Meet The Team!

Alex MacAskill
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Senior
Perfect Taco: The Holy Mole from Taco Shack
Hobbies: Tabletop and video games, reading, gardening

Michelle Chang
Major: Medical Laboratory Science
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Fish Taco
Hobbies: Drawing, Painting, Hiking, Music

Sophia Xu
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Anything from Chipotle
Hobbies: Hiking, Badminton, Painting, Thrifting

Harsh Madaik
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Spicy Mango Black Bean Avocado Tacos
Hobbies: Weightlifting, Competitive Gaming

Tarun Cherukuri
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Tikka Masala
Hobbies: Drawing, Listening to music, Gaming

Jorge Ramirez
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Al Pastor
Hobbies: Reading, Playing Board Games, and Watching Documentaries

Haris Tariq
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Carne Asada
Hobbies: Sports mainly football and baseball, videogames, and reading

Aneesa Bhakta
Major: Biochemistry and Physics
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Chicken Bulgogi
Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Singing, and Ukulele

Antara Gupta
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Fried Avocado from Torchy's!
Hobbies: Writing, Working Out, and Cooking

Kaitlin Shin
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Green Chile Pork
Hobbies: Board games, piano

Maanasa Cherukuvada
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Chicken Fajita
Hobbies: Reading, Ukulele, Singing, Drawing

Joseph Garza

Noor Radde
Major: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Year: Senior
Perfect Taco: Fried fish
Hobbies: Painting, sketching, baking
Advisors

Cameron Roots
Graduate student in Barrick Lab
Perfect Taco: Sweet Potato and Black Bean
Hobbies: Running, Playing Guitar, Gaming
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.