Mark A. Arnold

Mark A. Arnold, professor of chemistry, joined the UI faculty in 1982. His research is highly multidisciplinary, with investigations and applications in biosensor development, biocatalysis, optical spectroscopy, bioreactor monitoring, noninvasive biomedical measurement, and environmental analysis. He and his coworkers have published 125 papers in peer-reviewed journals and symposium proceedings, and have been awarded six patents, including three related to a project that offers hope for pain-free blood glucose measurement in diabetics. Arnold teaches undergraduate and graduate analytical chemistry courses, and frequently incorporates results from his biomedical sensing research program in his teaching. His service efforts include being on the editorial boards of five journals and consulting for four companies. He is director of the multidisciplinary Optical Science and Technology Center and soon will join the executive committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Kyung K. Choi

Kyung K. Choi, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is the director of the Center for Computer-Aided Design in the College of Engineering. He joined the engineering faculty in 1981. He is a nationally recognized researcher in design sensitivity analysis, mathematical theory of optimization and its application to mechanical systems, mechanical systems analysis, and reliability-based design optimization. He has published more than 90 articles and two graduate-level textbooks. He also has been principal or coprincipal investigator on 60 grants and contracts, with total funding near $11 million. Choi is associate editor for four international journals, a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has served on five different national technical committees, been on the board for six international conferences, and won the National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health.

Lawrence G. Hunsicker

Lawrence G. Hunsicker, professor of internal medicine, Division of Nephrology, joined the UI faculty in 1976. His focus is in clinical research, and he has published more than 90 peer-reviewed papers. He also has been active as a leader in the development of organ transplantation throughout the state of Iowa and the nation. Hunsicker also has provided leadership in the development of a highly successful liver and pancreas transplant program at Iowa. He was one of the founders of the American Society of Transplantation and has held offices in the National Kidney Foundation, the United Network for Organ Sharing, and the Health and Human Services Secretary’s advisory committee on organ transplantation. He also has served both the College of Medicine and the University through two terms on the Faculty Senate.

Steven Levy

Steven Levy, professor of preventive and community dentistry and epidemiology, joined the UI faculty in 1984. He serves as the director of the Dental Public Health graduate program. He also is director for several courses at the graduate and predoctoral levels and participates in clinical as well as didactic teaching. He has published more than 100 scholarly papers and is an internationally recognized leader in the area of fluorides. For the past 12 years, he has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health for the Iowa Fluoride Study, a multifaceted longitudinal study of children and their parents. His research addresses the effects of ingested and topical fluoride on dental caries and dental fluorosis, dietary determinants of dental caries, and the effects of infant sucking behaviors on future tooth alignment. He has served both the University and his dental specialty in numerous capacities and was instrumental in the creation of a faculty development program in the College of Dentistry.

David F. Lohman

David F. Lohman is professor of educational psychology in the Division of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations in the College of Education. He joined the faculty in 1981 and served as chair of the division from 1993 to 1997. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Society and of Division 15 of the American Psychological Association and also is a charter member of the Iowa Academy of Education. His research melds cognitive psychology and the psychology of individual differences to yield novel understandings of human abilities. In addition to his empirical and theoretical publications on human abilities and his service on the editorial boards of a number of prestigious journals, Lohman is the senior author of the Cognitive Abilities Test, which is administered to hundreds of thousands of students nationwide in grades K-12. He also has served in advisory roles for Educational Testing Services, Army Research Institute, American Institute for Research, and National Assessment of Educational Progress.

David F. Wiemer

David F. Wiemer joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry in 1978. Wiemer teaches organic chemistry, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His internationally recognized research, which focuses on the synthesis and evaluation of medicinally active natural products and enzyme inhibitors, has produced more than 120 publications in chemistry and biochemistry journals. He has received more than 150 invitations to speak at universities, colleges, conferences, institutes, and industries. He has received grants from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Leukemia Society of America, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He also is a prominent figure in University service and administration, having served on numerous University committees, including the promotion and tenure committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Graduate Council, and the executive committee of the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing. He recently served as interim associate dean of the Graduate College, and then assumed the position of DEO of the Department of Chemistry.

Photos by Tom Jorgensen.