People

James Ankrum, PhD
Title/Position
Director, Ankrum Lab
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
James Ankrum is associate professor of biomedical engineering, a researcher in the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, a member of the Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, a researcher in the Iowa Technology Institute, and director of the Ankrum Lab.

Riley Behan-Bush
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Riley Behan-Bush is a PhD student in biomedical engineering, part of the Medical Scientist Training (MSTP) MD-PhD program, and a graduate research assistant in the Ankrum Lab.

Lauren Boland
Title/Position
MSTP, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering

Devlin Boyt
Title/Position
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Alex Brown
Title/Position
MS Biomedical Engineering, 2017


Aaron Buelow
Title/Position
BSE Biomedical Engineering, 2017

Tony Burand
Title/Position
PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering

Ryan Byrd
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Ryan Byrd is an MS student in biomedical engineering and a graduate research assistant in the Ankrum Lab.

Riley Deutsch
Title/Position
BSE Biomedical Engineering, 2017

Lin Di
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher

Hannah Dobroski
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher

Maria Frazer
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019

Madeleine Humpal-Pash
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher
Madeleine Humpal-Pash was an undergraduate research assistant in the Ankrum Lab.

Lizzie Kilburg
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher
Lizzie Kilburg is an undergraduate researcher in the Ankrum Lab.

Jesse Liszewski
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Jesse Liszewski is a PhD student in biomedical engineering and a graduate research assistant at the Ankrum Lab.

Yoshiaki Nagumo, MD
Title/Position
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2018-2019


Allison Peroutka
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher

Michael Schrodt
Title/Position
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, 2023
Michael Schrodt was a PhD student in biomedical engineering and a graduate research assistant in the Ankrum Lab.

Bhavya Vats
Title/Position
Undergraduate Researcher
Bhavya Vats was an undergraduate research assistant in the Ankrum Lab.

Yuan Wan
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Yuan Wan is a PhD student in biomedical engineering and a graduate research assistant in the Ankrum Lab.

Fred Zasadney
Title/Position
BS/MS Fast-Track Biomedical Engineering, 2016