Primary PI
Ruyi Shi
Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering, Zhejiang University. Director of the Worldshaper biological department. Outstanding scientific
research achievements in the fields of bioengineering and food science. Recent research interest in synthetic biology and have made
excellent achievements in iGEM competition guidance.
Secondary PI
Yuqi Fu
Received Master's degree in Biotechnology from Cornell University in 2022. Specialized in plant and molecular biology. Academic
instructor of the Worldshaper biological department. Responsible for iGEM teams in Hangzhou.
Instructor
Mengdi Jin
Graduated from Xiamen University with a Master's degree in Marine Biotechnology. The main research during the master period was the
Site-directed Mutation of the Streptomyces rpsL Gene Based on the CRISPR-Cas9 system.
Instructor
Lingyan Jia
Graduated from Zhejiang University. Conducted research on tea saponin in cancer cells as a visiting scholar at West Virginia
University. Later, she focused on tumor drug resistance during her postdoctoral work and currently serves as a senior research
administrator at the ZJE Institute, supervising various research-related tasks.
Team Leader
Yang Song
Hello, everyone. I am a grade 11 student from Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Cambridge A-Level Center. Since I was a child, I have
been obsessed with keeping all kinds of pets, from cats and dogs to reptiles, and it is in the process of establishing a connection with
animals that I began to love biology.
Wet team leader
Tongjia Cao
Hi. My name is Tongjia Cao. I am 16 years old and I am also a grade 11 student. I grew up in Shenzhen, a southern city in China. I love
meeting new people. What's more, I am really into biology and environment. See you in Paris in November.
Dry team leader
Tianquan Qiu
Hello everyone, I am Tianquan Terrance Qiu from WLSA High School in Shanghai, China. I serve as the captain of the dry team and a
member of the wet team in the IGEM team.
Team Member
Yifan Pan
My name is Pan Yifan, I'm a grade 11 student from Hangzhou Dipont school of Art and Science. I have studied biology for 3 years, and
I'm really interested in this subject. Moreover, I like designing too so I participated in this biology competition and joined the
advertising and designing group.
Team Member
Fung Shing Forest Junior Kai
Inspired by Ansel Adams' belief that 'you don't take a photograph, you make it,' my name is Forest, a 16-year-old 11th-grade student
striving to capture the world's beauty through my lens. I've had the privilege to be mentored by a National Geographic professional
photographer, enriching my perspective on both art and life.
Team Member
Jinhua Shi
My name is Jinhua Shi. A student from UNNC. You can also call me Blank. Badminton is my favorite hobby. I enjoyed the time staying in
biology. I'm very glad to join this team and competition to show my academic knowledge and skills. Hope I can gain a great achievement
during this competition.
Team Member
Tianyi Lin
Hi everyone!! My name is Lin Tianyi, a senior at Zhenhai High School of Ningbo. Despite this being my first year joining the iGEM
community, I have gained a great number of skills in wet lab and done further exploration in the field of synthetic biology which I'm
quite interested in.
Team Member
Ning'er Yu
My name is Yu Ning'er, you can also call me Stacy. Now I'm studying at Ningbo Xiaoshi High School. During my free time, I would like to
play badminton and playing the piano. For the schoolwork, Biology is my favorite subject. It is my advantage to be caring to people
around me.
Team Member
Shiqi Chen
My name is Shiqi Chen a senior two student. I am a relatively introverted person, usually like to watch movies, play the violin and
draw. I am now in Snow Alevel school of mathematics, physics, biology, and Chemistry, and I am more interested in these subjects.
Team Member
Yile Li
My name is Yile Li. I am a grade 11 student from Beijing Futurecity Academy. I am really interested in animals and biology. I attended
the iGEM competition to have a deeper understanding of laboratory biology experiment operations.
Team Member
Kaiyu Jia
Hello! My name is Kevin Jia. I'm from Anhui Hefei. Now I study at Hefei Thomas School. My favorite subject is Biology and my hobby is
playing football.
Team Member
SzeYui Lee
Eager to learn and innovate as a member of our team, exploring intersections between biology, technology, and sustainable solutions.
Team Member
Ziyu Chen
I'm Ziyu Chen from Suzhou North America High School. My favorite things include watching musicals and ballet. I love to participate in
challenging work, so I decided to take part in modeling apart from the work of the wet lab in this team.
Team Member
Yichao Ma
Hi, my name is Yichao. I'm Singaporean and I am currently living in Wuxi. I moved to China 6 years ago and really enjoy things here. My
hobbies are traveling and fishing, going around to see the world, and fishing on the way would be my ideal plan to do.
Team Member
Dengchao Zhang
My name is Dengchao Zhang. I'm a curious and diligent student with a strong interest in biology. I believe that every day is an opportunity to learn and grow, and I'm excited to go through the iGEM Competition with all of you.
Team Member
Nuoyan Liu
My name is Vivian and I am from China, Shanghai Baoshan World Foreign Language School. I am studying A-level courses now and Biology is my major subject. In my free time, I am involved in the school band and visit museums on my own with friends. Traveling to different places during holidays is of course one of my great hobbies.
Team Member
Yihong Wu
Hi, my name is Yihong Wu. I like mathematics and biology. I am very excited about participating in the iGEM Competition. I'm passionate about exploring the world of science and technology.
