Personnel

Portrait of Michael Schnieders

Michael J. Schnieders, PhD

Title/Position
Director, Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab
Michael Schnieders is director of the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab. He is an associate professor in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Biochemistry. In addition to directing the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab, he is a researcher at the Iowa Technology Institute, the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, the Institute for Vision Research, and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is an affiliate of the University of Iowa Genetics Cluster Initiative and the Iowa Informatics Initiative. He is also a member of the Biophysical Society and the American Chemical Society.
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Kaleb Bierstedt

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kaleb Bierstedt was an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab. He graduated in 2022.
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Rae Corrigan

Title/Position
Graduate Fellow
Rae Corrigan is a graduate fellow in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
Rose Gogal

Rose Gogal

Title/Position
Graduate Fellow
Rose Gogal is a graduate researcher in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab. She is the recipient of a 2021-2022 NIH Predoctorial Fellowship in Biotechnology.
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Rose Gogal

Title/Position
Graduate Fellow
Rose Gogal is a graduate fellow in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
Mitchell Hermon

Mitchell Hermon

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Mitchell Hermon is an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
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Jack Lynn

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jack Lynn was an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab. He was a 2021 Goldwater Scholar and graduated in 2022.
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Jack Lynn

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jack Lynn is an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
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Aaron Nessler

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Aaron Nessler is a graduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
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Guowei Qi

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Guowei Qi is an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
Risha Shetye

Risha Shetye

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Risha Shetye is an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
Matthew Speranza

Matthew Speranza

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Matthew Speranza is an undergraduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
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Andrew Thiel

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Andrew Thiel is a graduate research assistant in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.
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Mallory Tollefson

Title/Position
Graduate Fellow
Mallory Tollefson is a graduate fellow in the Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab.