Meet Our Team!

Meet our incredible team members, student leader, and mentors.

Team Leader

Arjun Batra

Arjun Batra is a junior studying Electrical Engineering.

Main Team Members

Robin Pan

Robin Pan is a sophomore studying Applied Mathematics with a focus in Biology.

Jiani Johnson

Jiani Johnson is a sophomore studying Bioengineering with a focus on chemical and material design.

Nicholas Yang

Nicholas Yang is a sophomore studying Computer Science and Neuroscience with a concurrent masters in Computer Science.

Richard Zhu

Richard Zhu is a sophomore studying Neuroscience and Applied Mathematics with a focus in Statistics.

Jonathan Chen

Jonathan Chen is a sophomore studying Chemical & Physical Biology and Statistics.

Yewon Lee

Yewon Lee is a sophomore studying Chemistry with a concurrent master's.

Mentors

Professor Jia Liu

Professor Jia Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and studies bioelectronics.

Piyush Nanda

Piyush Nanda is a graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at Harvard University.

Acknowledgements for Additional Contributions

We are extremely grateful for the guidance and advice from our mentor Piyush Nanda throughout the entire iGEM journey. We would like to thank Professor Jia Liu and Faculty Coordinators Jenny Mileski, Melissa Mendez, and Jill Larson for organizing the team's resources as well as the gracious funding we received from Harvard SEAS for our research. Additionally, we would like to thank Dr. Melissa Hancock and Avery Normandin for providing materials and allowing us to conduct our experiments in the Harvard SEAS Biological Active Learning Labs.

We also thank all those who provided feedback for our project or otherwise contributed to our Human Practices, Dr. Jeffrey Way, Dr. Justin Rolando, and Dr. Arek Melkonian.

Finally, we would like to recognize these other contributers to the Harvard Undergraduate iGEM team: