Team:Austin UTexas/Team
Meet The Team!
Kaitlin Shin
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Junior
Hobbies: Board games, biking, and baking
Fun Fact: I have a dog named Gumbo!
Aneesa Bhakta
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Junior
Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Singing, and Drawing
Fun Fact: One time a stingray tried to eat my hand
Sophia Xu
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Hobbies: Hiking, Roadtripping, Art, Badminton
Fun Fact: climbed tallest peak in TX on solo trip!
Laurel Miller
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Hobbies: Gardening and doting over my iguana
Fun Fact: I Rollerblade!
Jacob Risch
Major: Computational Biology
Year: Senior
Hobbies: Cooking, weightlifting, and writing to pen pals
Fun Fact: I fear no man.
Megan Trinh
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Hobbies: Running, crocheting, plants
Fun Fact: I'm left-handed and have a puppy named Tuffy
Harsh Madaik
Major: Biology
Year: Senior
Hobbies: Weightlifting and video games
Fun Fact: I am a part of the competitive Super Smash Bros. team for UT
Eleanor Irion
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Hobbies: I like crochetting and playing the harp
Fun Fact: My fun fact is I'm a comic artist
Raul Lopez
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Senior
Hobbies: Running, cooking, trading NFTs
Fun Fact: I have a pet pig
Ryan McKee
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Hobbies: Working out, reading, going on outdoor adventures
Fun Fact: I write and eat with my left hand, but I throw and hit with my right
Haris Tariq
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Hobbies: Power-lifting, baseball, and rock climbing
Fun Fact: One of my favorite things to do is going stargazing
Sonia Singh
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Hobbies: Watching TV shows
Fun Fact: I love the game Catan!
Bill Tang
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Junior
Hobbies: Finding new books to read and new board games to play!
Fun Fact: Did you know that catfish have tastebuds on their skin?
Mihir Gupta
Major: Computational Biology and Plan II
Year: Sophomore
Hobbies: Playing the piano, reading and watching science-fiction, and doing crosswords
Fun Fact: I speak 5 languages!
Ollie OCTOphage
Power: Plastic Degradation and oil emulsification
Hobbies: Cleaning the environment and fighting pollution
Fun Fact: I love the UT Austin iGEM team!
Advisors
Cameron Roots
Graduate student in Barrick Lab
Hobbies: Running, Playing Guitar, Gaming
Dr. Jeffrey Barrick
Professor Barrick's lab focuses on synthetic biology in relation to evolution. He has advised the UT iGEM teams for seven years now.
Dr. Dennis Mishler
Dr. Mishler runs the "Microbe Hackers" Lab within the Freshmen Research Initiative at UT. He has advised the UT iGEM teams for six years now.