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colin.hemez@yale.edu

Colin is a member of the class of 2018 majoring in biomedical engineering and art history. His hometown is Los Alamos, NM. On the team, Colin focuses primarily on gene knockouts and cyanobacteria culturing methods. He is interested in the development of novel therapeutic proteins and in art conservation. When not in lab, Colin loves going for runs, visiting museums, and sending routes at the climbing gym.

daniel.keller@yale.edu

Danny is a Computer Science major in the class of 2018. His hometown is Rye, NY. On the team, he primarily works with cyanobacteria, software development, and literature searches. He has no clue what he wants to do with his life, but enjoys synthetic biology research.He once sang lead vocals in a progressive metal band.

chentian.jin@yale.edu

Lionel is a sophomore looking to major in Molecular Biology and Computer Science. He grew up in Singapore, where he served as an infantry officer before starting college. Lionel hopes to combine his interest in science and in entrepreneurship, and he has had "great fun" working with friends on the wet lab team to engineer rhizobium.

daniel.m.shapiro@yale.edu

Hailing from Northbrook, Illinois, hometown of notorious rapper Chief Keef, Daniel is a sophomore majoring in Physics and Philosophy. He has always been interested in biology—his favorite childhood present was the complete videography of naturalist Sir David Attenborough. He joined iGEM because he believes GMOs will save the world, and is particularly excited about this project because he thinks Cyanobacteria are key to efficiently producing energy and materials that will power the future.

jessica.tantivit@yale.edu

Jessica is a rising sophomore from the lovely town of Weston, FL. She hopes to major in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in order to become a doctor or a global health professional. Or both, because why not. Her favorite restriction enzyme is BamHI because it reminds her of the Bahn mi Vietnamese sandwich.

erin.wang@yale.edu

Erin is a sophomore from Rochester, New York majoring in Anthropology. She spends her time in the lab working on exonuclease and ligation-free cloning (ELIC) and playing "Toxic" for her bacteria. After college, she hopes to go to medical school and find a career that combines public health and mindfulness. You can usually find her in the kitchen or in the WYBC broadcast studio.

holly.zhou@yale.edu

Originally from Southern California, Holly is a sophomore in Silliman College who plans on majoring in Biomedical Engineering. She is a wet lab researcher who focuses on engineering Rhizobia. After attending graduate school, she hopes to do volunteer work abroad in public health and contribute to the improvement of organ transplant systems. While in the East Coast, she enjoys googling images of In-N-Out burgers when she is hungry.

joseph.lanzone@yale.edu

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andrew.saydjari@yale.edu

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alex.buhimschi@yale.edu

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ariel.hernandez-leyva@yale.edu

Ariel is a senior majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He was born in raised in the Chicago. Currently, he serves as the research coordinator and undergraduate advisor for iGEM. He hopes to have a future as physician scientist, studying the human gut microbiota and treating patients' bacteria to treat their bodies. He is a semi-professional juggler and is often seen juggling fruit in grocery stores.

edward.kong@yale.edu

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stephanie.mao@yale.edu

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natalie.ma@yale.edu

Natalie is a 5th year doctoral student in the Isaacs Lab and currently the lead graduate mentor for the iGEM team. Outside iGEM, her research explores emergent properties of organisms with altered genetic codes. In her spare time, Natalie can be found cooking or baking (with a particular emphasis on replicating or modifying recipes from www.smittenkitchen.com and www.seriouseats.com), or foraging for wild food and mushrooms.

jaymin.patel@yale.edu

A member of the Isaacs and Crawford Labs, Jaymin is interested in poop.

corey.perez@yale.edu

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stephen.dellaporta@yale.edu

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farren.isaacs@yale.edu

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