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2013 UC Davis iGEM Team
Aura Ferreiro
I am a 5th year undergraduate majoring in Biological Systems Engineering. I enjoy playing my ukulele and coming up with ways to integrate quinoa and tofu into every meal I cook. I plan to apply for graduate programs in the same field I study now, and look forward to a career in design and modeling of industrial biological systems, or of synthetic biological devices with commercial applications.
Amy Soon
I am a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering and specializing in Systems and Synthetic Biology. Outside of school and the lab, I enjoy fantasy and mystery stories in tv shows, games or novels. I am still in the process of deciding on my future career path and whether I will go to graduate school directly after graduating or take some time off to get work experience first. I hope to be able to continue working with synthetic biology in a career in industry.
Alex Neckelmann
I am a Senior majoring in Biotechnology with an emphasis in microbiology and awesome. When Iām not at school, I enjoy playing tennis or reading biographies. I plan on graduating and applying to graduate school in the fall. After graduate school, I would really enjoy working on projects involved in bioremediation or optimizing industrial bioprocesses through synthetic biology.
David Hwang
Hi, I'm David Hwang, and I'm entering my fourth year as a Computer Science major this coming fall. My current professional interests are computer science applications in healthcare, education, and clearly, biology. My unprofessional interests are ultimate frisbee (I am on the school's club team where we placed in the top 8 in the nation this past year), and cooking.
Lucas Murray
Will be updated soon.
Advisors:
Andrew Yao
Wetlab Advisor
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Nick Csicsery
iGEM Veteran Advisor
B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering
Navneet Rai
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Wetlab Advisor
Instructors:
Dr. Marc Facciotti
Ph.D. in Biophysics
Department: Biomedical Engineering and UC Davis Genome Center
Facciotti Lab Website
Dr. Justin Siegel
Ph.D. in BioMolecular Structure and Design
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
Siegel Lab Website
Dr. Ilias Tagkopoulos
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Department: Computer Science and UC Davis Genome Center
Tagkopoulos Lab Website