Team

Meet the student team!

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Jeannie She

Jeannie is our fabulous Team Lead! She is a sophomore majoring in Biological Engineering.

Katie Spivakovsky

Katie is our amazing Experiment Lead! She is a sophomore majoring in Biological Engineering and AI & Decision Making.

Allison Lin

Allison is our great Design Lead! She is a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.


Meet the mentors!

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Matthew Feng

Matthew is a master's student at MIT studying computer science and biology. He was on the 2022 iGEM team and now serves as a mentor.

Gaël Chambonnier

Gael is a postdoctoral associate MIT who researches malaria parasites at the Niles Lab. He was on INSA Lyon's 2010 and 2011 iGEM teams and now mentors MIT's team in his free time.

Michael Taylor

Michael is an Assay Developer at Ginkgo Bioworks. He was on FSU's 2018 iGEM team and now mentors MIT's team in his free time.

Hayden Sandt

Hayden is a research technician at MIT's Weiss Lab with significant experience in genetic circuitry and tissue culture.

Amanda Mei

Amanda is a senior at MIT majoring in Biological Engineering. She was on the 2022 iGEM team and now serves as a mentor.

Ellie Feng

Ellie is a senior at MIT majoring in Biological Engineering. She was on the 2021 iGEM team and now serves as a mentor.

Noor Radde

Noor is a graduate student at Harvard who researches applied immunology at the Jan Lab. She was on UT Austin's 2019 iGEM team and now mentors MIT's team in her free time.

Josh Abramson

Josh is an iGEM veteran who was on the University of Michigan's iGEM team for 4 years. He now mentors MIT's team in his free time.


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