Stanford-Brown 2016

Michael Becich

Mike is a junior studying Bioengineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. While he is not encoding life, Mike enjoys running and music. His primary projects were biosensing applications and melanin production.

Charles Gleason

Charlie is a senior studying Applied Math and Biology at Brown University. He is filled with nonsense and likes to do things poorly.

Julia Gross

Julia is a junior studying Biology at Brown University. She is fascinated by the human immune system, and seeks to understand it better one gene at a time. This summer she worked on designing and testing small molecule biosensors, generating a new p-ABA aptamer, and human practices outreach. In her spare time, Julia enjoys reading and traveling.

Cynthia Hale-Phillips

Cynthia is a senior studying Biomedical Engineering at Brown University.

Anna Le

Anna is a senior studying Bioengineering at Stanford University. She is constantly quite amazed by synthetic biology’s ability to engineer life to mimic the function of everyday objects. Over the summer, she primarily worked on the membrane projects. In her spare time, Anna enjoys playing with dogs!

Eric Liu

Eric is a sophomore at Brown University.

Taylor Pullinger

Taylor is a junior at Brown University studying Biology on the Biotechnology/Physiology track. She worked mainly on the chromoproteins subproject, and design for the wiki and presentation this summer. She enjoys painting, reading and traveling.

Elias Robinson

Elias is a junior at Brown University.

Theresa Sievert

Theresa is a junior studying in Bioengineering at Stanford University. She enjoys crafts, softball, and Bachelorette watch parties.

Taylor Sihavong

Taylor is a junior studying Biology and Product Design Engineering at Stanford University. This summer she enjoyed delving further into synthetic biology and graphic design, and worked largely on the Stanford-Brown presentation and the melanin/gas production subprojects.

Gordon Sun

Gordon is a recent Stanford graduate in Bioengineering, and is now a first-year Bioengineering PhD student at Rice University. He likes to make knives in his spare time.

Amy Weissenbach

Amy is a senior majoring in English at Stanford University.

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