Team Members

Meet our team! Our team consisted of 9 undergraduate UVA students, 4 mentors, 1 Principal Investigator, and 2 faculty advisors. Our team spent our spring semester learning about synthetic biology and dedicated 10 weeks over the summer to develop our idea. We’re all extremely dedicated to the success of our project and hope it will contribute to iGEM and the world! Hover over each member’s picture to learn a little more about them.

Team Member 1

Madhuri Sosale

Team Lead

Year: Second Year
Major: Biomedical Engineering

Team Member 2

Matt Palermo

Wiki Lead

Year: Third Year
Major: Chemistry

Team Member 3

Elizabeth MacPhail

Wet Lab Lead

Year: Third Year
Major: Biochemistry

Team Member 4

Siena Rodeschin

IHP Lead

Year: Third Year
Major: Biomedical Engineering

Team Member 5

Nithin Avala

Finance Lead

Year: Second Year
Major: Chemistry

Team Member 6

Kaylin Shukert

Modeling Co-Lead

Year: Third Year
Major: Biochemistry

Team Member 7

Michael Mao

Modeling Co-Lead

Year: Fourth Year
Major: Biology & Computer Science

Team Member 8

Stephanie Zhang

Team Member

Year: Fourth Year
Major: Biology and Cognitive Science

Team Member 9

Hannah Shen

Team Member

Year: Third Year
Major: Biomedical Engineering

Mentors and Advisors

Team Member 1

Dr. Keith Kozminski

UVA Department of Biology

Team Member 1

Ms. Jackie Parker

UVA Department of Biology

Team Member 1

Ms. Kay Christopher

UVA Department of Biology

Team Member 1

Eliza Mills

Team Mentor

Team Member 1

Connor Sandal

Team Mentor

Team Member 1

Ryan Kenyon

Team Mentor

Team Member 1

Joshua Alexander

Team Mentor