AGEP Faculty Advisory Committee

Below is a list of AGEP partners. For more information, click on any of the links below:

The University of Iowa

Biological Sciences

• Stephen Hendrix
  1. Ecology
• Robert Malone
  1. Functional Genomics of Sex and Meiosis Genes
• John Logsdon
  1. Functional Genomics of Sex and Meiosis Genes
• Chun-Fang Wu
  1. Neurogenetic Investigations of Drosophila Behavioral Mutants

Biomedical Engineering

• Edwin Dove
  1. Heart Rate Variability of infants born with hypoplastic left hearts
  2. The use of microvolt T-wave Alternans as a predictor of left ventricular ischemia and ventricular tachycardia

Chemical and Biological Engineering

• Alec Scranton
  1. Light-induced Polymerization Reactions
• Allan Guymon
  1. Development of Nanomaterials Using Light Induced Polymerization Synthesis
  2. Characterization of reactive lyotropic liquid crystals by polarized light microscopy and small angle x-ray scattering

Chemistry

• Amnon Kohen
  1. The role of protein dynamics and quantum mechanical effects in enzyme catalyzed hydrogen transfer
  2. The mechanism of dinitrogen reduction by nitrogenases
• Leonard R. MacGillivray
  1. Template Controlled Synthesis in the Solid State
• Ned Bowden
  1. Surface Science and Catalysis within Organic Synthesis
• Sarah Larsen
  1. Nanocrystalline Ziolites
• Vicki Grassion
  1. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
• Ned B. Bowden

Computer Science

• Alberto Segre
  1. Network models that integrate multiple sources of real-world data to predict the spread of an infectious disease within a hospital facility

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Gary Christensen
  1. Building a 3D Segmented Brain Database for Evaluating Nonrigid Image Registration Algorithms
• Anton Kruger
  1. Pseudo Random Code generator for a Lidar

Geoscience

• David Peate
  1. Geochemical and Textural Analysis of Rocks

Hydroscience and Engineering

• Witold Krajewski
  1. Measurement of Rainfall
• Thanos Papanicolaou
  1. Conducting in-situ stable isotopes observations & analysis via a Tunable diode spectroscopy sensor for sediment source identification and transport distances under different management practices
• George Constantinescu
  1. Visualization of coherent structures in turbulent flows
• Larry J. Weber
  1. Water Quality and Nutrient Load in the Upper Mississippi River
• Marcela Politano
• Marion Muste
  1. Clear Creek Digital Observatory

Mathematics

• (Projects part of Alliance Program)

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

• John D. Lee
  1. Studying the effect of alcohol on driving performance and developing algorithms to detect alcohol impairment while people drive
  2. Developing displays and controls to help people manage remotely piloted vehicles
  3. Using physiological measures of facial temperature and functional near infrared imaging to identify ways to improve information systems in new cars
  4. Developing the car of the future that will be able to adapt itself to the driver and to the roadway to help drivers be safer and more comfortable
• Geb Thomas
  1. Robotics Lab

Neurobiology

• Alan Kay

Pharmaceutics/Pharmacy

• Aliasgar K. Salem
  1. Drug and Gene Delivery
• Horacio F. Olivo
  1. Development of New Methodology in Organic Synthesis
  2. Biocatalysis and Synthesis of Natural Products
• Robert J. Kerns
  1. Study of biologically important glycoconjugates
  2. Antibiotic resistance
• Jennifer Fiegel
  1. Medical Aerosols to Treat Respiratory Infections
• Jonathan Doorn
  1. Role of a Reactive Metabolite in Parkinson's Disease

Physics & Astronomy

• Vincent Rodgers
  1. Diffeomorphism and Geometry
• Michael Flatté
  1. Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation

Statistics

• (Projects part of Alliance Program)