Team:NYU Abu Dhabi/Team

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.

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.

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.