Team:Gaston Day School/Team
Students
George Luan
George Luan is the co-leader and researcher who is always finding helpful information. He also played a crucial role in building our website this year. Besides iGEM, he also researches with scientists from a school of basic medicine in his hometown. The only activities that can keep him from the lab are running, listening to classical music, face-timing with friends, and being a comedian.
Anika Vercauteren
Anika is the co-leader and works mostly in the lab, helping and teaching other members. Along with science, she loves to help backstage in the theatre and spend time with the people who make her laugh.
Grace Goff
Grace is a co-leader and she writes most of the emails. She has been part of the club since eighth grade. Aside from science, she loves writing poems, reading books of all genres, playing board games with her family, and eating food from around the world.
Kristine Huynh
Kristine is the engineer as well as the creative mind behind our madness. She loves painting, working with technology, breaking boards in half, and drinking boba tea with her friends.
Nicholas Lyu
Nicholas is a creative film maker and a coding expert. He joined the team last year and has been working on Wiki for two years.
George Shi
George Shi is the artistic member of the team who helped establish our human practice. Along with being involved in the lab, he enjoys being a DJ and taking pictures of all his friends and family.
Gloria Zhang
Gloria joined the iGEM team last year. She is a student who is strong in science and math. She mainly takes part in editing team wiki, as well as participates in lab work.
Tornito Abello
Tonito is the motivator of the team and keeps us going, unless one of his 5 dogs are sick. When not in the lab, Tonito is singing and dancing on stage.
Neha Petal
Neha is the newest member of the team and has spent many meetings learning. She enjoys reading mystery novels and neuroscience. When she is not spending her time inside, she plays golf.
Advisors
Anne Byford
Ms. Byford is our wonderful advisor and soul of the team. She has been coaching iGEM at Gaston Day for over ten years. She is also a foster mom for a local animal rescue in the same way that she is our science mom.
Wade Glaser
Mr. Glaser has been the computer science and physics teacher at Gaston Day for 8 years. He helped the team with their website and modeling parts for their project.
Constance Tina Heraklis
Mrs. Heracklis has been the chemistry and environmental science teacher at Gaston Day for 2 years. She has performed river water quality testing in North Carolina and helped the team connect with the local city water chemistry department.
Students
George Luan
George Luan is the co-leader and researcher who is always finding helpful information. He also played a crucial role in building our website this year. Besides iGEM, he also researches with scientists from a school of basic medicine in his hometown. The only activities that can keep him from the lab are running, listening to classical music, face-timing with friends, and being a comedian.
Anika Vercauteren
Anika is the co-leader and works mostly in the lab, helping and teaching other members. Along with science, she loves to help backstage in the theatre and spend time with the people who make her laugh.
Grace Goff
Grace is a co-leader and she writes most of the emails. She has been part of the club since eighth grade. Aside from science, she loves writing poems, reading books of all genres, playing board games with her family, and eating food from around the world.
Kristine Huynh
Kristine is the engineer as well as the creative mind behind our madness. She loves painting, working with technology, breaking boards in half, and drinking boba tea with her friends.
Nicholas Lyu
Nicholas is a creative film maker and a coding expert. He joined the team last year and has been working on Wiki for two years.
George Shi
George Shi is the artistic member of the team who helped establish our human practice. Along with being involved in the lab, he enjoys being a DJ and taking pictures of all his friends and family.
Gloria Zhang
Gloria joined the iGEM team last year. She is a student who is strong in science and math. She mainly takes part in editing team wiki, as well as participates in lab work.
Tornito Abello
Tonito is the motivator of the team and keeps us going, unless one of his 5 dogs are sick. When not in the lab, Tonito is singing and dancing on stage.
Neha Petal
Neha is the newest member of the team and has spent many meetings learning. She enjoys reading mystery novels and neuroscience. When she is not spending her time inside, she plays golf.
Advisors
Anne Byford
Ms. Byford is our wonderful advisor and soul of the team. She has been coaching iGEM at Gaston Day for over ten years. She is also a foster mom for a local animal rescue in the same way that she is our science mom.
Wade Glaser
Mr. Glaser has been the computer science and physics teacher at Gaston Day for 8 years. He helped the team with their website and modeling parts for their project.
Constance Tina Heraklis
Mrs. Heracklis has been the chemistry and environmental science teacher at Gaston Day for 2 years. She has performed river water quality testing in North Carolina and helped the team connect with the local city water chemistry department.