Student Members
Alyssa Tang Team Lead
Alyssa is a senior at Proof Shool and one of the team's co-leads. Alyssa leads research , which spans labwork, software, and hardware. Outside of iGEM, Alyssa enjoys folding origami, music, and whimsy.
Avery Davis Team Lead
Avery is a senior at Khan Lab School and one of the team's co-leads. Avery leads human practices, education, inclusivity, wiki, and pretty much everything else except research. Avery also enjoys tea, plants, fiber arts, and GIS technology.
Adam Cheong
Adam is a senior at Proof School working on research and lab work. He likes to climb, backpack, and mountaineer.
Aria Patel
Aria is a sophomore at Khan Lab School and is part of the human practices team. In her free time she loves to read, bake, watch Netflix, and do creative writing.
Arjun Ashtekar Hardware Lead
Arjun is a Sophomore at Stratford Preparatory Blackford who works on wetlab, drylab and leads the hardware team. Arjun enjoys spending time with friends, swimming, and eating food at 12 am.
Catalina Kaye-Hsu
Catalina is a junior at Proof School and works on research and video. Outside of iGEM, she enjoys music, sewing, and playing board games.
Jack Kolecke
Jack is a senior at Khan Lab School and works on wiki. Jack enjoys drawing, reading, and hiking.
Jashna Oza
Jashna is a junior at Cupertino High School who works on research and video. Outside of iGEM, she enjoys piano, karate, and reading.
Khushi Thakkar
Khushi is a junior at Khan Lab School who is works mainly on research and supports the video and education teams. She enjoys creative writing, math, and reading.
Nikhil Nunna Drylab Lead
Nikhil N. is a senior at Carlmont High School and leads the drylab team along with supporting research. Outside of iGEM, he enjoys playing guitar, tennis, and cooking.
Nikhil Venkat
Nikhil V. is a sophomore at Khan Lab School who works in research, wiki, drylab, and wetlab. Outside of iGEM, he enjoys hanging out with friends, biking, and randomly visiting Rohan.
Nuha Arif
Nuha is a junior at Khan Lab School who works on human practices and wetlab. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and baking.
Paul Norberg
Paul is a senior at Khan Lab School who works on human practices. In his spare time, he likes playing the piano, playing pickleball with his sister, and entering and exiting buildings.
Rohan Vijendran
Rohan is a sophomore at Bellarmine College Prep. He works on research, specifically wetlab. Outside of iGEM, Rohan likes hanging out with friends, playing table tennis, and doing debate.
Shreeya Kurapati
Shreeya is a sophomore at Khan Lab School who works on human practices. Outside of iGEM, she likes research, building LEGOS, and reading.
Orchita Chakraborty Video Lead
Orchita is a senior at Stratford Preparatory Blackford. She leads video and works on wetlab, a bit of drylab, and education. In her free time, she loves playing the Otamatone and the piano, exploring aquariums, playing cozy video games, and doodling!
Zoya Khare
Zoya is a junior at Khan Lab School who works on human practices and marketing. In her free time, she loves watching, learning, and talking about her interests, which range from motorsports to Bette Davis!
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Mentors
Baxter Smith PI
Baxter serves as the Innovation Hub Director at Khan Lab School, guiding students from project design through hands-on lab work and outreach. A dedicated educator in experiential, student-driven learning, he manages the team's logistics in addition to being an avid frisbee player and outdoor enthusiast.
Jenny Mae Samson Secondary PI
Jenny Mae is an accomplished researcher with advanced lab and bioinformatics experience and now works in patenting. She advises the research team.
Shreyas Parkhie Community Mentor
Shreyas is a PhD student at the University of Paris Saclay & INRAe, working on developing synbio tools. He advises the research and human practices teams, and believes iGEM teams can change the world!
Ansh Thakkar Research Advisor
Ansh is a co-founder of the team who advises the research team. He enjoys cooking, gardening and experimenting with technology in his free time.
Wilfred Tang Research Advisor
Wilfred Tang is a computational biologist who develops mass spectrometry analysis software for characterizing proteins. He advises the research team, including wetlab and drylab.
Galen Davis Outreach Advisor
Galen is a Silicon Valley tech executive with inventions in mobile networking and cryptography. He advises the human practices, drylab, and wiki teams.
Ann Bogan Research Advisor
Ann Bogan, MD is a clinical psychiatrist who works in private practice. She advises the research team, particularly wetlab work.
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