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Dr. Zia Shaikh
Dr. Zia Shaikh is an assistant professor at DBEB, IIT Delhi and is the Professor-in-charge at iGEM IIT Delhi. He has been associated with the team since the past 3 years and has played a vital role in ensuring smooth functioning of the team. He provided us with a well-furnished lab for our project and was instrumental in getting funds for our team. Also, he helped us in the various aspects of our project, despite it not being his core area of research.

Dr. Stefan
is Dr. Stefan a visiting faculty, from Germany, at DBEB, IIT Delhi. He has been a guiding light for iGEM IIT Delhi since 2015. Even though he is a specialist in Molecular Biology, he was instrumental in our project’s computational analysis as well as team organization and management. He spent countless nights helping us troubleshoot our project and enabled us to present our project in a more detailed manner.

Prof. Atul Narang (DBEB):
Dr. Atul Narang is the Head of Department of Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DBEB), IIT Delhi. He has supported us remarkably in terms of the lab space, resources and facilities.

Prof.Shaunak Sen (Department of Electrical Engineering):
Prof. Shaunak Sen has assisted us profoundly with Microscopes, Plate-readers, and protocols. We would also like to thank him for his valuable advices on the idea Square Wave Generator, especially during the brainstorming sessions at the beginning.

Prof. James Gomes (Kusuma School of Biological Sciences):
We would like to greatly acknowledge Prof. James Gomes for his invaluable guidance towards the idea of the project. He has also assisted us with mathematical analysis, design and construction and possible topologies of the project.

Prof. Ravi Elangovan (DBEB):
Prof. Ravi Elangovan gave us insight to High resolution Methods in Biotech, he was always available after classes to discuss and help us out with the doubts and difficulties. He also helped us understand the basics of fluorescence microscopy which turned out to be useful for the project.

Dr.Vivekanandan Perumal ( Kusuma School of Biological Sciences):
Dr. Vivekanandan is an assistant professor at KSBS, IIT Delhi. He helped us in developing our cloning strategy and provided us with various lab equipments at crucial times.

Dr.Ashish Misra (DBEB):
Dr. Ashish Misra is an assistant professor at DBEB, IIT Delhi and is a Professor mentor at iGEM IIT Delhi. He joined the team in 2016 and has helped us in troubleshooting our project and gaining more insight into it. He has also been pivotal in team administration and provision of facilities.

Sumeet Agarwal (Department of Electrical Engineering):

Ms.Anamika Chauhan
Ms. Anamika is a PhD student at DBEB, IIT Delhi and has been a part of team iGEM IIT Delhi since 2015. She was crucial to our Wet Lab experiments and troubleshooting and helped us improve our lab procedures. Moreover, she has been very supportive at crucial moments faced during the project.

Mr. Saurabh Parikh:
Saurabh Parikh is a fourth year B-tech student from DBEB. He helped us right from introducing to the field of Microfluidics to designing, constructing, using microfluidic chambers. We really appreciate his remarkable support for the project.

Mr.Omkar Vinchure:
Mr. Omkar is a PhD student at DBEB, IIT Delhi and has been a mentor for iGEM IIT Delhi since 2015. He assisted us in performing advanced lab procedures and guided us throughout the whole project. He also played a crucial role in the team selection. Moreover, he allowed us access to his lab facilities, especially, the Nikon Eclipse Ti-S Fluorescence Microscope.

Mr. Arun Thapa:
Mr. Arun is a Phd student at DBEB, IIT Delhi and has been a mentor for iGEM IIT Delhi since 2016. He played a significant role in Wet lab experiments and troubleshooting and gave us crucial advices at critical times.