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Who We Are


Macquarie Australia Team member 1.jpg Alxcia "Legs" Sinclair

---- Macquarie Australia Team member 2.jpg David "Blue Dave" Dubow.

David Dubow is a 3rd year Bachelour of science student double majoring in chemistry and biomolecular sciences. He helped out with the technical work in the lab, such as operating the gel visualiser, nano-drop, creating inital concentrates for dilution, and working alongside Edward during the last two hectic weeks of prac work. He is looking forward to venturing into the field of astrobiology and discovering new and odd forms of life."I'm not good with living things!"

---- Macquarie Australia Team member 3.jpg David "Red Dave" Handler

David is in his third year of a Bachelor of Advanced Science with majors in Biology, Biomolecular sciences and English. His jobs for the team involve catch-all general lab work and help with wiki upkeep, design and photography. His future aspirations involve work with prions and science communication. David loves writing, making music and taking photographs in his spare time.

Macquarie Australia Team member 4.jpg Tania "Stripes" Tan.

Tania Tan is a 3rd year Bachelor of Science student majoring in Biomolecular Sciences and Chemistry. Involved in lab work with media prep, gel prep and 4 hours straight of plasmid purifications...! Apart from the realm of chemistry, she has turned into a work-a-holic lab tech, a gym-a-holic and studies music DJ-ing!!!

Macquarie Australia Team member 5.jpg Peter "Chris" Young.

Peter Young is a 4th year bachelor of science student, majoring biomolecular science and commencing a masters in policing and counter-terrorism. He enjoys spear fishing, rock climbing, mixed martial arts and hopefully soon gene doping (lol!)

Macquarie Australia Team member 6.jpg Arjun "AJ" Bhat

Macquarie Australia Team member 7.jpg Mihei "Meticulous Mihei" Hwang.

Mi Hei Hwang is a 3rd year Bachelor of Science student majoring in Biomolecular Sciences and Chemistry. Involved in lab work with media prep, gel prep, and some of PCR work. She enjoys woking in the Lab as part of iGEM team. She love learning new things which is why she like studying science. She is planing to travel around whole world in near further.

Ed.jpg Edward "The Brain" Moh.

Edward Moh is a 3rd year student that's well-trained in molecular biology. Not biology, not chemistry, but Molecular Biology. He is also the lab slave for the team and has become a long term resident of the lab. "It is never a right day in the lab, if nothing's gone wrong"

Macquarie Australia Team member 9.jpg Andrew "Hydrator" McLeish.

Andrew McLeish is a 3rd year Biotechnology student with a huge interest in stem cell research. He helped out in various jobs in the labs such as making up antibiotic resistant plates, PCR reactions and updating the wiki page. His other interests include going to the gym, owning noobs at various computer games and partying till the sun beats the moon.

Macquarie Australia Team member 10.jpg Nina "Smiles" Neghabian

Macquarie Australia Team member 11.jpg Mahdieh "Switch-a-roo" Balabandi.

Mahdieh Balabandi is a 3rd year student studying a bachelor of Science/Law majoring in Biomolecular Sciences. Her role in the project has been predominately a lot of lab work....digestions and ligations are now her specialty! She hopes to explore more of all things synthetic biology in the near future.

Macquarie Australia Team member 12.jpg Stephanie "The PCRenator" Rayner.

Macquarie Australia Team member 13.jpg Ross "90 degrees" Garnsey.

Ross Garnsey is a 3rd year science student that is majoring in biomolecular science. he has worked in the lab doing media prep, gel prep, and PCR. He is a big fan of sleeping, sitting and other non-energetic related activities. other interests include football, afl, ice hockey, lord of the rings and playing the guitar

Macquarie Australia Team member 15.jpgAndrew "Superman-man" Lin.

Macquarie Australia Team member 14.jpgZeinab "From the deep, dark North" Wehbi.


About Macquarie University

  • Macquarie University, a welcoming community which is comprised of 31,000 students, with 8,800 international students from over 114 countries.
  • Macquarie University is ranked as one of Australia’s top nine universities and one of the top 40 universities in the Asia-Pacific region. We are recognised for having an innovative curriculum, high-quality teaching and research, and unique campus environment.
  • Students that are involved in this community are all encouraged to develop qualities, skills and knowledge essential to their future success.
  • Macquarie’s goal is to reach the top eight research-intensive universities in Australia and among the top 200 in the world by its 50th anniversary in 2014.
  • Macquarie has recently established the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, advanced into high-technology engineering, and identified concentrations of research excellence (COREs), meaning the Macquarie concentrates on distinct research areas of the highest quality.
  • Macquarie also has doctoral research partnerships with 53 universities from 22 countries.