People

Purav Gupta

Co-President / Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Bioinformatics, Molecular Genetics and Computer Science.

Anthony Dinglasan

Co-President / Venture Lead

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Fundamental Genetics and its Applications Specialist, Immunology Minor.

Patricia Rea

Wet Lab Lead

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biological Chemistry Specialist, Biochemistry Major, Science, Technology and Society Minor.

Selina Liu

Wet Lab Lead

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Owen Poyner

Wet Lab Lead

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Kaitlyn Chen

Wet Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Fundamental Genetics Specialist.

Francesca Chernous

Wet Lab / Human Practices

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biochemistry Specialist, Applied Data Science and Immunology Minors.

Ipek Ilhan

Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biochemistry and Neuroscience.

Angela Leung

Wet Lab

Student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science (Biomedical Engineering), currently on PEY Co-op.

Bernice Wong

Wet Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Chemical Engineering.

Osborn Sun

Wet Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Computer Science and Statistics, Chemistry Minor.

Amelia Dengler

Wet Lab

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Specialist (Genetics Stream) and Chemistry Major.

Sara Habibi

Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Suha Ashraf

Wet Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Chemical Engineering.

Meghan Cao

Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Neuroscience and Cell & Molecular Biology Double Major, Psychology Minor.

Sara Bou Saab

Wet Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Chemical Engineering.

Akina Zhang

Wet Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Cindy Cheng

Wet Lab / Outreach

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Aayush Mengane

Hardware / Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Kathleen Mesach

Outreach / Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Human Biology and Psychology Major, Physiology Minor.

Purav Gupta

Co-President / Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Bioinformatics, Molecular Genetics and Computer Science.

Thomas Quigley

Dry Lab Lead

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biochemistry Specialist.

Dennis Zhu

Dry Lab Lead

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Fundamental Genetics and its Applications, Cells and Systems Biology.

Lisa Chen

Venture Lead / Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Bioinformatics & Computational Biology.

Denis Rivard

Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Specialist.

Oscar Heath

Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Data Science and Computer Science Specialist, Math Minor.

Alexander Leonardos

Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Bioinformatics & Computational Biology and Computer Science Specialists.

Angela Jiang

Dry Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Aditya Ghosh

Dry Lab

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Neuroscience Specialist, Fundamental Genetics and its Applications Specialist, Physiology Minor.

Sara Parvaresh Rizi

Dry Lab / Outreach / Web

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Nino Saeki

Dry Lab

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Chemical Engineering.

Soham Shorey

Hardware Lead

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Rebecca Tam

Hardware Lead

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Mechanical Engineering.

Arya Bari

Hardware

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Mechanical Engineering.

Lia Campbell

Hardware / Human Practices

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Aayush Mengane

Hardware / Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Claire Dumortier

Hardware

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Karys Littlejohns

Hardware

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

James Zhang

Hardware

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Mechanical Engineering.

Lindsay Tu

Hardware

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Adanna Nmezi

Human Practices Lead

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Cell and Molecular Biology.

Francesca Chernous

Wet Lab / Human Practices

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biochemistry Specialist, Applied Data Science and Immunology Minors.

Lia Campbell

Hardware / Human Practices

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Komal Lalh

Human Practices

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Zync Infante

Human Practices / Outreach

Student at the University of Toronto, studying Medicinal and Biological Chemistry Specialist, Applied Statistics Minor, currently on PEY Co-op.

Megan Chiao

Human Practices

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Clara Han

Human Practices

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Cell and Molecular Biology.

Shivangi Roy

Human Practices

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Cell and Molecular Biology, Physiology, Chemistry.

Nadithya Samarawickrema

Human Practices

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Chemical Engineering.

Isabella Sobec

Venture / Human Practices

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Genetics and Biotechnology Specialist, Cell Biology Major, French Minor.

Anthony Dinglasan

Co-President / Venture Lead

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Fundamental Genetics and its Applications Specialist, Immunology Minor.

Lisa Chen

Venture Lead / Dry Lab

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Bioinformatics & Computational Biology.

Grace Li

Venture

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Genetics and Biotechnology, and Management.

Mehrasa Kheirizad

Venture

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Health and Disease Specialist.

Austin Chiang

Venture

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences, Biotechnology Specialist.

Clelia Troisi

Venture

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biochemistry and Applied Genetics and Biotechnology Majors, Data Science Minor.

Hannah Li

Venture

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Rachel Chu

Venture

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Pharmacology Specialist, Neuroscience Major.

Isabella Sobec

Venture / Human Practices

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Genetics and Biotechnology Specialist, Cell Biology Major, French Minor.

Naziba Nahid

Venture

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Specialist.

Michael Pak

Venture

Third-year student at the University of Western Ontario, studying Business at the Ivey Business School.

Muneer Jaffery

Venture / Outreach

Third-year student at the University of Toronto.

Hillary Bongso

Outreach / Venture

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Hiya Paul

Outreach Lead

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Molecular Genetics Specialist, Bioethics Minor.

Talitha Ferro

Outreach Lead

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Health and Disease Specialist.

Cindy Cheng

Wet Lab / Outreach

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Sara Parvaresh Rizi

Dry Lab / Outreach / Web

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Zync Infante

Human Practices / Outreach

Student at the University of Toronto, studying Medicinal and Biological Chemistry Specialist, Applied Statistics Minor, currently on PEY Co-op.

Muneer Jaffery

Venture / Outreach

Third-year student at the University of Toronto.

Kathleen Mesach

Outreach / Wet Lab

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Human Biology and Psychology Major, Physiology Minor.

Angirmaa Tamir

Outreach

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Chemical Engineering.

Wineta Pangestu

Outreach

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Hillary Bongso

Outreach / Venture

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences.

Anastasia Butnariu

Outreach

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Mechanical Engineering.

Ibtisaam Wasi

Outreach

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Neuroscience Major, Cell and Molecular Biology Major.

Abby Lui

Web Lead

Third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Computer Engineering.

Sara Parvaresh Rizi

Dry Lab / Outreach / Web

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Engineering Science.

Abdelrahman Elshrief

Web

First-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Computer Engineering.

Jane Jonatan

Web

Second-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Computer Science Specialist (Human-Computer Interaction focus), Statistics and Psychology Minors.

Amogh Manivannan

Advisor / Past Co-President

Past co-president of iGEM Toronto. Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto.

Jaden Bhogal

Advisor / Past Co-President

Past co-president of iGEM Toronto. Engineering Science (Biomedical Engineering), University of Toronto.

Artem Babaian

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator. Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre and head of the RNAlab, whose Logan assembly of the Sequence Read Archive is the database PetaBite mines.

Chinmay Potdar

Advisor

Graduate advisor. BSc from the University of Toronto and MSc in Biomedical and Molecular Science from Queen's University.

Francesco Andreace

Advisor / Dry Lab Advisor

Research associate at the Institut Pasteur. Advises Dry Lab.

Henri Galez

Advisor / Dry Lab Advisor

Research associate at the Institut Pasteur. Advises Dry Lab.

Claire Cui

Advisor / Wet Lab Advisor

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Biochemistry and Toxicology. Advises Wet Lab.

Sania Ahmad

Advisor / Wet Lab Advisor

Fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, studying Cell and Molecular Biology and Human Biology. Advises Wet Lab.

Jonas Lehar

Advisor

Graduate student in Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto.