Team














Instructors & Advisors


Boxiang "Diol" Wang

I am Boxiang Wang, CTO and co-founder of Link-Spider Technology Co., Ltd. I am an iGEMer who has led teams for nine years, loving synthetic biology and educating young people. I hope to see bright new ideas and the courage to challenge complex problems in iGEM every year, and I am not interested in boring projects. I hope that those of us iGEMer, future scientists, and entrepreneurs can genuinely change the world.


Qing Liang

I am Qing Liang, the Co-founder of Link-Spider Lab. I run an independent lab in Shenzhen, providing customized science curriculum and kits and organizing a variety of after-school programs. As the lab administrator, I initiate project-based learning and invite prestigious scientists to have lectures and seminars. I also invest the biomaterial products development.


Jun Yu

I'm Jun Yu. This is my second year as an iGEM instructor, and it has been a tricky year due to the complexity of the team and the project. It brought a lot of challenges. The most exciting part is the team members and I have tackled these together.


Qidang Ye (Kayden)

Hi! I am Kayden, an undergraduate at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in biology and a research assistant at UNC Medical School. This is my fourth year hanging out with everybody in iGEM!!!! As the instructor of LINKS_China, I enjoy the time with our lovely students and exchanging fantastic thoughts together. I love mentoring and educating. Working together with young and genuine individuals energized me and could be inspiring. Let's make the impossible possible!


Di Yang

Hi, I am Xie Chun Yang Di. I have a master’s degree in microbiology major. I like all kinds of novel things. This is my first time being an instructor of an iGEM team, and I benefited a lot from it.


Zhengfeng Liu

Hi I’m Zhengfeng and I’m a third year PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, studying genomic imprinting. Outside of lab I like to play frisbee and I’m an intense Esport player.


Patrick Feng

Hi, I’m Patrick, engineering team leader of last year’s LINKS_China. This year, however, I’ve become an advisor, mainly helping teams with their models and wikis. I love biology, as well as sailing, snow sports and music.


Mary

Hi, this is Mary from Shenzhen College of International Education. Playing the role of advisor, I am mainly responsible of designing and constructing our hardware. I am enjoying the iGEM competition because of not only its academic challenge but also the unique "lab friendship" it brings me.