People

ISU Monarch Team Leadership

Steven Bradbury
- Professor Emeritus
spbrad@iastate.edu
Katherine Kral-O'Brien

she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor
kralob@iastate.edu
Daniel Robison
- Endowed Dean's Chair
robisond@iastate.edu
Wendy Wintersteen
- President
wwinters@iastate.edu

ISU Monarch Team

Keith Bidne
- Biological Science Research Technician/USDA
- Insect Rearing Specialist/Insectary Manager
kgbidne@iastate.edu
Royce Bitzer
- Affiliate
- Biological Researcher, USDA-ARS Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit
mariposa@iastate.edu
Lynne Campbell
- Education Extension Specialist III
lynnec@iastate.edu
Stephen Dinsmore
- Professor
cootjr@iastate.edu
Mykayla Hagaman

she/her/hers
- Program Specialist II
mhagaman@iastate.edu
Laura Iles
- Director
ljesse@iastate.edu
Daren Mueller
- Professor
dsmuelle@iastate.edu
John Pleasants
- Adjunct Associate Professor
jpleasan@iastate.edu
Lisa Schulte Moore
- Professor
lschulte@iastate.edu
John VanDyk
- Senior Systems Analyst
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
jvandyk@iastate.edu
Brian Wilsey
- Professor
bwilsey@iastate.edu

Project Alumni

James Adelman
- Affiliate faculty
Teresa Blader
- Graduate Assistant-Research
Sue Blodgett
- Emeritus faculty
Jon Dahlem
- Postdoc Research Associate
jdahlem@iastate.edu
Diane Debinski
- Affiliate faculty
Kelsey Fisher
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
kefisher@iastate.edu
Tyler Grant
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
tgrant@iastate.edu
Bob Hartzler
- Professor Emeritus
hartzler@iastate.edu
Richard Hellmich
- USDA Collaborator
Mark Honeyman
- Professor
honeyman@iastate.edu
Niranjana Krishnan
- Assistant Research Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
nkrishnan@mst.edu
Donald Lewis
- Professor
drlewis@iastate.edu
Sidney Lizotte-Hall
- Graduate Assistant-Research
Savanna Lopez
- Student
- Outreach Assistant
lopezsav@iastate.edu
Alex Mullins
- Graduate Assistant-Research
mullinsa@iastate.edu
Jarad Niemi
- Associate Professor
niemi@iastate.edu
David Nistler
- Program Specialist II
davidnis@iastate.edu
Victoria Pocius
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Pennsylvania State University
pociusv@psu.edu
Jacqueline Pohl
- Program Coordinator
Sahar Saghi
- Graduate Research Assistant
ssaghi@iastate.edu
Tom Sappington
- USDA-ARS
Dana Schweitzer
- Program Coordinator
schweitz@iastate.edu
Nicole Shimp
- Program Specialist II
neshimp@iastate.edu
Nancy Shryock
- Graduate Assistant-Research
nshryock@iastate.edu
Yang Zhang
- Visiting Assistant Professor
yangzh@iastate.edu