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Adrienne Chang

Major: Biology
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.

Daniel Watson

Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Panama
Something interesting about yourself: I am doing research in deep learning.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? I want to put my skills to use to help my university be well represented around the world.

Fathurur Said

Major: Electrical Engineering
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Indonesia
Something interesting about yourself: I was 5 days away from getting struck by Tsunami (Huge tidal wave).
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? Who says engineers can’t join 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!

Lukas Zapolskas

Major: Computer Science
Year: 2020
Where are you from: Lithuania
Something interesting about yourself: I am step-ladder certified by the American Ladder Association.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? I was intercepted by opportunity, and simply could not refuse.

Pratik Maisuria

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year: 2019
Where are you from: Fiji
Something interesting about yourself: Not many people can find Fiji on the map.
Why do you want to participate in iGEM? I get to work with machines and organisms, experimenting and creating a hybrid of life and automata.

Sampanna Bhattarai

Major: Computer Engineering
Year: 2020
Where are you from: 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.

Kourosh Salehi-Ashtianii

Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani received his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA). His group aims to define the metabolic potential of eukaryotic genomes and use this information to identify strategies for improving bioproduct production in algal systems, as well as to remediate metabolic perturbations associated with human disease states. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Biology and as the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Algal, Synthetic, and Systems Biology at NYUAD.

Mazin Magzoub

Mazin Magzoub received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden) studying the biophysical properties of cell-penetrating peptides. His lab focuses on drug delivery strategies, amyloid diseases, and cancer therapeutics. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Practice in Biology and as the Principal Investigator of the Biophysics Lab at NYUAD.

Mona Kalmouni

Mona pursued her M.Sc. in Biotechnology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada where she worked on assessing the effect of gold nanoparticles on glioblastoma cell viability and autophagy. She also received her M.Ed. from the Institute of Education UCL in London, UK while running an education center and carrying out various teaching duties. Due to her passion in teaching and science, she joined NYU Abu Dhabi as an Associate Instructor of Biology for the Foundations of Science courses. She is also involved in a research project that focuses on cell-penetrating peptides as a potential therapeutic strategy in cancer.