Members

Addie Lomax

Human Practices, Education Lead

Hi! My name is Addie and I'm from a small town in Western Washington called Port Angeles! I'm a rising junior at UW with a double major in psychology and anthropology.

Aimee Furlan

Kinetic Modeling Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Akira Morishita

Human Practices & Protein Modeling Member

I am a third-year student at the UW majoring in MCD Biology! I am originally from Bellevue, Washington, and I am also in the Husky Marching Band!

Alex Gratch

Human Practices Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Andrew Kesapradist

Kinetic Modeling Lead

Busy working on iGEM!

Angela Zheng

Wet Lab Member

Hi! I’m a senior at UW, majoring in MCD Biology with a minor in Entrepreneurship. I am from Sydney, Australia, and I love exploring coffee roasters!

Anna Wang

Design Lead, Wet Lab Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Daphne Suen

Web Development Member

I (she/her) am studying Public Health - Global Health. I'm passionate about healthcare accessibility and dismantling white supremacy culture.

Elena Baraznenok

Protein Modeling Lead, Design Member

I am an undergraduate student majoring in bioengineering. This is my third year on the Washington iGEM team.

Emily Sperry

Web Development Lead

I am currently a senior bioengineering and biochemistry student from West Richland, WA. I'm passionate about all research related to the medical sector!

Ethan Cheney

Fundraising Lead, Design Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Ethan Tran

Web Development Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Grace Hwang

Social Media Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Grace Kusol

Design Member

I’m a third year psychology major planning to pursue a career in clinical psychology. I spent 11 years living in Thailand before I travelled to UW!

Gurnoor Sandhu

Social Media Member

I am a biochemistry major starting my second year at UW. This is my first year on the team and I joined because I wanted to learn more about biotech/synthetic bio and be a part of a research team.

Heidi Neuman

Protein Modeling Member

Hi, my name is Heidi! I am a third year student at UW majoring in Neuroscience and Applied Math. I am from Stillwater, Minnesota.

Ivy Lee

Social Media Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Jaiden Poon

Human Practices Member

I am majoring in bioengineering. I grew up in Hong Kong and love to hike the various mountains there. I enjoy sampling food from around the globe!

Katherine Lai

Social Media Lead

I am a third year student doing a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major and a Global Health minor. I'm from Bellevue, WA and fun fact, I have over 50 pairs of earrings!

Kristan Dela Cruz

Kinetic Modeling Member

I'm a 'Chemical Engineering' major with a minor in 'Data Science' and a concentration in 'Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering.' This is my first year competing!

Maddie Ho

Wet Lab Lead

Busy working on iGEM!

Nathan Qing

Wet Lab Member

I am a first year intended BioE from Beijing China. I can eat peanut butter by itself!

Om Sahaym

Human Practices, Integrated HP Lead

Busy working on iGEM!

Owen Knight

Team Captain

Hi! I'm a UW senior and a biochemistry and economics major. I love cooking, piano snowboarding and Washington iGEM club administrative work :)

Rittika Saha

Wet Lab Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Simon Du

Kinetic Modeling Member

I am a 3rd year Biochemistry major. I consider myself a born and bred Canadian, but currently reside in Bellevue after moving to the US in 2016.

Wendy Wang

Kinetic Modeling Member

I'm a UW freshman that's majoring in Electrical Computer Engineering. I'm from Long Island, NY. Fun fact about me is that I watched Hamilton 10 times on Disney plus.

Wenyu Shi

Wet Lab Member

Busy working on iGEM!

Zijing Wei

Web Development Member

I am a second-year student at UW, and my major is ECE. I come from Shanghai, China. I have constructed a language for squirrels!

Mentors

Dr. Claudia Vasquez

Mentor

The goal of my lab is to dissect the emergent properties cells used to build complex higher-order tissue structures, like our organs.

Dr. Frank DiMaio

Mentor

Dr. Frank Dimaio is an Associate Professor at the IPD. His research is focused on protein structure determination from sparse and noisy experimental data.

Dr. Jennifer Kong

Mentor

My lab uses a combination of stem cells, CRISPR/Cas9 screens, mouse genetics, and biochemical assays to study the signaling pathways that are essential.

TEAM

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