Team:NYU Abu Dhabi
About Us
Meet the team
Adrienne Chang
Major: Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Year: 2018
Where are you from: US/Taiwan
Something interesting about yourself: My spirit animal is a sloth.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? I’ve always been interested in engineering and was curious to see how I could combine both passions.
Alex Cho
Major: Biology
Year: 2020
Where are you from: South Korea
Something interesting about yourself: I’m a South Korean soldier next year.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? You don’t say no to these things.
Diego Kleiman
Major: Biology
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Argentina
Something interesting about yourself: I am interested in exploring what can be learnt at the interface between biology and other disciplines.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? I think that iGEM is a great opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary project that draws upon biological knowledge to solve a real-world problem.
Fathurur Said
Major: Electrical Engineering
Year: 2019
Where are you from: Indonesia
Something interesting about yourself: I was 5 days away from getting struck by Tsunami.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? Who says engineers can’t join a Biology competition?
Khairunnisa Mentari Semesta
Major: Biology
Year: 2018
Where are you from: Indonesia
Something interesting about yourself: In my life I’ve survived multiple earthquakes and volcanic eruptions… #Indonesian
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? My synthetic biology class introduced me to iGEM - I couldn’t wait to get hands-on experience in my final year!
Laura Karpauskaite
Major: Biology
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Lithuania
Something interesting about yourself: Went to a 30km cross-country skiing marathon without knowing how to ski.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? It seemed like a great opportunity to learn more about synthetic biology.
Muhammad Shehryar Hamid
Major: Civil Engineering (Biochemistry)
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Pakistan
Something interesting about yourself: I have lived at ten different houses, each for at least more than a year, throughout my life.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? To acknowledge myself with the meeting grounds of biology and engineering, and to learn how to integrate this knowledge in designing bioengineering systems.
Pratik Maisuria
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year: 2019
Where are you from: Suva,Fiji
Something interesting about yourself: Not many people can find Fiji on the map.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? YI get to work with machines and organisms, experimenting and creating a hybrid of life and automata.
Saad Sultan
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year: 2019
Where are you from: Faisalabad, Pakistan
Something interesting about yourself: Snorkeled with Sharks, sea turtles and dolphins at three different reefs in the Maldives.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? I’ve always had a love for biology and, well, biology and engineering together just sound irresistible so I couldn’t hold myself back.
Sampanna Bhattarai
Major: Computer Engineering
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Kathmandu, Nepal
Something interesting about yourself: I haven’t seen snowfall yet (I’m from Nepal).
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? The array of experiences required for iGEM, not only confined synthetic biology, instigated me to work on this project.
