TEAM



Meet our iGEM Team

TEAM LEAD


LUCY DAIN-WILLIAMS

Lucy is a recent graduate of Biomedical Engineering. She is passionate about the advancement of research and is hoping to lead the team to advance sustainable production of natural rubber.

CO-WET LAB LEAD


EDWARD WU

Edward is studying Molecular Bioengineering at Imperial, but has a habit of mysteriously popping up in Biochem classes held by other departments. He can't get enough of the wet lab life. Realising that AI might soon out-compete humans in protein engineering, he's currently drowning in a comical sea of existential crisis.


LARISSA POTAPOVA

Larissa is a final year biological sciences student with an interest in plant sciences, bioengineering, and interdisciplinary research. She is very excited to work with moss and to apply the skills obtained during her degree to tackle a global problem.

WET LAB TEAM


REMY BENOIT-SMITH

Remy is a final year biochemistry student interested in synthetic biology. He has a long term grudge against pcr, but hopes to make peace with the technique.


MORRIS CHEN

Morris is a second year molecular Bioengineering student with an interest in synthetic biology. He is hoping to engage in more synthetic biology applications and have fun.


CANSU AYABAKAN

Cansu is a final year molecular bioengineering student with an interest in regenerative medicine. she is hoping to gain practical skills in synthetic biology and make friends along the way!


ZHINING ZHANG

Zhining is a research masters student in system and synthetic biology and is very passionate about synthetic biology and neuroscience. she hopes to apply synthetic biology to create more interesting "creatures"!


DIYAN JAIN

Diyan is a bachelor (of science) in Biotechnology with an interest in systems and synthetic biology. He joined iGEM to help "cell-ebrate" innovation in moss and bacterial genetic engineering and contribute to this "gene-ius" synthetic biology project.


LUCIE PAOLI

Lucie is a Molecular Bioengineering Masters student with an interest in biomaterials. Working on this biomaterial synthesis project will allow her to diversify her lab skills and experience with different chassis, all while enjoying her time with her project partners.

DRY LAB TEAM


DAVID DAVID

David is a final year chemical engineering student with an interest in computational biology. He is interested in learning more about collaborating with experimentalists.

DRY LAB TEAM


CHINMAY HARITAS

Chinmay is a first year system biology PhD student with an interest in system thinking. He is in iGEM to harness the full power of modular microbial manufacturing and take over the world in his antihero arc, while assembling a team of like minded scientists.

HUMAN PRACTICES LEAD


EILEEN CHANDRA

Eileen is a final year Medical Biosciences student with an interest in neuroscience. She is wishing to dip her toes into the world of synthetic biology and explore new fields of science!

WIKI TEAM LEAD


JASON LI

Jason is a third-year student studying chemistry with an interest in spectroscopy and blood monitoring technology. he joined iGEM because he admires the multi-disciplinary nature of the project, and he thinks gene technology is so cool.




Meet Our Advisors



Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro

Principal Investigator

RLA research group, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Prof Peter Nixon

Principal Investigator

Nixon research group, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London

Dr Bennet Nwaobi

Research Technician

Nixon research group, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London

Dr Naomi Nakayama

Principal Investigator

Biological Form and Function Lab, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Dr Javiera Cecilia Lopez Salinas

Researcher and Lab Manager

RLA research group, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Ellie Wareham

Research Technician

SynBio Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Prof Ralf Reski

Principal Investigator

ReskiLab, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg

Dr Cinzia Klemm

Research Associate

RLA research group, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Dr Yingqi Xu

Facility Manager

CFNMR Centre, Imperial College London

Dr Içvara Barbier

Research Associate

RLA research group, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Dr Kathakali Sarkar

Research Associate

RLA research group, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Livia Soro

PhD student

RLA research group, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

George Greiff

PhD student

Harrison research group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol

Alexia Groff

PhD student

Nixon research group, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London

Yuming Zhou

Undergraduate student

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen




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