Robyn Whiting

BSc Genetics First year

Robyn is currently a second year Geneticist. She was involved in finding sponsors and raising money for the team. She also helps out in the labs! Outside of iGEM she loves baking and secretly wants to clone herself and rule the world.

Sarah Andrews

BSc Molecular Cell Biology First year

Sarah is a hard-working second year Molecular Cell Biologist. She had numerous roles in the team such as: fundraising, laboratory work and organising outreach events such as European Researcher's Night.

Nikola Panayotov

BSc Biochemistry Second year

Nik is currently a Third Year Biochemist on a Year in Industry. Originally from Bulgaria. This is his second participation in the iGEM competition. He was involved in team building, fundraising, social events and lab work (workshops for the First Year Students). Enjoys watching movies and football (Chelsea fan!).

Ivan Gyulev

BSc Genetics Third year

Ivan is a Fourth Year student studying for a BSc in Genetics. This year is the second time he has participated in the iGEM competition. Ivan was involved in designing the final construct, cloning, characterising genes and making jokes. He also enjoys participating in outreach events such as European Researcher’s Night held in York.

Hanna Esser

BSc Biochemistry First year

Bossed the labs

Ruth Haley

BSc Biochemistry First year

Ruth is currently a second year studying Biochemistry with a Year in Industry. Ruth worked throughout the summer to research the project, finalise the idea, help design the gene constructs and complete lab work. She also presented our project at the Young Synthetic Biologists Conference. Aside from iGEM, Ruth enjoys creating music in her band and is a enthusiastic Ultimate Frisbee Player.

Lindsey Dalzell

BSc Biology First year

Lindsey is currently a second year studying Biology with a Year in Europe, spending her third year in France. She has been working this summer on a mixture of lab work, human practices and parts of the wiki. In her spare time takes part in a lot of volunteering, charity work and also attempts to be an enthusiastic Ultimate Frisbee player (with Ruth).

Ellie Davis

BSc Biology First year

Ellie is in her second year studying for a BSc in Biology. She’s very interested in science communications and the role it has in the media. Apart from research and human practices, she’s been running social media sites for the team and has written several articles on the project for various University of York media.

Joseph Tresise

MChem Chemistry Third year

Joseph is the only Chemistry student on the team and is currently working towards his Masters. His main responsibility has been the creation and design of the wiki although he also worked in the labs over the summer. His main hobbies are photography and many of his photos are used on the wiki to document our iGEM experience.

Ricardo Cañavate del Pino

BSc Biochemistry Second year

Spanish dude

Teodora Manea

BSc Biochemistry First year

Thea is currently starting her 2nd year studying Biochemistry. Thea has worked in the labs during the summer, designing our constructs and preparing our samples for submission to the registry. She has also organised and delivered outreach workshops in schools and developed ethics and sustainability surveys for the Human Practices part of our project. When she is not working on the iGEM project she enjoys not having nightmares about failed transformations.

Cauã Westmann

BSc Biology Third year

Cauã is a a final year visiting student from Brazil studying for a BSc in Biology. He has already been part of two iGEM competitions before with the USP-Brazil team and each event has been a unique opportunity to learn a lot and make new friends. He has been involved in the design of the project and BioBricks. He was also involved in wetlab work and social events such as European Researcher's Night held in York. When he is not doing science (or at least trying to) his hobbies include photography, travelling and cooking.

Marieta Avramov

BSc Molecular Cell Biology First year

Marieta is a second year Molecular Cell Biology student from Varna, Bulgaria. She worked in the labs during the summer, and was involved in the Human Practices part of the project, mainly in doing the statistics for it. Whenever she has free time, she enjoys learning languages (already speaks 5!), singing and travelling.

Auriane Muse

BSc Biology Second year

Auriane is a third year student studying for a BSc in Biology. Practically, her degree has been more focused on the ecological perspective. She researched the environmental aspects of the project and contributed to human practices and outreach events.

• Vishnu Sunil: BSc Environmental Science Second year

• Lucy Dye: BSc Biology First year

• Maria Agapiou: BSc Biology First year

• Tsvetelina Tsekova: BSc Genetics Second year

• Arushi Aneja: MEng Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence