Midam Kim
Team Leader / Wet Lab Lead
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Escherichia coli, since it is always in the lab
- Her signature phrase is "so tiny, so cute"
Elisa R. Nieto
Team Leader / Wiki Lead
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Deinococcus radiodurans, because no matter the conditions, it never loses its spirit
- She kept some winis for over a year
Diego Hernández Ynurreta
Dry Lab Lead
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirity microorganism: Coconut cadang-cadang viroid because of its cool and funny name
- He is always hungry
Daniela Machiana
Entrepreneurship
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Hydra vulgaris because they're really cool and almost immortal
- Fun fact: When she was a little girl, her dog dragged her along for a whole block when she took it out for a walk
Eduardo Betancourt
Dry Lab / Wet Lab / Wiki
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Microalgae, because it can turn waste into fuel
- Allegedly, he went skydiving just hours before a dry lab meeting
Jacqueline Cruz
Educational
- B.S. in Nanotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Rhodobacter sphaeroides because it is adaptable, resilient, and always looks for ways to thrive in any environment, taking advantage of what life offers to grow
- She has three Chihuahuas, and they are all named after royalty
Jazmin del Real
Educational
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Lactobacillus casei Shirota because she likes to drink Yakult
- She always has warm hands
José David Ovalle
Dry Lab / Wet Lab
- B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Tardigrade, because it's resilient and cute
- Fun fact: He can move his ears separately
Karla Sofía Salas
Dry Lab / Wiki
- Creative Studies
- Spirit Microorganism: Physarum polycephalum because it is a superorganism resulting from the union of a community of nearly independent cells
- Fun fact: In another life, she would be a cartoon bird
Mariana Oderay Esparza
Educational
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Aspergillus oryzae because she likes to cook
- Fun fact: She holds the record for the most wins in staring contests
Nadia Colodro
Dry lab
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Staphylococcus epidermidis for being an 'opportunistic' pathogen and for its great potential in cancer therapies
- Fun fact: She knows all the songs from the musical Hamilton by heart and listens to them when she needs inspiration
Paulina Lopez
Human Practices Lead
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Rhodotorula mucilaginosa because she likes its pink color
- She likes pottery and has seen Mulan more than 50 times
Rogelio Emiliano Lara
Educational / Wiki
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Streptococcus pyogenes because he's a fan of dishes that have any type of meat
- He has conducted experiments to study popular pseudoscientific beliefs (e.g., sweeping with an egg).
Romina Fuentes
Entrepreneurship
- B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
- Spirit Microorganism: Euglena gracilis because she finds its appearance very interesting; it has a light sensor that helps it detect light and looks like an eye
- She likes that organism so much that she named her dog after it: Rufina Guadalupe Euglena
Principal Investigators & Advisor
Jesús Hernández Pérez
César Armando Puente Garza
