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Our Team




Our Team


Adriana Collings

Anthony Roulier

Chauncy Hinshaw
Major: Microbiology
Semester: 4
iGEM Topic: High-Value Product
Other Positions: Lab Assistant (Tuberculosis research), President, Synthetic Biology Club
Interests: Molecular Biology, Immunology, Bacteriology
Major: Chemical/Biological Engineering
Semester: 4
iGEM Topic: Breakdown
Other Positions: Member, AICHE
Interests: Fermentation, Food Microbiology
Major: Microbiology
Semester: 4
iGEM Topic: Breakdown
Other Positions: Lab Assistant (Tuberculosis research); President, Microbiology Student Association; Treasurer, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences College Council
Interests: Epidemiology, Public Health Education, Gene Therapy

Josiah Racchini

Krista Henderson

Matt Sabel
Major: Biochemistry
Semester: 6
iGEM Topic: Biosensor
Other Positions: Lab Assistant (Tomato mosaic virus research)
Interests: Epigenetics, Manufacturing
Major: Chemical/Biological Engineering
Semester: 4
iGEM Topic: Breakdown
Other Positions: Member, CSU Marching Band
Interests: Scientific Literacy, Gene Therapy
Major: Microbiology
Semester: 2
iGEM Topic: Kill Switch
Other Positions: IT (CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital)
Interests: Virology, Pathology

Olivia Smith

Renee Plomondon

Savannah Roemer
Major: Chemical/Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Semester: 4
iGEM Topic: High-Value Product
Other Positions: Lab Assistant (Hepatocyte research); Underwriting Director, DJ (KCSU 90.5 FM)
Interests: Tissue Engineering, Web/Graphic Design, Programming
Major: Biochemistry
Semester: 2
iGEM Topic: Kill Switch
Other Positions: Lab Assistant (Musculoskeletal Biomechanics research)
Interests: Bionics, Biomedicine
Major: Chemical/Biological Engineering
Semester: 4
Other Positions: Lab Assistant (Tuberculosis research), International Field Biology Research Assistant (Euglossine bees, entomology research)
Interests: Biochemistry, Genetics, Horticulture

Our Advisers


Sun Jiayi

Ashok Prasad, Ph.D.

Christie Peebles, Ph.D.
Department: Chemical/Biological Engineering
Research Interests: Sun is a graduate student at CSU working in Dr. Peebles lab. Specifically, she works with periwinkles. She advises all of the iGEM team members in day-to-day activities.

Department: Chemical/Biological Engineering
Research Interests: Dr. Prasad's research is driven by concrete biological and bio-engineering questions as well as the larger questions posed by systems biology and quantitative biology. He investigates questions such as 'What does it mean to say that life is an emergent property of complex biological networks? Are there non-trivial universal principles that "living matter" obeys?' The main method his lab uses to answer these questions is creation and development of predictive biological models.

Department: Chemical/Biological Engineering
Research Interests: Dr. Peebles' research is focused in the areas of metabolic engineering, secondary metabolism, regulatory networks, and systems biology in plants, bacteria and yeast for the production of bio-based chemicals and fuels. More specifically, these areas can be divided into 2 main applications. One application is the use of plant metabolic engineering to produce important pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. The second is the engineering of photoautotrophs for the production of bio-based chemicals and fuels.