MEET THE TEAM

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Undergraduate Team Members

Soham Bio
Daniel Oh
Daniel Bio
Sophie Black
Sophie Bio
Cassidy Garibaldo
Cass Bio
Victoria Wang
Victoria Bio
Shailey Guddeti
Shailey Bio
Clare Liu
Clare Bio
Hannah Lee
Hannah Bio
Jackson Zhao
Jackson Bio
Jessica Wang
Jess Bio
Michael Townsend
Michael Bio
Owen Oxley
Owen Bio
Sevarakhon Umarova
Sevara Bio
Maia
Maia Bio

Principal Investigator

Dr. Anne S. Meyer

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

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

Dr. Allison Lopatkin

Assistant Professor

Modeling Advisor

Dr. Alexis Stein

Dr. Alexis Stein

Associate Professor of Instruction

Wet Lab Advisor

Lacie Low

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

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

Zack Vanderhoff

Teaching Assistant

Elizabeth Martin

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!

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