Team:Austin UTexas/Team
Meet The Team!
Angela Pak
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Beef, cheese, guac, and a lot of cilantro
Hobbies: Crafts!
Dry Lab
Ginny Mortensen
Major: Molecular Biology
Year: Senior
Perfect Taco: Al pastor
Hobbies: Petting my dog
Dry Lab
Noor Radde
Major: Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Fried fish with slaw
Hobbies: Painting, baking, cooking
Wet Lab
Diya Bhat
Major: Computational Biology
Year: Senior
Perfect Taco: Baja shrimp with Diablo sauce
Hobbies: Rock climbing, cooking with Shireen, playing with dogs, and drinking chai
Wet Lab
Shireen Shah
Major: Biochemistry and Art History
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Chicken with sour cream
Hobbies: Drinking chai, eating cherry tomatoes, cooking with Diya and Emily
Wet Lab
Mina Kim
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Meaty, cheesy, and avocado-y with a lime wedge
Hobbies: Sleeping, eating, flyouts with my plane club
Wet Lab
Jordan Clements
Major: Chemistry (Education)
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Hand-breaded fried chicken, smoked bacon, grilled onions, jack cheese, ranch dressing, pico de gallo, and buffalo sauce in a fresh home-made flour tortilla
Hobbies: Buying, selling and collecting vintage clothing and sneakers
Wet Lab
Emily Garcia
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Chicken, sour cream, mango, and lots of jalapeños
Hobbies: Playing video games and watching awful horror movies
Wet Lab
Alex MacAskill
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Chicken Habanero Mango
Hobbies: Tabletop and video games, reading, gardening
Wet Lab
Raul Lopez
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Fresh Carnitas with green salsa
Hobbies: Workout and go on adventures
Wet Lab
Michelle Chang
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Cat in a blanket (to admire, not to consume!!)
Hobbies: Doing art
Wet Lab
Anna Bardenhagen
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: The Torchy’s barbacoa taco is already perfect
Hobbies: Reading, sleeping, eating cake, and watching cooking videos on YouTube
Wet Lab
Advisors
Sean Leonard
Graduate student in Barrick and Moran Labs
Perfect Taco:“The Otto” from tacodeli (bean, cheese, bacon, guac) on corn with their green sauce
Hobbies: Making sourdough bread
Matthew McGuffie
Graduate student in Barrick Lab
Perfect Taco: Bean, potato, and cheese taco
Hobbies: Rock climbing, playing guitar, and keeping salt water aquariums
Principal Investigators
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.