Our Team
Our team of motivated undergraduates collaborate to design innovative synthetic biology solutions. Under the guidance of professors and graduate student mentors, we conduct meaningful research that not only meets competition requirements but also addresses pressing local and global challenges.
Directors & Leads
Ada Jiang
Director
Microbiology and Immunology
Narjis Alhusseini
Director
Microbiology and Immunology
Piyush Awasthi
Director
Biomedical Engineering
Jessie Luo
Wet Lab Lead
Microbiology and Immunology
Matthew Chan
Wet Lab Lead
Microbiology and Immunology
Pattarin Blanchard
Wet Lab Lead
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Jessica Xin
Dry Lab Lead
Biomedical Engineering
Matthias Wong
Dry Lab Lead
Biomedical Engineering
Sebastian Hyland
Dry Lab Lead
Biomedical Engineering
Catherine Jiang
Human Practices Lead
Integrated Sciences
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Human Practices Lead
Microbiology and Immunology
Aden Chan
Administration Lead
Biomedical Engineering
Aoniya Colynn
Design-Wiki Lead
Microbiology × Oceanography
Nathan Yeung
Design-Wiki Lead + Dry Lab
Computer Science
Wet Lab
Alya Kaynak
Wet Lab
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Arda Sayla
Wet Lab
Biochemistry
Evan Wong
Wet Lab
Biochemistry
Marina Chen
Wet Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Sarah Duan
Wet Lab
Biochemistry
Sean Fox
Wet Lab
Integrated Sciences
Talha Zubair
Wet Lab
Biology
Wendy Wu
Wet Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Yuki Guan
Wet Lab
Integrated Engineering
ZiQi Chen
Wet Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Dry Lab
Angela Xu
Dry Lab
Computer Science × Microbiology and Immunology
Carrie Xu
Dry Lab
Pharmacology
Claudia Chen
Dry Lab
Microbiology and Immunology
Connor Mora
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Danielle Keith
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Ethan Yip
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Felix Chan
Dry Lab
Biochemistry
Hanna Khan
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Jaclyn Armstrong
Dry Lab
Microbiology and Immunology
Kaylie Chen
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Maximilien Filion
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Nichita Bulbuc
Dry Lab
Biochemistry
Robben Liu
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Saige Mann
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Sam Salitra
Dry Lab
Microbiology and Immunology
Satvika Suresha
Dry Lab
Medical Laboratory Science
Tiffany Feng
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Tom Xie
Dry Lab
Computer Science
Victoria Chong
Dry Lab
Biomedical Engineering
Xu Yuan (Dylan) Zhang
Dry Lab
Computer Science
Human Practices
Cindy Fu
Human Practices
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Kelly He
Human Practices
Microbiology and Immunology
Libby Lee
Human Practices
Biochemistry
Lillian Pan
Human Practices
Statistics
Nethkini Liyanage
Human Practices
Microbiology and Immunology
Pearl Dhingra
Human Practices
Biomedical Engineering
Zahra Savoji
Human Practices
Neuroscience
Administration
Gabriella Marie Gubantes
Administration
Biomedical Engineering
Gurnek Sandhu
Administration
Computer Science
Izaak Yip
Administration
Microbiology and Immunology
Jewell Alexo
Administration
Biomedical Engineering
Kaitlyn Liu
Administration
Microbiology and Immunology
Min Mon
Administration
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rayzell Tjandra
Administration
Computer Science
Design-Wiki
Alan Wu
Design-Wiki
Computer Science
Alexi Manning
Design-Wiki
Cognitive Systems (Computer Science)
Billy Wang
Design-Wiki
Computer Science × Statistics
Bruce Chen
Design-Wiki + Administration
Marketing
Ceres Zhou
Design-Wiki
Neuroscience
Heral Kumar
Design-Wiki
Mathematics
Zhenyu (Jacky) Zhong
Design-Wiki
Statistics
Instructor
Antonio Wong
Instructor
Radiology
Advisors
Burak Özkan
Administration Advisor
Biology × Microbiology and Immunology
Riya Alluri
Human Practices Advisor
Biology × Computer Science
Principal Investigators
Dr. Steven Hallam
Principal Investigator
Microbiology and Immunology
Dr. Jenna Usprech
Principal Investigator
Biomedical Engineering