Peter Larsen is in his third year as the research administrator at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. In this role he works to promote and support research and scholarship for graduate medical education - residents, fellows, and faculty. He has a long-term interest in K12 STEM education and served on the executive board for STEM-Forward (Rochester, MN) for approximately 6 years before coming to Iowa. Peter is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Kansas, was a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Plank Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, and was a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota - Rochester for 10 years before moving to MercyOne North Iowa.