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<p style="font-size:42px;"><b>Meet the team</b> | <p style="font-size:42px;"><b>Meet the team</b> | ||
| − | <p style="font-size:24px;">The UMaryland iGEM Team consists of 15 undergraduate students | + | <p style="font-size:24px;">The UMaryland iGEM Team consists of 15 undergraduate students with a variety of backgrounds. |
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<i>"I'm gonna science as hard as I can!"</i> | <i>"I'm gonna science as hard as I can!"</i> | ||
| − | <p>Stephanie is a senior at the University of Maryland researching mechanosensitive channels in V. cholerae. When she's not in the lab, you can find her wandering organic farms trying to find | + | <p>Stephanie is a senior at the University of Maryland researching mechanosensitive channels in V. cholerae. When she's not in the lab, you can find her wandering organic farms trying to find her spirit animal or exploring the rocky paths of the local Billy Goat Trail along the Potomac River. In addition to basic scientific research, she is interested in science education and policy and plans to work in that arena after earning her PhD. |
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<i>"Has Iowis-senpai noticed me yet?"</i><!--Pretty sure I'm his favourite iGEM lab member, so yes.--> | <i>"Has Iowis-senpai noticed me yet?"</i><!--Pretty sure I'm his favourite iGEM lab member, so yes.--> | ||
| − | <p>Hailing from Singapore and Australia, Chun Mun's strong interest in genetic engineering prompted him to join iGEM. He hopes to conduct research in this field after attaining an MD/PhD. Outside of school, he is a self proclaimed piano prodigy, having won consecutive local competitions and | + | <p>Hailing from Singapore and Australia, Chun Mun's strong interest in genetic engineering prompted him to join iGEM. He hopes to conduct research in this field after attaining an MD/PhD. Outside of school, he is a self proclaimed piano prodigy, having won consecutive local competitions and finalizing in international ones. He can solve a Rubik's cube in a very slow average of 17 seconds and is an avid video gamer. He is actually not a weeaboo as some aspects of his profile may suggest. <!--I also did pretty much all the work on this website--> |
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<i>"My PCR machine doubles as a hairdryer."</i> | <i>"My PCR machine doubles as a hairdryer."</i> | ||
| − | <p>Aditya is a senior at the University of Maryland who is studying Bioengineering. Aditya brings | + | <p>Aditya is a senior at the University of Maryland who is studying Bioengineering. Aditya brings five years of wet lab research experience including one prior year with Maryland's IGEM team. This year, Aditya's main foci are the design of an inexpensive and effective PCR machine and modeling metabolic pathways of engineered E.coli. In his free time, Aditya enjoys the movies, making food for the team, and visiting cows. |
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| − | <p>Kimia is a sophomore majoring in Physiology & Neurobiology and on the pre-med track. She is considering pursuing obstetrics in the future. She would like to travel and apply | + | <p>Kimia is a sophomore majoring in Physiology & Neurobiology and on the pre-med track. She is considering pursuing obstetrics in the future. She would like to travel and apply her knowledge to developing countries or disaster relief. Beyond that, she has interests in nutrition and business. Kimia is a student photographer for the Honors College and play on the Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team. Her favorite way to spend her free time is staying active in nature, such as jogging or doing adventure courses. |
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| − | <p>Adam is a senior neurobiology and physiology major at the University of Maryland. This is | + | <p>Adam is a senior neurobiology and physiology major at the University of Maryland. This is his first research experience and exposure to synthetic biology. In the future he hopes to attend medical school and pursue more research opportunities. Outside of the lab, he is a huge news junkie and loves following politics. He also enjoys traveling, weight lifting, and browsing reddit. |
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<i>"Get your lemonade and pink lemonade here!" (Refering to liquid cell culture w/ w/o RFP)"</i> | <i>"Get your lemonade and pink lemonade here!" (Refering to liquid cell culture w/ w/o RFP)"</i> | ||
| − | <p>Kara is a sophomore bioengineering major at the University of Maryland. While she isn't sure | + | <p>Kara is a sophomore bioengineering major at the University of Maryland. While she isn't sure at this point in time what exactly she plans to do in the future, she hopes that experiences like iGEM will help her to find her interests and give her more exposure to the many careers related to biology. Outside of school, she enjoys running and keeping up with track & field. She also enjoys doing kungfu (martial arts) and just recently started indoor rock climbing this summer. Basically, she loves doing sports. |
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| − | <p> | + | <p>Samiha Ahmed is a sophomore Neurobiology and Physiology and Public Health Sciences double major. She hopes to go to medical school one day, and loves all things arts and crafts related. |
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| − | <p> | + | <p>Sarah is a sophomore and member of the Gemstone Honors College. She was predominantly involved in the Wiki design. In addition to iGem, she work in a Polymer Chemistry lab and enjoy finding as much free food as possible. |
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| − | <p>George is a senior bioengineering major and statistics minor at the University of Maryland. He hopes to attend medical school after | + | <p>George is a senior bioengineering major and statistics minor at the University of Maryland. He hopes to attend medical school after his undergraduate education. In his time outside of the classroom, he enjoys running, playing basketball, and taking long naps in the library when he really should be studying. Recently, he has also been occupied with self-learning new computer programming languages. Expect big things from UMD iGEM this year – go Terps! |
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| − | <p>Nathan is a former vice president of the UMaryland iGEM team and had served many roles this past year as the team formed. He graduated with a degree in Bioengineering and currently works in the Life Sciences consulting field while also working as a mentor and advisor to this year's team. His background primarily consists of metabolic and genetic engineering research, and in | + | <p>Nathan is a former vice president of the UMaryland iGEM team and had served many roles this past year as the team formed. He graduated with a degree in Bioengineering and currently works in the Life Sciences consulting field while also working as a mentor and advisor to this year's team. His background primarily consists of metabolic and genetic engineering research, and in his spare time he is an avid rock climber and plays ice hockey! |
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| − | Tanya is a recently-graduated graduate student in the Bioengineering program. Synthetic biology has been her interest for many years, and being an advisor for the UMD iGEM team had been a great mentoring experience for her. In addition to synthetic biology, her research | + | Tanya is a recently-graduated graduate student in the Bioengineering program. Synthetic biology has been her interest for many years, and being an advisor for the UMD iGEM team had been a great mentoring experience for her. In addition to synthetic biology, her research interests include bioelectronics and the construction of lab-on-a-chip devices. She's very proud of how far the team has come and knows they will do great at the competition.</p> |
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Revision as of 16:50, 17 September 2015
