| Kingsley Amoateng, BS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and MS Biology from the University of Texas - Tyler. 2025 Fellow, American Society for Microbiology Future Leaders Mentorship Program Research interests in computational genetics. Previous research experience in survival mechanism and evolution of microbial infections. |
| Tuesday Davis, BS Biology, University of Iowa, currently working in the Llopart lab on mitochondrial DNA fragments inserted in the nuclear genome. Research interests in computational genetics, emergence, evolution, and functional impact of genomic elements such as pseudogenes, transposons, and organellar insertions across species. |
| Robert Flanagan, BS Biology, BA Cinema, University of Iowa. Currently a postbac research intern in the Sluka lab, worked in Chi-Lien Cheng's lab during his undergraduate studies. Research interests in computational genetics, developmental disorders, evolutionary genomics, gene-environment interactions, and application of genetics in archaeological studies. |
| Laura Kotz, BA Biology, Concordia College at Moorhead, 2+ years as a junior researcher at the University of Minnesota modeling KIS, KCNK9 Imprinting Syndrome in C elegans. Research interests in computational genetics, epigenetics, cell pathways and cell death, genetics drivers of disease, and migraine research. |
| Daniel Robles, BS Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics, University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently a Postbacc ICARE Fellow at UIowa in the Holmes lab. Research interests in computational genetics, clinical and translational genetics, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics. |
| Lilly Spade, BA Biology, BA Data Science, Luther College. Currently a research assistant on a population genomics project at Luther. Completed 2 summer research experiences - Iowa Institute of Human Genetics in the Kitchen lab and at Kansas State University analyzing single-cell RNA-seq data. Research interests in computational genetics and genomic variation in human disease. |
| Sahi Nandini Wuppukondur, BS Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, MS Physiological Optics/Vision Science - University of Houston (current), MS Physiological Optics/Vision Science Pacific University, OR. Research interests in retinal degenerative pathophysiology and ocular genetics. |