Our Team


We are a team of 10 undergraduate students from the University of Virginia. We began our journey with iGEM in the Spring of 2023, taking a synthetic biology course where we drafted 5 different potential project proposals. At the end of the course, we held a round table discussion to select the project we most wanted to pursue, and set off from there. We approach our project, NiSkin, with an interdisciplinary team and single-minded focus. Meet our team members below…

Team Members


Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander
Wiki Lead
Ryan Kenyon
Ryan Kenyon
Wetlab Lead
Akash Pamal
Akash Pamal
Modeling and Wetlab Team
Kendall Sano
Kendall Sano
Human Practices
Joshua Alexander
Joshua Alexander
Finance Lead
Menglin Shi
Menglin Shi
Modeling Lead
Vaneeza Pasha
Vaneeza Pasha
Integrated Human Practices Lead
Eliza Mills
Eliza Mills
Team Lead
Bhavya Guduru
Bhavya Guduru
Wetlab Team
Connor Sandall
Connor Sandall
Wetlab Team

Advisors and Laboratory Specialists


Professor Kozminski
Dr. Keith Kozminski
Lead Advisor
Jackie Parker
Ms. Jackie Parker
Laboratory Specialist
Kay Christopher
Ms. Kay Christopher
Laboratory Specialist
Anthony Spano
Dr. Tony Spano
Dept of Biology, UVA