People

Meet the Auxinologists: Our research team has students and researchers across majors, programs and areas in Plant Biology.

Kelley lab Dec 2025

Principal Investigator

Dior Kelley
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Education, MCDB
dkelley@iastate.edu

Staff

Damilola Olatunji
- Research Scientist II
dolatunj@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Jodi Callwood
- BCB Graduate Student
- DoD SMART scholar
jodicall@iastate.edu
Clarice Gonzales
- IPB Graduate Student
clariceg@iastate.edu
Faith Olusegun

he/him/his
- Graduate Assistant
faith508@iastate.edu
Lauren Sichterman
- Graduate Assistant
les19@iastate.edu

Undergraduate Students

Amanda Baldry
- Undergraduate Researcher
ajbaldry@iastate.edu
Owen Kennedy
- Undergraduate Researcher
- LAS Dean’s High Impact Awardee for Undergraduate Research (Fall 2025)
owenwk53@iastate.edu
Ella McGrath

sher/her/hers
- Undergraduate Researcher
ellam@iastate.edu

Pebbles (Lab Mascot)