. She is a research assistant in Dr. Olga Zabotina’s lab, where she is involved in the study of the xyloglucan synthesizing complex formation in the plant cell wall. She is currently fundraising co-chair of the Stupka Symposium Planning Committee, LAS representative of the BBMB Club, and a B&B learning community peer mentor. After graduation, Kayla plans to pursue a career in environmental biotechnology.
Sarah Zelle is currently a junior at Iowa State majoring in biochemistry and genetics. Since May 2017, she has worked in Dr. Eric Underbakke’s lab researching determinants of membrane association in the synaptic GTPase-activating protein SynGAP. She is currently a B&B Learning Community peer mentor, Stupka Symposium Planning Committee media chair, and has been an undergraduate instructional assistantant for BIOL 313L. After graduation, Sarah plans to obtain her PhD in biochemistry and eventually have a career in biomedical research.
Past and Present Scholars
| Name | Year | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Ehrlich | 2018 | B.S. in Agricultural Biochemistry, 2020 Pursuing a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry |
| Bailey Mooney | 2018 | B.S. Biochemistry and Genetics, 2019 Pursuing medical school after graduation |
| Emily Knuth | 2018 | B.S. in Agricultural Biochemistry, 2019 Pursing graduate school for a PhD |
| Matt Cook | 2018 | Graduate training, Yale |
| Lauran Chambers | 2017 | Research Specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery conducting research on specific drug effects on mitochondrial respiration. |
| Alex Donelson | 2017 | B.S. Biochemistry S18 Pursuing graduate training |
| Drew Tonsager | 2017 | M.S. Biochemistry S18 Ph.D. Candidate Colorado State University |
| Adrienne Smith | 2015, 2016 | B.S. in Biochemistry, F2016 |
| Morgan Barrett | 2016 | B.S. in Biochemistry and Genetics, 2017 Graduate training in Forensic Biology, University of New Haven, CT |
| Natalie Whitis | 2016 | B.S. in Biophysics, 2017 Ph.D. candidate Univ. Calif. San Francisco |
| Flora Yen | 2015 | 3rd year dentistry student at the University of Iowa |
| Zack Young | 2014 | Senior Researcher at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. |
| Denis Tamiev | 2014 | 3rd year graduate school Biological Engineering at Iowa State University |
| Kinsey Cornick | 2013 | D.O. Des Moines University 2018 Resident Physician, MO |
| Kristen McKibben | 2013 | Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Jennifer Kaczynski Meye | 2013 | Scribe in the dermatology department at Unity and Mercy Hospital, MN. Pursuing graduate training in genetic counseling |
| Alana Jackson | 2012 | M.D. University Minnesota, Duluth 2016 Resident Physician, Spokane Teaching Health Ctr. |
| Samson Condon | 2012 | Ph.D. candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Mollie Tiernan Schubert | 2011 | M.S. Biochemistry, ISU Research Scientist III, Molecular Genetics Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, IA |
| Johanna Jass Bailey | 2011 | Master of Public Health, Univ. of Missouri, 2015 Manager at Elemental Enzymes, Florida |
| Craig Brown | 2011 | M.D. from University of Chicago 2016 Surgical resident at University of Michigan |
| Jackie Souleyrette Rivas | 2011 | Ph.D. in Immunology 2017 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Postdoctoral fellow Lexington, KY |
| Dayna Peterson | 2010 | Ph.D. Arizona State University 2017 Currently on maternity leave |
| Mina Farahbakhsh | 2009 | Ph.D. University of Kansas 2015 4th year medical school Univ. of Kansas |
| Luke Helgeso | 2008 | Ph.D. Biochemistry Postdoctoral fellow at the Univ. of Washington |
| Mara Determan Alexeev | 2007 | M.D. University of Iowa 2012 M.S. Public Health, UC Berkeley 2016 Currently on maternity leave |
| Claire Kruesel | 2006 | Lecturer for the English Department at Iowa State University. |