Team:Northeastern Boston/team
TEAM
Members
David Adams
I am a fourth year Chemical Engineering Major at Northeastern I come from the small town of Grand Isle, Vermont. I went to school in Boston for the dense concentration of life science and engineering opportunities. After graduation I’d like to work on the scaling up of novel biotech processes. Favorite Movie: Kung Fu Hustle. Favorite Animal: Wolf.
Joshua Colls
Major: Biology. Graduation Year: 2017. Career plans: I'm planning on attending Medical School post undergraduate completion. Why iGEM: The idea behind joining iGEM was to enhance my lab skills and ability to debate biological concepts. Other: I moonlight in designing intricate wood carvings based off of pictures of 19th century french impressionists. I also love to knit aprons, and debate politics at the local bodegas.
Ariela Esmurria
I am from Somerville, MA and I am a Cellular and Molecular Biology major going into my second year at Northeastern. I choose to be a part of iGEM because I love working in the lab and I fell in love with synthetic biology in high school. After graduating I plan on working for a biotech company and then going on to get a PhD in either microbiology or virology.
Kevin O'Leary
Josh Timmons
I dropped my med school plans after reading "Biology is Technology." I look forward to the innovations that will redefine biology as an engineering substrate.
David Urick
I'm David Urick, a sophomore chemical engineer from Phoenix. I joined iGEM to learn more about biology. Two of my favorite things are sports and food, and I think Tom Hardy will win an Oscar over Leo in 2016. See you at the Jamboree!
Advisers
Jeffrey Bouffard
I’m a PhD candidate in Bioengineering. I had to be a part of Northeastern’s first iGEM team because I believe that advancing synthetic biology is going to make this an even more amazing time in history to be alive. Serving as a graduate student advisor for the undergraduate team was great fun, and it was rewarding to watch the team members grow and make progress over the summer.
Sanjin Hosic
Sanjin Hosic is a PhD student in Northeastern's chemical engineering department advised by Professors Shashi Murthy and Abigail Koppes. Prior to pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering, Sanjin earned his BS in Chemical Engineering also at Northeastern University. After graduating in 2011, Sanjin worked as a Process Engineer at Nantero , focusing on development, scale-up, and technology transfer of carbon nanotube purification and formulation processes. In 2013, Sanjin joined Cubist Pharmaceuticals where he developed and optimized downstream purification processes for preclinical, clinical, and commercial small molecules. Sanjin's current research is focused on bioMEMS and microfludics.
Caitlin Kramer
I work on elaborating the protein-mediated mechanisms of DNA damage and tolerance, a better understanding of which can help us combat antibiotic resistance and cancer development. My ongoing growth in science is fueled by the passionate and knowledgeable people in this city-sized idea incubator which is Boston. I believe that computational ability and biology are not just running in parallel--they are on a collision course.
Hema Madaka
Marissa Puzan
Alison Wirshing
Instructors
Dr. Godoy-Carter
Dr. Lee-Parsons
Carolyn W.T. Lee-Parsons is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University, jointly appointed between the departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry / Chemical Biology. Her research interests involve engineering the metabolism and regulation of natural products from cultures of medicinal plants and biofuels from microalgae to improve the supply of critical pharmaceutical compounds and the productivity of biofuels.