2018-2019
Bailey Mooney is currently a junior at Iowa State majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics with a minor in Philosophy. Her research in Dr. Trimarchi’s lab is focusing on six different types of neurons produced that later make retina tissue and how the development is controlled by a variety of genetic factors. Bailey is the President of the Genetics Club, Secretary of the Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology Club, Treasurer Chair of the Stupka Symposium Planning Committee, Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology Learning Community Peer Mentor, Honors Ambassador, and serves as a volunteer at Mary Greeley Medical Center Emergency Department. Bailey plans on continuing her education in medical school after she graduates Iowa State.
Emily Knuth is currently a junior at Iowa State pursuing a major in Agricultural Biochemistry with minors in Agronomy and Nutrition. Emily is currently involved in research in Dr. Adam Barb’s laboratory where she is studying fabH, a key enzyme in fatty acid synthesis. Emily is an undergraduate instructional assistant for BBMB 102, fundraising chair for the Stupka Symposium Planning Committee, and outreach chair for the BBMB club. After graduating, Emily plans to attend graduate school to pursue a PhD.
Jacqueline Ehrlich is currently a sophomore studying Agricultural Biochemistry with a minor in nutrition. Since the beginning of her life as a Cyclone, she has enjoyed researching in the Zabotina lab, focusing on substrate binding in the active site of xyloglucan xylosyltransferase I. Outside of class and lab, Jacqueline is a B&B peer mentor, co-chair for the Breakfast Club, and Publicity committee chair. She has also recently been honored with an exciting title as the Iowa State Fair Queen. Following graduation, Jacqueline plans to pursue a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry.
Matt Cook s a senior double-majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics with minors in Spanish and Mathematics. He has worked as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Olga Zabotina’s lab since the spring of 2015 studying enzymes involved in plant cell wall synthesis. He is the vice president of the BBMB Club, the Sponsorship Chair of the Stupka Symposium Planning Committee, and an instructional associate for BBMB 102. Matt plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in structural biology after graduating this spring.
Past and Present Scholars
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Bailey Mooney | 2018 B.S. Biochemistry and Genetics, 2020 |
Emily Knuth | 2018 B.S. in Agricultural Biochemistry, 2019 |
Jacqueline Ehrlich | 2018 B.S. in Agricultural Biochemistry, 2020 |
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Matt Cook | 2018 B.S. Biochemistry and Genetics S18 |
Lauran Chambers| 2017 B.S. Biochemistry S18 |
Alex Donelson | 2017 B.S. in Biochemistry and Genetics, 2017 |
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Drew Tonsager | 2017 B.S./M.S. Biochemistry S18 |
Adrienne Smith | 2015, 2016 B.S. in Biochemistry, F2016 |
Morgan Barrett| 2016 B.S. in Biochemistry and Genetics, 2017 |
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Natalie Whitis | 2016 B.S. in Biophysics, 2017 |
Flora Yen | 2015 2nd year dentistry student at the University of Iowa |
Zack Young | 2014 Research assistant at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. |
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Denis Tamiev | 2014 2nd year graduate school Biological Engineering at Iowa State University |
Kinsey Cornick | 2013 4th year general surgery student at Des Moines University |
Kristen McKibben | 2013 Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania |
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Jennifer Kaczynski Meyer | 2013 Scribe in the dermatology department at Unity and Mercy Hospital, MN. |
Alana Jackson | 2012 M.D. University Minnesota, Duluth 2016 |
Samson Condon | 2012 Ph.D. candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Mollie Tiernan Schubert | 2011 Research Scientist III, Molecular Genetics Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, IA |
Johanna Jass Bailey | 2011 Master of Public Health, Univ. of Missouri, 2015 |
Craig Brown | 2011 M.D. from University of Chicago 2016 |
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Jackie Souleyrette Rivas | 2011 Ph.D. in Immunology 2017 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Dayna Peterson | 2010 Ph.D. Arizona State University 2017 |
Mina Farahbakhsh | 2009 M.D. – Ph.D. program at the University of Kansas 2016 |
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Luke Helgeson | 2008 Ph.D. Biochemistry |
Mara Determan Alexeev | 2007 M.D. University of Iowa 2012 |
Claire Kruesel | 2006 Lecturer for the English Department at Iowa State University. |