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ToxicologyInterdepartmentalGraduateProgram2019-2020summaryofactivities
DirectorofGraduateEducation:Dr.AileenKeating(CALS)
SupervisoryCommittee:Dr.StevenBradbury(CALS),Dr.JacekKoziel(CoE;CALS),Dr.
JoelCoats(CALS),Dr.RichardMartin(CVM),Dr.BorisJovanovic(CALS)
ProgramAdministrator:SethShatto2019-2020ToxicologygraduatestudentsAhmedAbdalla(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)CalebCorona(Dr.Coats)ColinWong(Dr.Coats)DharminRokad(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)MariaGonzalezAlvarez(Dr.Keating)MauraHall(Dr.Coats)CourtneyHuerter(Dr.Coats)JacobJohnson(Dr.Coats)JamesKlimavicz(Dr.Coats)NiranjanaKrishnan(Dr.Bradbury)BaileyMcGuire(Dr.Keating)ScottRadke(Dr.Ensley(nowKSU))CristinaSantana(Dr.Gauger)DwayneSchrunk(Dr.Ensley(nowKSU))RachelSorensen(Dr.Jovanovic)MengisteabWolday(Dr.Martin)HannahWickham(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)BharathiPalanisamy(TOXminor;Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)SireeshaManne(TOXminor;Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)Newstudentstotheprogramin2019:HannahWickham(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)NurAshiqinMohdRidzuanNirmal(Dr.Jovanović)ImaobongInyang(inrotation)Graduatingstudents(SinceSummer2019andcurrentemployment): Degree Mentor CurrentEmploymentDharminRokad PhD Dr.Kanthasamy StudyDirectoratCovanceLaboratoriesMengisteabWolday MS Dr.Martin CharlesRiverLaboratories,PASireeshaManne PhD Dr.Kanthasamy PostDocpositionatMayoClinic
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Incomingstudents(Fall2020):ChristianHaffner(MS)AlyssaOtto(PhD)CharityNya(PhD)*internationalstudent,travelcomplicationswithCOVID-19Budgetdetails:ToxBudgetfor2019-2020:$60,716Carryoverfundsfrom2018-2019:$22,658.52TotalFundsAvailable:$83,374.52Totalusedtosupportstudenttuition/stipend/benefits:$54,026.52TotalusedforDOGEincentive:$5,303Totalusedformiscellaneous:$819.87forFood.$60forApplicationFeeWaiverTotalSpentasof6/23/2020:$60,503.20Unspentfrom2019-2020year:$22,871.32Graduatestudentawards:DharminRokad–KanthasamyresearchgroupTravel Grant from the American College of Toxicology(2019)andpresentedhisworkinNovemberof2019attheACTconference.DefendedPh.D.DissertationinFebruaryof2020.NiranjanaKrishnan–BradburyresearchgroupInvitedtopresentthefollowingresearchinNovember2019attheEntomologicalSocietyofAmericaMeeting:KrishnanN,BidneK,HellmichR,CoatsJ,BradburyS.2019.Estimatingtheriskof insecticideexposureto themonarchbutterfly (Danaus plexippus) at the patch and landscapescales. Talk at the Entomological Society of America, St.Louis,MO.Krishnan N, Coats J, Bradbury S. 2019. Comparing theinsecticide sensitivity of monarchs to bees and otherbutterflies.PosterattheEntomologicalSocietyofAmerica,St.Louis,MO.
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Researchfeaturedonjournalcover.KrishnanN,YangZ,BidneKG,HellmichRL,CoatsJR,BradburySP.2020.Assessingfield-scalerisksoffoliarinsecticideapplicationstomonarchbutterfly(Danausplexippus)larvae.InEnvironmentalToxicologyandChemistry.DOI:10.1002/etc.4672.https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/etc.4672.Awarded the Henry and Sylvia Richardson Research Incentive Grant by the EntomologyDepartmentatIowaStateUniversity.CristinaSantana-GaugerresearchgroupAmerican Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics Conference 2019Lowlevelexposuretohydrogensulfideincreasesthepathogenicityofinfluenzaavirusinswine.$1,500travelawardincluded.CentralStatesSocietyofToxicologyConference2019Effectsoflowlevelhydrogensulfideexposureonthepathogenicityofinfluenzaavirusinaswinemodel.SocietyofToxicologyConference2020A simple large-animalwhole-body inhalation exposure system to study environmentallyrelevanttoxicantexposures.JamesKlimavicz–CoatsresearchgroupLeadershipAward–ISUGraduateandProfessionalStudentSenateJacobJohnson–Coatsresearchgroup2019EntomologicalSocietyofAmerica(PhotoBelow)
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EstefaniaGonzalezAlvarez&BaileyMcGuire–KeatingresearchgroupGonzálezAlvarez,M.Estefanía,McGuire,Bailey,Keating,Aileen,K.2020.Ovarianeffectsofperfluorooctanoicacidexposureinleanandobesemice.Abstractacceptedforposterpresentationat202053rdAnnualMeetingSocietyfortheStudyofReproduction.GonzálezAlvarez,M.Estefanía,McGuire,Bailey,Keating,Aileen,K.2020.Investigatingadditiveimpactofobesityonzeralenone-inducedovotoxicity.Abstractacceptedforposterpresentationat2020SocietyofToxicology59thAnnualMeeting.Anaheim,California.US.AbstractpublishedinTheToxicologist,SupplementtoToxicologicalSciences,174(1),abstract#1552,2020.GonzálezAlvarez,M.Estefanía,etal.2019.Impactofhighfatdiet-inducedobesityonovarianchemicalmetabolismproteinsinrats.PosterpresentedattheSocietyfortheStudyofReproduction.52ndAnnualMeeting.BeyondPossible:RemarkableTransformationofReproductiveBiology.SanJosé,California,US.RachelSorensen–JovanovicresearchgroupRachelreceivedtheprestigiousISUBrownGraduateFellowship2020-2021fromtheofficeofVPR.Rachelwasalsoacceptedintothe2020-2021ISUDataFEWSionTraineeshipProgramHonorableMentionbytheNationalScienceFoundation’sGraduateintheGraduateResearchFellowshipProgramFacultyawards:Dr.GaryMunkvoldSeptember2019Regents’FacultyExcellenceAward–IowaBoardofRegents.Dr.KevinSchalinske2019MargetEllenWhiteGraduateFacultyAward–ISU.2019USDAFoodandAgricultureSciencesExcellenceinTeachingAward.PresentedattheAPLUmeetinginSanDiego,CA.Dr.JoelCoatsAugust2019FellowoftheAmericanChemicalSociety.Dr.JacekKoziel
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2019GlobalPeerReviewAward,top1%inField:EnvironmentandEcology,Publons.(https://publons.com/awards/peer-review/2019/by-field/).2019GlobalPeerReviewAward,Top1%inField:Cross-FieldAward,Publons.(https://publons.com/awards/peer-review/2019/by-field/)Dr.AileenKeating2019 Stephen B. Harris Mid-Career Research Award, Reproductive and Developmental
ToxicologySpecialtySection(Inauguralwinner).2019IowaStateUniversityMid-CareerAchievementinResearchAward.2019GammaSigmaDeltaHonorsSocietyResearchMissionAward.ToxicologyGraduateStudentOrganizationTheToxicologyGraduateStudentOrganizationorganizedTOXtriviathisMarch(Photobelow).TSGOalsometvirtuallythroughWebexinJuneandseveralothertimesthroughoutthe2019-2020academicyear.
PharmacologyandToxicologyUndergraduateminorWehad11studentsregisteredforthePharmacologyandToxicologyminorin2019-2020.
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CurrentToxicologyFaculty
AgriculturalandBiosystemsEngineeringJacekKoziel,Professor
AnimalScience
StephanieHansen,ProfessorAileenKeating,AssociateProfessorandDirectorofGraduateEducationforToxicology
StephanSchmitz-Esser,AssociateProfessor
Biochemistry,BiophysicsandMolecularBiologyMaritNilsen-Hamilton,Professor
BiomedicalSciences
VellareddyAnantharam,AdjunctAssistantProfessorChandrashekhar(Chandru)Charavaryamath,AssistantProfessor
MichaelCho,ProfessorandLloydChairinBiomedicalSciences,Co-Director,CenterforAdvancedHostDefense,ImmunobioticsandTraslationalComparativeMedicine(CAHDIT)
M.HeatherGreenlee,AssociateProfessorAnumanthaKanthasamy,DistinguishedProfessor,EugeneandLindaLloydProfessor,
DirectorofIowaCenterforNeurotoxicologyArthiKanthasamy,AssociateProfessor
RichardMartin,ProfessorforToxicologyandBiomedicalSciences,M.R.C.V.S.,Dip.E.C.V.P.T.JonathanMochel,AssociateProfessor
AlanRobertson,ResearchAssociateProfessorRavindraSingh,ProfessorandSalsburyChairThimmasettappThippeswamy,Professor
ChemicalandBiologicalEngineeringLauraJarboe,AssociateProfessor
Entomology
KeriCarstens,CollaboratorAssistantProfessorJoelCoats,DistinguishedProfessor
FoodSciencesandHumanNutrition
RuthMacDonald,Professor,FSHNDepartmentChairAubreyMendonca,AssociateManjuReddy,Professor
KevinSchalinske,Professor
GeneticsDevelopmentandCellBiologyJoAnnePowell-Coffman,Professor
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NaturalResourceEcologyandManagement
StevenBradbury,ProfessorBorisJovanovic,AssistantProfessor
PlantPathologyandMicrobiology
GaryMunkvold,Professor
VeterinaryMicrobiologyandPreventiveMedicineQijingZhang,BVsc,ProfessorandFrankRamseyEndowedChair,AssociateDeanfor
ResearchandGraduateStudies,CollegeofVeterinaryMedicine