Claire Kang
HP, Scicomm, Student Leader
Grade
Junior
Quote
"It just kicked me!"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Getting to make new friends and learning leadership and time management skills."
Amogh Chaturvedi
HP, Scicomm, Student Leader
Grade
Senior
Quote
"The endless possibilities of synthetic biology."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Me"
Noah Zhang
Lab, Modeling, Student Leader
Grade
Senior
Quote
"The best way to get something done, if you, if you hold near and dear to you, that you, uh, um, like to be able to"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"I love building hardware for iGEM"
Alma Razavilar
Lab
Grade
Senior
Quote
"I did my waiting...12 years of it in Azkaban!"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"The community we created of bright individuals with a passion for synthetic biology."
Amy Wang
HP, Media
Grade
Junior
Quote
"They tell me life is like a TV show and days are like episodes. Issue is, this show is extremely boring and has 20 compilations of me yelling about protons."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Working together with professors and professionals in the field and thinking about real life problems."
Bruce Bei
HP
Grade
Junior
Quote
"I went to [iGEM] every single day; I knew my lines every single day. And then there's a rumor online that I can't read or write? It's sad. It really is. I think often if I were a man, a lot of this wouldn't be the case"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"When Claire says 'you guys are free to leave'"
Andrew Tsui
Scicomm
Grade
Junior
Quote
"You have to drive backwards to go forwards"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Learning new things with others!"
Danica Diva
Lab
Grade
Junior
Quote
"I'm here, and there, and over there, and around the corner yknow"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Getting to work in the lab and drawing cute snail cartoons."
Emily Zhang
Modeling
Grade
Sophomore
Quote
"Live laugh love."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Snails!!!"
Hans Yang
Scicomm
Grade
Junior
Quote
"If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"The GEM part."
Ishan Deshpande
Scicomm
Grade
Senior
Quote
"DO WHAT EXCITES"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Listening to Amogh in meetings"
John Park
Modeling, Wiki
Grade
Junior
Quote
"But if you have no names in the hat, how can you expect to be drawn from the hat? You can't. Every day, you gotta put your name in it."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Working together to make a project that solves a real world problem."
Matthew Song
Scicomm
Grade
Junior
Quote
"go crazy"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"snails"
Melinda Chang
HP, Media, Wiki
Grade
Junior
Quote
"Hey this is Rihanna I was about to release new album but my computer had a virus can you cashapp me so I can fix it."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Receiving snacks after Claire coerces us into being filmed for various videos."
Narayana Hillam
Lab
Grade
Junior
Quote
"The first law of thermodynamics: don't talk about thermodynamics"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"I love that you can deepen your understanding of biology through real-world application."
Nivi Chozhan
Modeling
Grade
Junior
Quote
"'guys, come to the collab meeting at 5pm' - Claire every sunday"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"The environment and how close we are all."
Quyen Ho
HP
Grade
Senior
Quote
"you can fly!"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"I like how I can meet so many new people and work with them as we pursue a common interest."
Rithika Kapila
Modeling
Grade
Sophomore
Quote
"'Always remember that you are unique - just like everybody else.'' - Unknown"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Getting to work with other people on interesting projects and meeting people who are also interested in synthetic biology."
Ritvik Irgireddy
Modeling, Wiki
Grade
Junior
Quote
"Nothing is impossible"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"John Park"
Riya Irigireddy
Lab
Grade
Senior
Quote
"swag forever"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"meeting new people & working on cool projects!"
Saanvi Rao
Modeling
Grade
Sophomore
Quote
"Is europe not a country??"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"All of the above."
Shruti Malladi
Scicomm
Grade
Junior
Quote
"Live laugh love science"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Getting to work together with new people on a project which uses science for real world applications."
Sophie Chung
HP, Media
Grade
Junior
Quote
"'And if eating cake is wrong, I don't want to be right.' -Gilmore Girls"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"iGEM encourages making connections, whether they be a local college or halfway across the world."
Weili Jin
Lab
Grade
Junior
Quote
"Two Gene Fragments diverged in the Literature, and I Synthesized the one less Synthesized."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"I love chem, enzymes, and plasmids. I can use that in iGEM."
Emily Han
Scicomm
Grade
Junior
Quote
"...don't have one..."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"I like how I can learn more about diverse topics in STEM and do a variety of science-related activities."
Jonathan Deng
Lab
Grade
Senior
Quote
"In silent screams, in wildest dreams, I never dreamed of this."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Bonding over synthetic biology!!"
Katherine Kwon
HP
Grade
Junior
Quote
"Live laugh love"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Claire"
Laya Vijayanand
Lab
Grade
Junior
Quote
"infinite possibilities"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Working with the team and learning about the process of using synthetic biology to solve prevalent world issues."
Dale Deng
Lab
Grade
Junior
Quote
"'Who lives? Who Dies? Who Tells the Story?' - Hamilton"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Doing lab with Weili"
Jitendrakumar Jeenagala
Modeling
Grade
Senior
Quote
"I love science!"
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"Working with others!"
Trisha Thontepu
Lab
Grade
Senior
Quote
"Can't think of a Quote."
Favorite Thing About iGEM
"I love having freedom in the lab."