Affiliated Institutes

Center for Metabolic Biology

Abbreviation:

CMB

Chair/Director Name:

Basil Nikolau, Director

Phone:

(515) 294-0000

E-mail:

isu.cmb@iastate.edu

Mission:

The center facilitates, encourages and sponsors innovative and fundamental molecular research to develop a comprehensive understanding of metabolic networks and systems.

Mailing Address:

3254 Molecular Biology Building
Ames, IA 50011

Plant Sciences Institute

Chair/Director Name:

Patrick Schnable, Director

Phone:

(515) 294-0975

E-mail:

https://www.psi.iastate.edu/contact-us/

Mission:

PSI's research focus is to understand the effects of genotype (genetic makeup) and environment on phenotypes (traits) sufficiently well that it will be able to predict the phenotype of a given genotype in a given environment.

Mailing Address:

1073 Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory
1111 WOI Road
Ames, Iowa 50011-1085

Iowa Water Center

Chair/Director Name:

Rick Cruse, Director

Phone:

(515) 294-7467

E-mail:

rmc@iastate.edu

Mission:

The center is part of a national network Congress created in 1964 through the Water Resources Research Act to form a comprehensive research-based structure that could join with state and local agencies in safeguarding the nation’s water resources.

Mailing Address:

2218 Agronomy Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011

Bioeconomy Institute

Abbreviation:

BEI

Chair/Director Name:

Robert Brown, Director

Phone:

(515) 294-4459

E-mail:

bei@iastate.edu

Mission:

BEI seeks to advance the use of biorenewable resources for the production of fuels, energy, chemicals and materials.

Mailing Address:

1140 Biorenewables Research Laboratory
617 Bissell Road
Ames, IA 50011-1098