2024 Program Committee

Mark A. Arnold
Director, Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing

Bailey Arruda
Research Veterinary Medical Officer, Veterinary Medical Science
USDA National Animal Disease Center

Anne Bronikowski
Professor and Resident Faculty Member, Integrated Biology
Michigan State University

Ken Carson
Lead Scientist, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Department
Southwest Research Institute

Maneesh Jain
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Nebraska Medical Center


Kevin Legge
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology
University of Iowa

Jodi McGill
Associate Professor, Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University

Balaji Narasimhan
Director, Nanovaccine Institute
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor & Vlasta Klima Balloun Faculty Chair; Chemical & Biological Engineering
Iowa State University

Inna Ovsyannikova
Director of Laboratory Studies, Vaccine Research Group
Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Mike Roof
Chief Technology Officer, Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics bioscience platform, Office of the Vice President for Research
Iowa State University



Mike Wannemuehler
Associate Director, Nanovaccine Institute
Professor, Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
Iowa State University