People

Graduate Students

Momin Ahmed

He/Him
- Graduate Assistant
- EEOB GSO President 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
makhaki@iastate.edu
Katie Cope

she/her/hers
- Research Scientist I
- M.S. Student
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
ktjcope@iastate.edu
Bruno Do Rosario Petrucci
- Graduate Assistant
- ECO Student Representative 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
petrucci@iastate.edu
Daniel Edwards
- Graduate Assistant
- EEOB-GSO Vice President 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
dje@iastate.edu
Jordyn Eovito

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
jreovito@iastate.edu
Emily Ernst
- PhD Student
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
ernst@iastate.edu
Yining Fu
- Graduate Assistant-Research
- Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advisor: Phoebe Edwards
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
ynfu@iastate.edu
Kathleen Hawks

they/them/theirs
- PhD Student, Graduate Assistant
- Admissions & Recruitment student representative 2025-2026
- EEB Research Symposium Chair 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
kahawks@iastate.edu
Erika Ibarra-Garibay

she/her/hers
- Graduate Research Assistant
- EEOB GSO Treasurer
- ADA Treasurer
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
egaribay@iastate.edu
Grace Jackson
- Graduate Assistant
- EEOB GS Outreach Development Coordinator 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
ghj@iastate.edu
Kaitlyn Kelley
- Graduate Assistant
- EEOB Seminar student representative 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
kkelley@iastate.edu
Tayah Lande

She/Her/Hers
- Student
Department
- EEOBS
tlande@iastate.edu
Mia Locquegnies
- Graduate Assistant
- EEOB-GSO Vice President 2025-2026
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
mlocqueg@iastate.edu
Elizabeth McMurchie
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
mcmurch@iastate.edu
Regina Minjares Grajeda
- Graduate Student
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
mrmg96@iastate.edu
Morgan Moore
- Graduate Assistant
- GPSS Senator 2024-2025
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
mimoore@iastate.edu
Ceren Ordas
- Fall 2025 graduate
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
cordas@iastate.edu
Quinton Orr
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
qdorr@iastate.edu
Nicholas Topping
- Graduate Assistant - Research
- Spring 2025 graduate
Department
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
topping@iastate.edu
Lien Tran
- Graduate Assistant
- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
lmtran@iastate.edu
Tamara Tyner-Swanson

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- EEB Admissions/Recruiting committee student representative 2024-2025
Department
- Ecology Evolution & Organismal Biol
tltyner@iastate.edu