Faculty

Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor denotes those faculty members who have been recognized for having attained outstanding national and international reputations within their professional disciplines.

University Professor
University Professor denotes those faculty members who have been recognized for having made outstanding contributions to the quality of education at Iowa State University.

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VAIDYA, UMESH, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.E., 1997, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute; M.Tech., 1999, Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 2004, California (Santa Barbara).

VAKNIN, DAVID, Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1978, M.S., 1981, Ph.D., 1987, Hebrew (Israel).

VALENCIA, GERMAN, Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1983, University De Los Andes; M.S., 1985, Ph.D., 1988, Massachusetts.

VALENZUELA-CASTRO, MARIA N., Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.S., 1991, Los Andes (Columbia); M.A., 1995, Ph.D., 1999, New York (Stony Brook).

VALLIER, FRED JAMES, Lecturer in English. B.A., 1959, M.A., 1961, Pacific; Ph.D., 1977, Colorado.

VALLIER, JANE E., Emeritus Assistant Professor of English. B.A., 1963, Morningside; M.S., 1969, Iowa State; Ph.D., 1980, Colorado.

VAN GEELEN, ALBERT, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology. M.S., 1991, Rejks Universiteit Groninger; Ph.D., 1999, Nevada (Reno).

VAN LEEUWEN, JOHANNES, Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering; Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.E., 1975, M.E., 1979, DENGR, 1988, Pretoria (South Africa).

VANAST, JOHN, Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. B.S., 1967, M.S., 1970, Western Michigan; Ph.D., 1976, Minnesota.

VANAUKEN, HOWARD E., Professor of Management. B.S., 1972, M.B.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1980, Oklahoma.

VANCE, JUDY MARIE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., 1980, M.S., 1987, Ph.D., 1992, Iowa State.

VANDER LUGT, KRISTIN T., Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures. B.A., 1995, Rochester; M.A., 1998, Pennsylvania State; Ph.D., 2006, Indiana.

VANDERLEY, BRIAN L., Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.A., 2005, Dordt College; D.V.M., 2008, Iowa State.

VANDERVALK, ARNOLD, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.Sc., 1968, indsor; M.Sc., 1970, Alberta; Ph.D., 1973, North Carolina State.

VANDERVALK, SUZANNE C., Senior Lecturer in English. B.A., 1971, Windsor (Ontario); M.A., 1994, Iowa State.

VANDERZANDEN, ANN MARIE, Associate Professor of Horticulture. B.S., 1988, Washington State; M.S., 1990, Cornell; Ph.D., 1994, Washington State.

VANDEWETERING, HYLKE, Emeritus Professor of Economics. B.Sc., 1959, M.A., 1961, McGill; Ph.D., 1964, Iowa State.

VANDYK, JOHN K., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entomology. B.A., 1992, Dordt College; M.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2003, Iowa State.

VANITEN, RICHARD J., Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. B.A., 1957, Dubuque; M.A., 1961, Ph.D., 1964, Iowa.

VANMETER, DELMAR B., Emeritus Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., 1954, B.S., 1957, M.S., 1958, Missouri.

VANMETER, KARIN C., Lecturer in Human Development and Family Studies. Ph.D., 1978, Paris-Lodron Univ. Salzburg.

VANN, ROBERTA, Emeritus Professor of English. A.B., 1966, M.S., 1973, Ph.D., 1978, Indiana.

VARDEMAN, STEPHEN B., Professor of Statistics; Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering; University Professor. B.S., 1971, M.S., 1973, Iowa State; Ph.D., 1975, Michigan State.

VARY, JAMES P., Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1965, Boston College; M.S., 1967, M.P.H., 1968, Ph.D., 1970, Yale.

VASWANI, NAMRATA, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.Tech., 1999, Indian Institute of Technology (India); Ph.D., 2004, Maryland.

VAUGHN, ERIC MARTIN, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (Collaborator). B.S., 1986, M.S., 1990, Ph.D., 1994, Iowa State.

VAUGHN, RICHARD C., Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. B.A., 1948, Michigan State; M.I.E., 1955, Toledo.

VEGA-GARCIA, SUSAN A., Associate Professor, Library. B.A., 1980, M.A.L.S., 1992, Iowa.

VENKATA, SUBRAHMANYAM, Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., 1963, Andhra (India); M.S., 1966, Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1971, South Carolina.

VENKATAGIRI, HORABAIL, Associate Professor of Psychology. B.A., 1967, M.S., 1969, Mysore; Ph.D., 1977, Bowling Green.

VERHOEVEN, JOHN, Emeritus Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. B.S., 1957, M.S., 1959, Ph.D., 1963, Michigan.

VERKADE, JOHN, Professor of Chemistry; University Professor. B.S., 1956, Illinois; M.A., 1957, Harvard; Ph.D., 1960, Illinois.

VERMEER, MARISSA ELIZABETH, Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., 2001, Wartburg; M.Ed., 2006, Iowa State.

VIATORI, MAXIMILIAN S. III, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., 1999, Missouri; M.A., 2000, Ph.D., 2005, California (Davis).

VIGIL, DENNIS R., Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. B.S., 1985, New Mexico; M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1990, Michigan.

VILES, JOSEPH MOORE, Associate Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. B.A., 1965, Rice; M.S., 1968, Ph.D., 1969, Tulane.

VINCENT, AMY LOUISE, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (Collaborator). B.S., 1993, Western Kentucky; M.S., 1997, D.V.M., 2002, Ph.D., 2004, Iowa State.

VINOGRADE, BERNARD, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics; Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences. B.S., 1937, City University of New York; M.A., 1940, Ph.D., 1942, Michigan.

VLECK, CAROL M., Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.A., 1972, Pomona; M.S., 1972, Ph.D., 1978, California (Los Angeles).

VOELKER, DONALD E., Emeritus Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1943, M.S., 1950, Iowa State.

VOGEL, DAVID L., Associate Professor of Psychology. B.A., 1993, M.S., 1995, Indiana; Ph.D., 2000, Florida.

VOGEL, JERALD MILO, Emeritus Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1962, M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1971, Iowa State.

VOLKER, CAROL B., Emeritus Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies. B.S., 1956, M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1985, Iowa State.

VOLKER, ROGER PAUL, Emeritus Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., 1956, M.S., 1963, Ph.D., 1970, Iowa State.

VOLLBRECHT, ERIK WARREN, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. B.A., 1985, Ph.D., 1997, California (Berkeley).

VONDRA, CARL FRANK, Emeritus Professor of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences; Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences. B.S., 1956, M.S., 1958, Ph.D., 1963, Nebraska.

VONGRABOW, RICHARD H., Emeritus Professor of Music. B.A., 1955, M.A., 1958, Ball State; D.M.A., 1972, Southern California.

VOORHEES, ROY DALE, Emeritus Professor of Transportation and Logistics. B.S., 1948, Georgetown; M.B.A., 1970, George Washington.

VOSS, REGIS DALE, Emeritus Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1952, M.S., 1960, Ph.D., 1962, Iowa State.

VOYTAS, DANIEL F., Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (Collaborator). A.B., 1984, Ph.D., 1990, Harvard.

VRCHOTA, DENISE ANN, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English. B.A., 1971, Northern Iowa; M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1989, Iowa State.