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Supraja Chittari

Poster and Presentation Coordinator & Biological Research Team Member

Class of 2018 - College of Arts & Sciences, Undeclared

Supraja Chittari is a rising second-year at the University of Virginia from Vienna, Virginia. Supraja can’t quite make up her mind about what she’s studying, but we know it’ll be something that’s fairly science-heavy. A dedicated member of iGEM 2015’s so-called BioSquad, she can be seen in the lab at ungodly hours of the night screaming something about failed competent cells.

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Dominic Ritchey

Wiki Programmer and Co-Chief Financial Officer

Class of 2018 - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Computer Science & Biology

Dominic Ritchey is a rising second-year at the University of Virginia from Columbus, Ohio. Dominic is studying Computer Science and Biology because he has no idea yet what he wants to do with his life. Dominic is the Chief Financial Officer and Wiki Programmer for team, so he has not even touched a pipette in the lab as of yet. Dominic is a dedicated member of the so-called Ca$hCrew, and he can often be found camped-out in a U.Va. library coding for hours on end.

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Jingyuan Zhang

Laboratory Technician & Biological Research Team Member

Class of 2017 - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

Jingyuan Zhang is a rising third-year at the University of Virginia from Beijing, China, and she studies Biomedical Engineering. Jingyuan is a dedicated member of the BioSquad, and officially she is one of the team laboratory technicians. Jingyuan can frequently be found running hastily around the lab with multiple timers going off.

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Liam Wolf

Administrator, Co-Chief Financial Officer and Policy & Practices Team Member

Class of 2018 - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Systems Engineering

Liam Wolf is a rising second-year at the University of Virginia from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Liam is studying Systems Engineering, even though no one really knows what that is. Liam is involved in just about everything the team does, whether he is asked or not, and the team lovingly (and mostly jokingly) refers to him as the Overlord. Officially, Liam is the team Administrator, though he is also involved in every other part of the project. Liam claims that, one day, all 9 team members will get together for a team-building activity, but no one really believes it.

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Rena Yuan

Policy & Practices and Biology Research Team Member

Class of 2018 - College of Arts and Sciences, Biology and Statistics

Rena Yuan is a rising second-year at the University of Virginia studying biology and statistics. Rena is originally from Long Island, New York, but is now a NOVA (Northern Virginia) transplant. Rena is a dedicated member of the so-called BioSquad and though she works full-time in another position, she can frequently be seen coming into the lab at 4:00 am in order to get some of her work done, even when she knows that she’s not expected to do so.

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Issac Li

Head of Modelling, Policy & Practices Team Member and Biology Research Team Member

Class of 2016 - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

Issac Li is a rising fourth-year at the University of Virginia studying Biomedical Engineering from Shijiazhuang, China. Issac is the official Head of Modeling for the 2015 team. Issac is a de facto addition to the BioSquad and also aids in Policy and Practices.

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Sean Sequeira

Modelling Team Member, Policy and Practices Team Member, and Finance Team Member

Class of 2018 - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

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Shiran Su

Laboratory Technician and Biological Research Team Member

Class of 2016 - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

Shiran Su is a rising fourth-year at the University of Virginia from Nanjing, China. Shiran is finishing up her degree in Biomedical Engineering this year. Shiran is a dedicated member of the so-called BioSquad. Without fail, one can either find Shiran somewhere in the building taking a quick daytime nap on a bench or lecturing another engineering teammate about the ease of the U.Va. engineering curriculum, especially after s/he has been complaining about a difficult class.

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Connor Jahelka

Head of Policy & Practices

Class of 2017 - College of Arts and Sciences, Biology

Connor Jahelka is a rising third-year at the University of Virginia from Fairfax, Virginia. Connor is studying biology and splits his time between a neuroscience lab and iGEM during the summer. Connor is the Head of Policy and Practices for this year’s team. Connor has a notoriously faulty alarm clock, on which he blames his persistent lateness, and he works most effectively when given very detailed, itemized to-do lists and constant negative reinforcement, mostly provided by Liam.