Team members

Holly Bristow

First Year Natural Sciences

I like cycling and trying to convince people that plants are cool.

Will Cassie

First Year Natural Sciences

Most iconic song lyric: when you can't even say my name, has the memory gone are you feeling numb?

Linhan Lei

First Year Natural Sciences

Worst baker and once made a bullet-proof bread.

Lisa Milne

First Year Engineering

I am very skilled at obtaining free food.

Fergus Molyneux

Third Year Engineering

Why no glow?

Jamie Terry

First Year Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Tried his best

Dhriti Rao

Third Year Natural Sciences (Genetics)

Working on a crochet microbe collection

Cenyujia Wang

First Year Natural Sciences

I am an avid manga collector and own over 350 volumes.

Zijiao Wang

First Year Natural Sciences

Single cell stuff is definitely better than multi cell stuff.

Instructors

Kavi Shah

PhD Student at the Department of Genetics,
President of CU SynBioSoc

Studying in vivo directed evolution strategies for optimising strains and protein, working with bacteriophage, Bacteria and Yeast

Jarrod Shilts

Group Leader, ExpressionEdits Ltd

As a longtime mentor to the Cambridge’s iGEM teams, Jarrod has a range of experience, ranging from translating research into the real world from his time helping to spin-out a biotech company to revealing the intricacies of iGEM as a veteran volunteer judge and former team leader. The research group he leads is currently focused on developing protein technologies to support finding new therapeutics.

Chi Ki Leung

PhD student in Chemical Engineering,
External Affairs Officer, CU SynBioSoc

Chi Ki has strong experiences in both cutting-edge research and innovative business development. Her current research is on pharmaceutical engineering, particularly on the porosity of drug delivery systems. She focuses on understanding the influences of pharmaceutical dosage form design on porosity, and the impact of porosity on drug product performance. In addition, she has considerable research experience in formulation development, particle processing and batteries. Beyond academia, Chi Ki has contributed to various start-up projects which commercialise advanced technologies, such as polymeric heart valves and microstructure analysis techniques.