Nuvid Bhuiyan
Year: 2014
Hometown: Jericho, NY
Major: Computational Bio, Finance
Other Interests: Train rides, yogurt, fencing
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: RuBisCo – it’s the most abundant enzyme on earth

Arielle Clynes
Year: 2014
Hometown: Suffern, NY
Major: Bioengineering
Other Interests: Skiing, soccer, music, ping-pong, food
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: 5-HT receptors of serotonin – they keep me happy

Michael Josephs
Year: 2014
Hometown: Westborough, MA
Major: Undecided (planning to study Biology)
Other Interests: Volleyball, running, couch surfing, foreign languages/cultures
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: Prions – they are infectious agents that are not comprised of nucleic acids!

Parth Kothari
Year: 2013
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Major: Bioengineering
Other Interests: Sports
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: ATP Synthase – creates energy

Arthur Kuan
Year: 2013
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Major: Biology
Other Interests: Science
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: DNA polymerase III – fascinated by how fast it polymerizes base pairs.

Luben Li
Year: 2013
Hometown: Austin, TX
Major: Bioengineering
Other Interests: Music, drums, design, social entrepreneurship, sports
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: Luciferase – This stuff can make glowing potatoes. What more could you possibly ask for from an enzyme?

Michael Magaraci
Year: 2013
Hometown: Norwood, NJ
Major: Bioengineering, Entrepreneurship, Statistics
Other Interests: Baseball, soccer, photography
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: DpnI, makes Quikchange Site-Directed Mutagenesis possible

Benjamin Shyong
Year: 2013
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Other Interests: Medicine, music, entrepreneurship
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: Oxidase – important in cellular respiration

Ty Moeller
Year: 2014
Hometown: Granite Bay, California
Major: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Other Interests: Curling, hiking, traveling
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: Telomerase – Importance in aging and cell immortality

Peter Qiao
Year: 2014
Hometown: Potomac, MD
Major: Bioengineering
Other Interests: Volleyball, snowboarding, camping (both in video games and out of them)
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: DNA Helicase, so I can unzip your genes

Avin Veerakumar
Year: 2013
Hometown: Oakville, Canada
Major: Bioengineering, Statistics, Management
Other Interests: Sleeping, traveling, cycling, sports, politics
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: Channelrhodopsin-2, it can control your brain

Lori Ying
Year: 2014
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Major: Biophysics
Other Interests: Painting, cooking
Favorite Protein/Enzyme: ATP synthase- the most essential enzyme for life