IGEM Team

See http://2014.igem.org/Team:SF_Bay_Area_DIYbio/Team

The Real Vegan Cheese iGEM Team

We are a group of bay area biohackers of all ages and experience levels.

TEAM MEMBERS

Maria Chavez, MBA, Global Management

Maria has a diverse background and experience. She has been involved with BioCurious and the community lab projects for over 3 years. She is enthusiastic about science and DIY Bio. The Real Vegan Cheese project includes a full range of issues and challenges that drew her interest in the project.

Meenakshi Choudhary, PhD, Biosciences

Meenakshi's research interest focus on learning innovation. she has been involved in different research project like Algae and Cyanobacterial bioremediation, anti diabetic property of Cyanobacteria and Bacterial Bioluminiscence and working with BioCurious for over 2 years. The vegan Cheese project is very interesting and challenging to her.

Rachel Linzer, PhD, Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Rachel has been involved with research in multiple human and forest disease systems. She's super excited about the bionerdery of community bioogy and has been involved with Counter Culture Labs and BioCurious since 2014.

Matthew Milford, High School Senior

Matthew is a high school senior currently interested in biomechanical engineering. He participates in the BioPrinter group, is President of the Physics Club, and is an Officer of two other school clubs. Matthew is currently conducting preliminary research on bacterial metabolization of toxins for a special research project at his school. In his sophomore year he sent an experiment to space.

Nikola Nikolov, PhD, Nuclear Physics Nikola has a diverse background and experience. He has been involved with BioCurious since 2013. He has a PhD in nuclear physics. He is involved in the semiconductor industry, programming, and nano technologies.