MEET THE TEAM
Undergraduate Team Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Anne S. Meyer
Associate Professor
Project Supervisor
I am interested in using synthetic biology approaches to engineer novel functions into microorganisms to produce improved, tunable biomaterials, and to develop new tools for 3D patterning of microbes.
Advisors & Teaching Assistants
Dr. Elio Abbondanzieri
Research Assistant Professor
Hardware Advisor
Hello! I am advising iGem for the second year now. I come from a physics background, and my current research is focused on understanding how bacteria adapt to stress and low growth conditions. I enjoy building and making things, and have designed several custom-built microscopes over the years.
Dr. Allison Lopatkin
Assistant Professor
Modeling Advisor
Dr. Alexis Stein
Associate Professor of Instruction
Wet Lab Advisor
Lacie Low
Wet Lab Teaching Assistant
Hi, my name is Lacie Low, and I am a wet-lab teaching assistant for the 2025 U of R iGEM team and will be going into my second year as a PhD student in Biology. A quick fun fact is that I recently adopted a little kitten named Sebastian! I am very excited to see what everyone achieves this year!!
Anthony Renzi
Teaching Assistant
My name is Anthony Renzi and I am currently a 2nd year PhD student in the Cellular, Developmental and Molecular biology track. I am originally from Connecticut and have 3 younger siblings.
Zack Vanderhoff
Teaching Assistant
Elizabeth Martin
Hardware Teaching Assistant
My name is Elizabeth, and I am a Masters student in Biomedical Engineering. A fun fact about me is that I have been skiing since I could stand!