Members
We, LCG-China, are an iGEM team composed of high school students from around the world. Our mission is to modify bacterial cellulose, enhancing its functions and applications. In this process, every team member shines in their area of expertise.
Our coaching team is highly diverse and professional, providing us with invaluable guidance and support throughout the project.
Meet our team members:
Student
Hi, this is Evian, a neurosci enthusiast in G11 at HQIS who plans to study neuroscience and psychology in the future. During my spare time, I enjoy playing badminton, horseback riding, and reading novels. In this program, I mainly focus on wiki, video taking, entrepreneurship, and wet lab. Motivated by my future envision, I keep on learning with my teammates to become a better person day by day. I deeply appreciate our supportive teammates, and I am confident that we will fulfill our shared aspirations. Best wishes to all.
Student Leader: Wiki Product Manager
Hi guys^^! This is Cynthia, currently a year 11 student from Beijing Haidian International School. I want to apply for environmental science as my major and marine biology as a minor. As the leader of Wiki PM in the team, my focus is on the design of the Wiki, but the experiment also benefits me a lot and makes me feel very interesting. I like drawing and have my own portfolio, which I hope I can make more contributions to the team through my previous experience and areas of expertise. Hope our team can achieve good results and have lots of fun during the cooperation.
Student leader: Wet Lab
Hii,my name is Seren Chen, a grade 10 student from Olive Tree International Acadamy. In our IGEM project, I am the leader of Wet Lab,and I concentrate the laboratory tasks and the writing of lab explanations,notebook and engineering. In this project ,I obtain true friendship with my new friends,there are a tons of problems that are solved together. I wish our efforts that can gain a great result.
Student
Hello everyone, my name is Cheng Tianyou and I am an 11th grade student in the International Department of Changchun No.11 Middle School. My hobbies are playing basketball and playing computer games. In the IGEM team, my main responsibility is to write the team wiki. The reason why I chose to write a team wiki is that I enjoy programming and creating things myself, rather than being limited to a fixed way of thinking. I hope my team members can work together with me in the IGEM project to achieve the ultimate victory
Student
I am Ruixuan Duan comes from twenty-first century school. In this project, I mainly focus on the production and financing. In the production part, I completed the proof of concept of the production, the costs, ingredient list of the product, production process diagram, and the project requirement. I also advocate the project for investors.
Student
Hi, my name is Zen. In our project, I focus on entrepreneurship, ensuring that our team gets the best entrepreneurship. I’m passionate about biology and economics, and I believe our team has the potential to get gold metal. Apart from work, I enjoy playing video games, including Risk of Rain 2, which helps me stay creative and motivated.
Student
Hello, my name is Grace, and I am 16 years old. I am from Beijing, China and currently studying at The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University. I have a special passion for shooting and calligraphy. Besides, I also have a special interest in environmental biology, genetic engineering, and synthetic biology. In our iGEM team, I am involved in the Wet Lab Part and the Human Practice Part. For me, iGEM represents an opportunity to bring my unique ideas to life and make a contribution to the world as a whole.
Student leader: Wiki coding task-force
Hello, my name is Shengbo Jiang or you could call me Micheal. I am currently studying in Hamden Hall Country Day School in Connecticut. I am the leader of Wiki R&D and I am mainly responsible for the development of our team's wiki and its workload distribution. Motivated by curiosity, I keep on learning new and valuable things in this striving team every single day. Overall, it is my pleasure to work with my teammates and hope we will make significant progress and achieve our desired goal.
Student Leader
I am Yunqing Lai, currently a Year 11 student at The King’s School, Canterbury. As the team leader of LCG-China, I also focus on Human Practices, AI Safety, and Wet Lab work. I am inspired by Bill Gates’ motto: “Through our natural inventiveness, creativity, and willingness to solve tough problems, we’re going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.” I am determined to ensure our team has profound and instructive experiences and ultimately wins a gold medal by unleashing our unlimited potential at the 2024 iGEM competition!
Student
Hello guys, my name is Ruan Chuxuan, Jay and I'm a 15-year-old student from an international school in Shanghai. Also, I am a member of the entrepreneurship team in our synthetic biology innovation group and I am passionate about synthetic biology and biomanufacturing. Meanwhile, I hope to help our team stand out in the market through in-depth market insights and precise strategies and planning. What's more, I firmly believe that synthetic biology technology will have a profound impact on the future, and our efforts can bring innovations and breakthroughs in this field.
Student Leader
"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, do not bully young people into poverty." This is my motto. I am Raymond Shi and the team leader of LCG-China. At present, I study in the International Department of the Affiliated High School of SCNU (HFI). I mainly work in Wet Lab, AI Safety, and Wiki design. Apart from studying, I enjoy playing badminton, workout, and cycling.
Student
Hi, I am Zhuoran Song. I am 17 years old, currently studying in Chicago, Saint Viator High School. I pretty much like playing basketball, and I have been played it for 6 years and professionally trained for 3 years, which means I am a person who is persistent and always have confidence to overcome any challenges. I primarily focus on safety task-force for our iGem project. I am so excited to be part of this team because I met so many hardworking friends and they taught me a lot, as well as the teacher in our team. I look forward to this competition in Paris and hopefully we have a good grade and achievement we deserve.
Student leader: AI safety & IHP Task-force
Hi, my name is Yuhan Wang. Currently, I study at Kingswood Oxford School in Connecticut. In my spare time, I enjoy playing the piano, Guzheng, and singing. I joined our iGEM project with a strong passion for biology and participated in safety, human practices and wet lab. "Per aspera ad astra." I do believe with our whole team's efforts, we could overcome all the difficulties and reach our goal!
Student
Hello everyone, my name is Wang Ximing. I attend LA Salle Preparatory High School and I am a member of the HP team. Although I am not the main leader of the team, I am willing to contribute my strength to promote the progress of the project with everyone. I hope to assist the team in successfully completing the task. I wish for us to unite as one, to overcome difficulties together, and to achieve our project goals. In this process, I hope that everyone can achieve satisfactory results, gain new knowledge and skills, and grow together.
Student leader: Entrepreneurship task-force
In my opinion, life is meant to create and contribute. Strive for our lofty ideals! Even if success may be difficult to achieve in the end, this pursuit is the deepest essence of life, the inexhaustible power that drives me to struggle through countless days and nights. At this moment, you and I are directly affecting the world. How remarkable a person can be on their life’s path, depends entirely on themselves. Participating in writing the magnificent epic of humanity, is the most profound mission that lies at the heart of our existence.
Student
Hello. My name is Shanglin Wu. I am a Grade 10 student in Haidian Foreign Language Shiyan School. My hobbies are programming and Rubik's cube. The future application major for me is computer science. In the beginning, I was exposed to scratch graphical programming and it got me interested in programming. After getting started, I learned some basics of python, which greatly helped me to further understand artificial intelligence. Then I learned Java through the AP CSA course. The main part of the team that I am responsible for is the wiki design.
Student
Hi, I’m Yitian Wu, and you can call me Antares. I am excited to be part of this project. I hope to contribute effectively and work towards our shared goal of winning the gold medal in the October competition. I love playing sports, especially ball games and swimming. Looking forward to collaborating with everyone and making this experience both fun and successful!
Student
Hello, everyone. My name is Ye Fan. I am from Grade 10, Senior High School of Guangdong Country Garden School. In the IGEM project, I mainly focused on entrepreneurship , providing our team with the design concept and cost analysis of our products. I love doing these things and I really enjoy the progress that comes along the way. My hobbies include reading science fiction and playing chess. It helps activate my mind. By participating in the IGEM competition, I hope my partners and I can benefit from it and use what we have learned to benefit the society in the future.
Student
Hi, my name is AODENG ZENG, and I am a student at Guangdong Country Garden School. I am one of the core members of the Safety task-force. Charlie Chaplin once said, “You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.” I believe that as long as we persevere, we can achieve our common goal!
Student
Hello everyone! I’m Zifang Zhang, a Grade 11 student at Aquinas International Academy, preparing to apply for undergraduate studies in Canada. In the iGEM team, I mainly work in the Entrepreneurship group and assist HP, IHP. I recently completed a paper on reducing methane emissions from animal production, sparking my interest in agriculture. I also enjoy cooking traditional Chinese dishes. Through iGEM, I hope to gain practical experience and contribute to solving environmental challenges.
Student
Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Zihan. I'm a Grade 12 student in Qingdao No.2 middle school. In my spare time, I'd love to read and do some manufacturing work. In our team, I participated in the entrepreneurship and the developing the experiments in the wet lab. It's a fruitful time when I'm working on our project. Wish all the efforts we've done these days could pay off as a satisfactory result. And hope all my teammates and I could strive for our life goals with the same passion in the future.
Primary PI
Ms. Zhang is the founder of the team's affiliated CTOE Lingchuanggu (Beijing) Biotech Co.,Ltd. She served as a judge for iGEM in 2023 and has held roles such as Product Line Director in Baidu's AI Business Unit, along with various leadership positions in high-tech companies and consulting firms. She brings extensive expertise to the team. Her personal interests include a range of outdoor activities, with a particular passion for skiing.
Instructor
Mr. Zhong serves as our head instructor, specializing in DBTL (Design-Build-Test-Learn) processes and wet lab coaching. As a synthetic biology research engineer and a judge for the 2023 iGEM competition, he brings extensive expertise in mentoring iGEM teams, several of which have achieved gold medal status. Currently employed by a pharmaceutical CRO company, he remains at the forefront of the synthetic biology field.
Instructor
Mr. Yang is the Principal Instructor for the Lingchuanggu Biotech's iGEM project. With seven years of experience in iGEM, he has successfully led five teams to achieve gold medals and numerous Special Prizes. He served as the iGEM China Ambassador in 2021, as well as an iGEM judge in 2023. He is a SynBio engineer with a strong background in synthetic biology. His personal interests include watching talk shows and designing LEGO models.
Secondary PI
Ms. Xi overseas academic administration, intensive training programs, and student communications related to the project. She is dedicated to identifying and cultivating each student’s individual strengths. Her prior roles include Head of Teaching and Training for the North American Study Abroad Division at New Oriental and Senior PM in Baidu's Smart Living Business Unit. Additionally, she has significant experience in medical diagnostics. Her personal interests encompass singing, drawing, and anime.
Advisor
Mr. Song is a computer science engineer and archetict in an internet technology company. He is our team's wiki coding advisor.
Advisor
Mr. Zang is a visual designer and has rich experiences in various industries such as education, internet technology, 3D printing etc. He is our team's visual design advisor.