Team member
Hello everyone! I am Yixuan Yu and you can also call me Michelle. I am currently a Year 11 student in Hangzhou Foreign Language School Cambridge A-Level Centre. Personally, I think I am an extroverted and optimistic girl who likes to make friends. In terms of academic learning, I am good at mathematics and natural science, and like to read some articles that related to biochemistry, clinical neurology, pharmacy and public health in my spare time. Besides, I am also really intomusic like Kpop, Blues as well as classic soft music. In daily life, I like singing, playing flute and so on. In short, I have a wide range of interests and hobbies. If there is an opportunity, I am glad to share and talk with you guys. Finally, let’s embark on the journey of synthetic biology!

Yixuan Yu

Team Leader

Hey, I’m Bolin Miao, a high school freshman at Dana hall school. I love to invest myself in biology, music and traveling. Equestrian, badminton, and softball are my favorite sports, but I am always open to new things and would love to try things I have never done before. My dream is to do things I love and enjoy the food around the world while traveling. As a wet lab leader this time, I will do my best to get to know everyone in our team, enjoy the process of doing experiments, and get ready to face the challenges that come within. I believe that our team can tackle every difficulties and make a difference!

Bolin Miao

Wet Team Leader

Hi, I am Shenglan Zhang. I am a G10 student from Beijing Huijia Private School. I love biology and also love lots of other subjects. My passion for biology comes from being immersed in natural science documentaries since I was a child. When I was in grade 9, I suddenly found my interest in biology. Although my interests are mainly focus science, I also have a lot of social practice experience, which I hope they could help you. I am quiet and easygoing person at most of the  times, but I will force myself to get up on some special occasions! Sometimes I am afraid to talk to waiters, but sometimes I can give a speech in front of 200 people on stage without being afraid. I like playing volleyball and swimming at free time, and I have learned flute, I also like to watch TV series, reading comics and chitchat with friends. I am very glad to meet all you guys, and I hope I can communicate with all of you more. Let’s learn and face the future together!

Shenglan Zhang

Dry Team Leader

My name is Haoyu Xu. A Grade 10 student in Hangzhou Foreign Language School CAL-Center. I am proficient in math and biology and prefer to spend time running, daydreaming and dazing. I am sometimes troubled with occasional social phobia. Also, I am an expert of minesweeping and a debate beginner. I enjoy soaking in library and browse through various books. Hope we can learn and make improvement together, go!

Haoyu Xu

Hello, everyone! I’m Shiqi Chen, from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, currently studying at Hangzhou NewChannel A level Centre. As a potential economic student, I am engrossed in economics and mathematics and hope to put what I’ve learned to use. For the growing complexity of the world, interdisciplinary practices become increasingly significant in the sense of human development. With that in mind, I jumped at the opportunity to join an igem team, where synthetic biology is centred, but collaboration between students with diverse majors takes place and we can make contributions to a real-world issue in various ways. Besides, my curiosity about the organic world is another drive. In my spare time, I enjoy wandering around with my camera, baking, and have recently stepped into filming and editing. I am looking forward to the journey with my teammates and “evolving” together!  

Shiqi Chen

My name is  Lingyi Chen and I'm from Beijing. I am a sophomore in John Bapst high school. I am good at mathematics and biology, and I am very interested in biology and hope to major in biology in the future. My hobbies are skiing and tennis. I am  very happy to be teammates with all of you guys in IGEM competition, and I hope to work hard with you guys to achieve satisfactory results in the end.

Lingyi Chen

Hello, my name is Qi Zeng (Shallea is okay too), and I'm a grade 10 student at Ningbo Foreign Language School's AP department. Now that I'm more interested in biology, I've come to iGEM! I have a deep interest for music, and while I have always enjoyed performing classical music on the piano and singing, I also enjoy listening to pop music. Personally, I consider myself a brave but reserved young lady; I am eager and outgoing, and I will not, of course, expose secrets. I enjoy exploring and discovering new things, as well as experiencing new sensations, therefore I'm not concerned about what I like and don't like. I'm thrilled to be able to study alongside all of you! I hope we can all become friends in the future!

Qi Zeng

Hello everyone, I'm David Chen. I'm in grade 10 from a silly school called WLSA. Although I have little fat, I still usually swim and play badminton, and I'm not bad at both of these two sports. Sometimes when I have free time, I prefer to play games especially ADOFAI, HearthStone and ClashRoyale. During playing games, nothing can disrupt me except some important messages and having a meal. I learned some basic music knowledge when I was 5, so I learn a instrument called french horn, which is not very popular. I learn it for seven years, and have already passed the Province A and level 10. But now I only play it few times a month. Also, I like listen to music. The type of music I will listen depends on my mood that day, mostly classical music. The last thing is about my academic interests. I'm good at chemistry, which is my main support of GPA. Also, I'm interested in biology, which is the main reason I participate iGEM competition. I hope we can become friends in the future and have a good cooperation.

Guanzhong Chen

Hello, everyone. My name is Zhu Haotian. I'm studying in Ningbo Xiaoshi Middle School. My hobbies are relatively broad. I like to do everything at any times, such as playing badminton, watching movies and so on. I also like playing games occasionally, which is a relatively "nonprofessional" entertainment. Academically, I am interested in chemistry and biology, and I am willing to do some independent research in these fields, which is one of the reasons why I participate in this competition - to get more knowledge I want to know. I am a cheerful person and can also be called a kind of helpful person, so I will try my best to do more things for the team that I can do.

Haotian Zhu

Hello, everyone. I am Xia Ziqian from Ningbo Foreign Language School (International Department). My English name is Lucky. (This name is said to bring good luck, which is not realistic, but can seek for psychological encouragement.) I participated in the iGem competition mainly in the hope of improving my academic level and gaining a little more advantages when applying to university. My best subjects are biology, physics and computer science. I hope that I can exercise my ability in the competition, and I hope that the little knowledge I have mastered can also help you. I don't actally have many extracurricular hobbies, I'm not very interested in sports, but if you're a CS:GO fan, maybe we have a little bit in common. I spent most of my spare time doing homework to make sure I didn't lose my GPA. To tell the truth, I am a typical partial subject, although my science is good, but I really have no interest in history and so on, but iGem this kind of examination should be suitable for me such science students.

Ziqian Xia

Hi there, I am Judy, Du Yujia. I come from He Qu county, and now I am a senior two student who is studying in PKUHS international department. I am nearly good at all science subjects, but that does not mean I am not good at liberal classes; put it simply, I am a “science girl”. At first glance, you will probably think that I am hard to deal with, but I am quite outgoing actually, if you start chatting with me you will find that’s true. Besides maintaining lovely GPA, I like to do many things: piano, ballet, golf, swimming, badminton, and equestrian are all my hobbies; for games, I like to play musical games, such as Phigros and Arcaea, and Apex. I’d like to watch movie and anime for relaxing. Finally, wish that we can have a good time together and gain a wonderful result at the end of competition!!!

Yujia Du

Hi, I am Elisa, from Rongqiao Sedbergh School. To challenge and surpass myself is always my goal, which is one of the reasons I decided to participate in the iGEM competition. As a STEM student, I am especially good at physics and biology and keen on life science. I hope to become a scientist specialising in genetic engineering. Beyond academia, I have a broad range of interests. I am a member of the school track team. Meanwhile, I play netball and tennis, go swimming, ski, mountain climbing, and dance ballet in my spare time. I am willing to learn a combat sport and diving. Apart from sports, the cello and piano are also indispensable parts of my life. Along with instrument performance, I do compositions on classical and modern music. I am glad to meet with all team members and delighted that we are making progress together towards our goal.

Yunhan Di

Greeting, I'm Macy Tan! I'm a G10 IB student from Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School. I am good at communication, promotion, design, and planning. I have served in various positions in middle and high school for a long time, and I am currently a student ambassador, class president, member of the school's High Flier Gifted and Talented program, president of the Law Club, and president of Mathematical Modeling Club. I have experience hosting events, both large and small, such as meeting with overseas admissions officers, hosting orientation sessions, and planning the school's academic season. All of these activities have made me feel like a bridge, a bridge from the beginning to the end, and I hope to continue the length and width of that bridge in this iGem competition. I am passionate about participating in all kinds of competitions because I feel that competitions are not just about the accolades in terms of ranking, but more about enjoying the process of encountering frustrations, solving them, and gaining something from the competition. (It is also enjoyable to have the results evaluated and scored by a rigorous and diverse group of judges). Other than that, I enjoy traveling, painting (which I have been studying for more than 10 years now), writing, and debating (under the fierce president of the varsity team). In terms of sports, I play tennis, badminton, baseball, basketball, equestrian, and swimming. I like classical music, watching movies, learning about  law, feeling the solemnity and warmth of the law, and recently I have been involved in mathematical modeling. In terms of academics, I have a strong interest in physics, biology, English literature, and economics. Through physics, I continue to explore the outside world and phenomena; through biology, I perceive the vitality of life and individual mechanisms; through English literature, I experience the emotion and power of words, and am moved by the stories of others and the times, so that I do not become numb and find a place for my heart in this era. Economics, on the other hand, allows me to realize thinking and solving problems from more perspectives. I came to iGem because I knew it was a diverse, interdisciplinary event where everyone could use their different strengths to "add to the project". I don't think we can be called a "team" but a "military", we have a battle, we are warriors, we have a message to win and a city to conquer. I am not only hoping that we will win the gold medal, but I am also very curious and excited about the final outcome of the project! I will be working with everyone, dropping hair together, and waiting for the ultimate result!

Lewen Tan

Hello, everyone. I'm Claudia from RDFZ KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL HANGZHOU, my science is better, my best subject is biology, mathematics, chemistry, which is my favorite subject, boring of the time like watching movies, to music scene, to participate in this project, because I like biology, and the inside of the IGEM classmates are all very good, I'm sure you'll learn a lot from studying with us. I will work together with you to achieve good results!

Huijun Yang

Hello everyone, I am Xu Renhao, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. I am studying in Hangzhou No. 14 Middle School. I like to do exercise and read novels when I am bored. I am interested in trying some new things. At ordinary times, I am very partial to science and Chinese is really not good. I have a personal interest in biology

Renhao Xu

Hey there, I am Alex. I’m currently a sophomore from The Barstow School - Ningbo Campus. In school, I did a decent job in subjects like economics, biology, psychology and math. With all things considered, I favor liberal education over special one owing to a belief which says, “Tomorrow belongs to interdisciplinary study. That is also one of reasons for which I decided to participate I.G.E.M.. I mute myself pretty frequently, but there is another side of me hiding under my cool looks. I am also a huge fan of tennis and American football with an experience of playing on varsity team for over  2 years. I am sure we are going to have a great time this summer. 

Wei Xia

Hi, I'm Terry, I'm good at chemistry, and this time I take part in the iGem, purpose is to improve my experience, broaden my knowledge, I have a lot hobbies, like sports, for example, a frisbee, football, there are some board games and console games, because of my biology is not very good and I take part in this activity because my chemistry, So there is something wrong, please forgive me. This competition, I hope I can make a contribution to the team, I will work together with everyone to fight for the goal.

Shuangjia Fei

Hello, everyone My name is Zhang Yijiang and I come from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. I have always been fond of chemistry, and economics, as a new subject in high school, also interests me very much. I think it is a good point that IGEM is an international academic competition in the field of synthetic biology and encourages students from different majors to cooperate. I also hope to gain more knowledge in this competition

Yijiang Zhang

Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering, Zhejiang University, Director of Worldshaper Biological Project. Outstanding scientific research achievements in the fields of bioengineering and food science; Recent research interest in synthetic biology and have made excellent achievements in iGEM competition guidance (high school track).

Ruyi Shi Ph.D

Primary PI

Biological instructor of the Worldshaper Academy. Graduated from the School of Science and Technology of Ningbo University, she is good at molecular biology, especially gene cloning. She is now responsible for the iGEM project.

Kexin Fei

Secondary PI

Master of Science in Neurobiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA Zhejiang University Zhu Kezhen College alumnus Full Award admission to State University of New York Editing and editing of core medical journals 12 years of coaching experience in international biology courses and competitions

Dongxia Shen

Advisor

She participated her PhD training fellowship in Immunology from Paul Sabatier University in 2008, her PhD in Genetics from Wuhan University in 2010, and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pathology and Health Center at the University of Virginia in 2012. In 2019, she joined the Molecular Medicine Center of Hangzhou Medical College as an associate researcher. Her research interest is in molecular biology. So far, she has presided over many natural science Foundation projects.

Yanmei Zhang

Instructor