Team:Duke/Team

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Meet the Team

Undergraduate Team Members

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Emma Miles

Emma is a senior at Duke University majoring in Biomedical Engineering. This is her second year on the iGEM team. In addition to working on the team, she also works as an assistant laboratory manager for the Tobin Zebrafish Lab. Future plans include focusing in tissue engineering with special regard to reproductive health. She is from Pueblo, Colorado and loves to visit with family, friends, and her pet. In her spare time, she loves learning new things, eating good food, and doodling.

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Greatest hope: The website gets done on time...

Thomas Luo

Thomas is a junior at Duke University from Madison, Wisconsin majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in chemistry. This is his second year on the iGEM team. He also works as a research assistant studying angiogenesis at the Kontos Lab. He plans on attending medical school. He enjoys traveling, Netflix, March Madness, and Marching Band.

Age: 20

Hometown: Madison, WI

Favorite food: Chinese Food

Favorite basketball team: Wisconsin Badgers

Favorite fruit: What's a fruit?

Favorite film genre: SciFi

Favorite TV show: South Park

Favorite genre of music: EDM

Favorite piece of lab equipment: Erlenmeyer flask

Most inspiring place to go on campus: Rubenstein Library

Greatest fear: Cracking my phone

Greatest hope: Finding something really exciting to do next summer!

Azim Dharani

Azim is a sophomore interested in studying chemistry, with a concentration in pharmacology. He currently works in the Franz lab in the Department of Chemistry working on the organic synthesis of folic acid conjugation of the chemotherapeutic disulfiram. His prior research involves X-ray crystallography, NMR, and lung cancer drug development. In his free time, he enjoys watching stand up comedy, gardening, and eating twizzlers.

Age: 19

Hometown: Houston, TX

Favorite food: Twizzlers

Favorite basketball team: Houston Rockets

Favorite fruit: Cherries

Favorite film genre: Science Fiction

Favorite TV show: House of Cards

Favorite genre of music: R&B

Favorite piece of lab equipment: Mass Spec

Most inspiring place to go on campus: Duke Gardens

Greatest fear: Letting myself down

Greatest hope: Always learning

Adam Yaseen

Adam is a senior at Duke majoring in Biophysics and this is his third year on the Duke iGEM team. He is most interested in metabolic engineering and CRISPR mediated recombineering and hopes to pursue a Ph.D in bioengineering. In his free time he likes playing chess and reading.

Age: 21

Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Favorite food: Falafel

Favorite basketball team: Cavs

Favorite fruit: Watermelon

Favorite film genre: Psychological thrillers like Oldboy (original Korean film) and Drive

Favorite TV show: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Favorite genre of music: East Coast hip hop

Favorite piece of lab equipment: Autoclave

Most inspiring place to go on campus: Perkins Library

Greatest fear: Failed PCRs

Greatest hope: Successful PCRs

Ian Miles

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Parth Patel

Parth is a Duke BME senior who is returning for his third year on the Duke iGEM team. He has a passion for all things synbio and is really excited about CRISPR and metabolic engineering. He hopes to eventually obtain a Ph.D in bioengineering but may attempt to spend time in the industry first. In his free time he is a connoisseur of anime and enjoys reading and board game nights.

Age: 21

Hometown: Belmont, NC

Favorite food: An Orange Push Pop, Mocha, Heath, Mint Chocolate, Snickers, Cookout Milkshake

Favorite basketball team: Tune Squad

Favorite fruit: Dragonfruit

Favorite film genre: Mystery

Favorite TV show: HIMYM

Favorite genre of music: Metal

Favorite piece of lab equipment: Pipette

Most inspiring place to go on campus: Duke Lemur Center

Greatest fear: Sylveon and those dead eyes...

Greatest hope: All the promising anime that deserve a season 2 get one

Marco Hosfeld

Ex-Varsity Swimmer for Duke University and current Biomedical Engineering major in senior year at Duke University. I have a penchant for Islay scotch as well as hunting. I'm more of a grandpa than I am a college student, but I have enjoyed my time at Duke University and hope to continue studying after undergrad. I currently work with the Lynch lab and have been working with griffithsin since the previous year. Let's go Duke.