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Our Team

The 2015 GSU-iGEM team is made up of extraordinary men and women. In the last nine months we have gone from having no lab experience to where we are today. We have collaborated with local Atlanta businesses, such as the Atlanta Botanical gardens, reached out to Georgia Legislatures, and educated thousands of children about synthetic biology. Continually pushing to better ourselves and overcome challenges we have grown as individuals, scientists, and a team this year. Some of our hobbies are: autoclaving keyboards, playing with Legos, and Tran’s promotering.

Our Team

Maruf M. Hoque

Graduate Advisor¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I always push myself to the limits of procrastination just to see what new forms of genius I'm able to come up with afterwards.

Jessica Siemer

Graduate Advisor
My spirit animal is an Atlanta street chicken.

Laura Irvin

Year: Junior
Major: Biology

What is your spirit animal?
April Ludgate. Everyone should watch Parks and Rec.

Who is your role model?
I absolutely adore Cara Santa Maria. She's a neuroscientist and science communicator. She is part of the reason I went back to school to pursue my degree in the sciences.

What's your best piece of iGEM wisdom?
Organization is key.

Tran Dang

Year: Senior
Major: Biology

Aliens, dinosaurs, or robots. Choose one to be raised by. Why?
Aliens. I would be able to explore the vast universe one planet at a time and learn about their way-of-life.

What do you like about iGEM?
Students work on their project based on their interests and learn design and research skills that are hard to acquire as undergrads.

If you could solve any global problem what would it be?
World hunger.

Julio Falcon

Year: Junior
Major: Chemistry

What do you want to do after GSU?
Medical school.

What's the funniest thing that's ever happened to you?
Ripped my pants during a school performance

What do you like about iGEM?
I like how closely connected the iGem community is it makes working a lot easier.

Joseph Whitley

Year: Senior
Major: Biology

What do you want to do after GSU?
Graduate school, research

If you had to choose one meal to eat for the rest of your life what would it be?
Spaghetti

If you could pick any super power to have what would it be and why? What would you call yourself?
Not having to sleep. Nosleepman

Holly Bowman

Senior
Physics
If you had to choose one meal to eat for the rest of your life what would it be?
The meal would consists of five courses. I would start with smoked pork belly bossam and tempura fried sweet potatoes. The second course would be a bowl of pho with a glass of South African red wine. The third course would be Maine lobster rolls with a side salad and a glass of white sparkling wine. The final course would be a chocolate French silk pie with a nice Cabernet.

Yousef Ibrahim

Year: Senior
Major: Biology

What's your best piece of iGEM wisdom?
Immerse yourself in the experience, be humble and learn from everyone and keep a good record of your work.

If you could solve any problem in the world what would it be?
Clean and safe water access to poverty-stricken areas around the world.

What would be your strategy for surviving a zombie apocolypse?
Look for survivors and work in teams.

Grace Purvis

Year: Senior
Major: Biology

Why did you choose your major?
I love learning the why and how behind things, and being able to apply that knowledge to better the world around us.

What do you love about GSU?
I love the diversity that is represented on our campus in all forms, and I love that our team shows that.

Who is your role model?
That's a tie between my mom and Albert Einstein.

Alex Yue

Year: Senior
Major: Biology

What do you want to do after GSU?
I want get a masters degree.

What do you love about Atlanta?
I like the climate. It's very comfortable. It's also very convenient living here.

What do you like about iGEM?
IGEM gives us a chance to compete with outstanding students from other universities all around the world. At the same time, we help each other, share our opinions and succeed together. It's a really good experience.

Mark Strayer

All laptops and keyboards must be autoclaved.

Derrica Burke

Josh Davila

Undergrad at Emory University

Major
Neuroscience

If you could solve any problem in the world what would it be?
Income Inequality

Who is your role model?
Santiago Ramon y Cajal

Where is Waldo?
Boston!

Jasmine Carrothers

Undergrad at Emory University

Andrea Book

Senior
Graphic Design
If you had to choose one meal to eat for the rest of your life what would it be?
Avocado toast
What would be your strategy for surviving a zombie apocolypse?
Pretend to be a zombie
If you could pick any super power to have what would it be and why? What would you call yourself?
A shapeshifter, I would be called Superbabe
What is your spirit animal?
A Bengal Cat

Patrick the Intern

My name is Patrick and I am a freshman at North Atlanta High School. I like video games. Working in the iGEM lab was fun. I even got to play with Legos. I would like to join iGEM one day.

Dr. Matthew Brewer

Dr. Victoria Mariani

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