Team:Alabama/Team
Hi- I'm Lauren Pan, this year's lead for team Alabama! I'm a 3rd year Chemical Engineering student and have been working in the synbio research space since 2014! I had the honor of competing at the 2015 Giant Jamboree with team Lambert_GA and have been striving to create my own team since coming to the University of Alabama in 2016. Outside of the lab, I love knitting, crochet, and concocting new experiments in the kitchen!
Hey there! I'm Dylan Marcum-Pollard and I'm a junior at the University of Alabama. I'm majoring in Computer Science. I'm a huge nerd and love games, comics, and reading. I know it seems weird for a Computer Science major to be on the team, but I'm okay in the lab and somebody has to make the website look pretty!
My name is Ward Pullen, and I am a rising Junior from Huntsville, Alabama. I am currently majoring in Biology and Spanish with a minor in History. After college, I hope to attend dental school and follow in the footsteps of my father. I have been researching for the past year as part of the Randall Research Scholar’s program, which is how I found out about the opportunity to join the iGem team, and I have loved every second of it!
My name is Isabella Goldman and I’m from Chicago, IL. I am a senior at the University of Alabama majoring Chemical Engineering and Spanish. Outside of school, I enjoy triathlons, reading and spending time with my friends.
Hello! My name is Kylie Brooke Lovett. I’m from a small town in North Alabama called Haleyville. Currently I’m a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering at the University of Alabama. For this project, I am the human practices chair. Outside of school I love to travel, take sunset pictures, and watch dog videos on the internet.
Dr Ryan Summer is a Reichhold-Shumaker Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr Summer’s lab is working to metabolically engineer bacteria and yeast cells to produce chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals. Specifically, the group focuses on engineering enzymes, gene networks, and genetic regulatory elements in microbial cells.