About Us

The 15 of us come from four different universities in Stockholm, Sweden. We proudly represent the medical university Karolinska Institutet, the engineering university KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Konstfack, the university college of arts, crafts and design, and Hyper Island, a creative business school. We are a multidisciplinary team comprised of biomedical, medical students, engineers and designers.

Representing various disciplines, nationalities and cultures, our team is diverse in every sense. This diversity intersects with the iGEM spirit and values striving to develop a novel project.

We truly believe that this mix of backgrounds, experiences, and mindsets is what makes us strong as a team; constantly pushing each other to think outside of the box.

Although we understand the importance of commitment and responsibilities of participating in iGEM, we also understand how important it is to have fun. Every month, we organised non iGEM related events where we could simply hang out as a group of friends. We learned how to fence, supported our member Morgan at his American football game, went bouncing on trampolines, went camping out in the forest, and so much more. At the end of our iGEM journey, we consider iGEM Stockholm a close-knit family.

Wanna have a peek into our team spirit? Check our Instagram account!

Team Members

Name: Amanda Pellnäs
Education: M.Sc Bio-business, Birkbeck, University of London
Role: Team Leader

Name: Larsen Vornholz
Education: M.Sc Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Team Leader

Name: Shivashree Dhanaraj
Education: M.Sc Bioentrepreneurship, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Head of Research, Registry

Name: Sonia Acosta Luis
Education: M.Sc Bioentrepreneurship, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Head of Finance, Human Practices

Name: Jutta Roth
Education: B.A Design, Hochschule Pforzheim
Role: Head of Media, Human Practices

Name: Gilai Nachmann
Education: M.Sc Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Role: Vice Head of Research, wiki

Name: Adele Kastensson
Education: Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Head of Wiki, Deputy of Research, Finance, Modelling

Name: Louise Larsson
Education: M.Sc Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Role: Research, Wiki

Name: Guillermo Valenzuela Morales
Education: M.Sc Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Deputy of Finance, Research

Name: Achilleas Fardellas
Education: M.Sc Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Research, Registry, Modelling

Name: Hrista Micheva
Education: B.Sc Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Research, Wiki

Name: Rasmus Bengtsson
Education: Digital Media, Hyper Island
Role: Media, Wiki, Human Practice

Name: Shanlin Tong
Education: M.Sc Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Research, Registry

Name: Sina Amoor Pour
Education: M.Sc Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Role: Research, Media, Wiki

Name: Morgan Hjorth
Education: M.Sc Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology/B.Sc Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet
Role: Research, Registry

Get in Contact

If you would like to get in contact with us please send an email to info@igem.se. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.