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The Team
The undergraduate portion of the IGEM 2011 team at UC Davis is currently comprised of four UC Davis students, two of whom are carried over from the team that brought home a Gold at the iGEM Jamboree last year. Candidates for this years iGEM team were selected based on their academic achievement, previous work and laboratory experience, interviews with faculty and responses to a questionnaire about iGEM and synthetic biology.Keegan Owsley
Position: Team leader.
Major: Biomedical Engineering.
Year: Senior.
iGEM Experience: 2 years.
Speciality: Code-guy.
Musical Expertise: None.
Autobiography: Hey guys, I'm Keegan.
Tim Fenton
Position: Team member.
Major: Cell Biology.
Year: Senior.
iGEM Experience: 3 years.
Speciality: Wetlab, Wiki Design.
Musical Expertise: 17 years of piano, plays about a dozen other instruments.
Autobiography: Hey there I'm Tim. I really enjoy doing iGEM because it is one of the best undergrad research opportunities and I love working in the field of synthetic biology. If I'm not working in lab (almost never) I enjoy cycling on the country roads around Davis and playing tennis.
Aaron Heuckroth
Position: Team member.
Major: Microbiology, Classics.
Year: Senior.
iGEM Experience: 1 year.
Speciality: Bacteria Geek, Fundraising.
Musical Expertise: 7 years of electric guitar. Metal, prog-rock, whatever!
Autobiography:
Nick Csicsery
Position: Team member.
Major: Biological Systems Engineering
Year: Junior.
iGEM Experience: 1 year.
Speciality: Wetlab, some code. "The New Guy."
Musical Expertise: Several years of electric guitar. Classic Rock.
Autobiography: Hi I'm Nick. iGEM this year has been my first lab experience and I have really enjoyed learning how to work in a research lab. I've learned quite a bit about how a project can be taken from an initial idea to a finished product. I've been most amazed by seeing how much a small group of people can get done when they all diligently work together. In my spare time I like long distance running and hiking.
The Advisors
Two UC Davis professors and one graduate student provide valuable insight, laboratory space, and academic clout to the undergraduate portion of the team.Mike Starr
Position: Advisor
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Major: Systems Biology
Year: Graduate, 1st Year
Degree: B.S. in Biology
iGEM Experience: 1 year.
Musical Expertise: Unknown.
Dr. Marc Facciotti
Position: Primary Investigator. The Boss.
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. in Biophysics.
iGEM Experience: 3 years.
Musical Expertise: Plays drums in the local jazz band "We 'Bones."
Ilias Tagkopolos
Position: Advising Professor
Department: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science
Degree: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
iGEM Experience: 2 years.
Musical Expertise: Unknown.
Contact Us
Email:ucdigem2011@gmail.com
Twitter:
@UCDavisiGEM
Phone:
(530) 334-8159
