Team Members

Welcome to the heart of our project: our team. Every member brings unique skills and perspectives, coming together to drive innovation and collaboration. Here, you’ll get to know the people behind the project, their roles, and the motivations that fuel our journey in this competition. Together, we turn ideas into action and challenges into opportunities for developing new tools in synthetic biology.

Students

Team Leader
Alba Cartró

Alba Cartró

Team Leader

BSc in Biotechnology

Alba is passionate about spreading science she has come back for a second round of iGEM!

Team Leader
Laila Olivella

Laila Olivella

Team Leader

BSc in Industrial Technologies Engineering

Driven by curiosity and a commitment to transforming ideas into reality, Laila returns to iGEM to explore fresh challenges.

Head Wet Lab
Emma Esquirol

Emma Esquirol

Team member - Head Wet Lab

BSc in Biomedicine

Science fascinates me so much that I can’t stop learning about it every day. That’s why this is my second year participating in iGEM.

Head Wiki
Àlex Roger

Àlex Roger

Team member - Head Wiki

BSc in Computer Science

Back for his second round of iGEM, Àlex still can't pipette, but he can debug just about anything, especially the wiki.

Head Dry Lab
Irene Agudo

Irene Agudo

Team member - Head Dry Lab

BSc in Physics

The coolest thing about physics is how you can make intrusism to almost any other scientific field. And I got to learn so much from synbio!

Dry Lab & Wet Lab
Ares Font

Ares Font

Team member - Dry Lab & Wet Lab

BSc in Biotechnology

Third-time iGEM victim with a passion for genetic puzzles. Will be undergoing hibernation after the Jamboree

Wet Lab and Dry Lab
Gaia Llobera

Gaia Llobera

Team member - Wet Lab and Dry Lab

BSc in Biotechnology

Gaia is a proud freak for science and nature. As a first-time iGEMer, she’s finding out the hard way what “wiki freeze” truly means.

Wet lab & Outreach
Juan Carlos

Juan Carlos Porta

Team member - Wet lab & Outreach

BSc in Biotechnology

Juan Carlos has always been fascinated by the mysteries of life. In iGEM, he gets to connect with people who feel the same!

Education
Laia Plans

Laia Plans

Team member – Education

BSc in Biotechnology

Laia is passionate about everything to do with synthetic biology and loves find unique ways to communicate science and biology!

Design
Laia Lapeira

Laia Lapeira

Team member - Design

BSc in Design

Laia is a designer who never let go of her biology passion, iGEM was the perfect way to connect both!

Entrepreneurship
Laia Lapeira

Paula Ballesteros

Team Member - Entrepreneurship

BSc in Biochemistry

First-year iGEMer passionate about connecting science, design, and entrepreneurship to make ideas come alive.

Advisors & Instructors

Advisor
Laia Lapeira

Santiago Ramos

Advisor

BSc in Biotechnology and MSc in Biological Anthropology

Santi doesn’t know how to say no, so this year he’s an advisor after two iGEM editions as a member and team leader.

Instructor
Laia Lapeira

Daniel Martín de la Fuente

Instructor

Technician

Daniel is a Senior Laboratory Technician passionate about research and genetics, who enjoys nature and aims to build a career in scientific research.

Principal Investigators

Dr. Javier Casado

Dr. Javier Casado

PI

Born to teach, coordinate and help my best students in a most exciting scientific adventure.

Dr. Marco Mariotti

Dr. Marco Mariotti

PI

Junior group leader with expertise in bioinformatics and biotech, always on a quest to rediscover the innumerable molecular inventions of evolution.