Meet The Team!
![Jane](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/d/dd/T--Austin_Utexas--alexpic.jpg)
Alex MacAskill
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Senior
Perfect Taco: The Holy Mole from Taco Shack
Hobbies: Tabletop and video games, reading, gardening
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/1/1b/T--Austin_Utexas--michellepic2.png)
Michelle Chang
Major: Medical Laboratory Science
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Fish Taco
Hobbies: Drawing, Painting, Hiking, Music
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/b/b3/T--Austin_Utexas--Sophiapic.jpg)
Sophia Xu
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Anything from Chipotle
Hobbies: Hiking, Badminton, Painting, Thrifting
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/9/9a/T--Austin_Utexas--Harshpic1.jpg)
Harsh Madaik
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Perfect Taco: Spicy Mango Black Bean Avocado Tacos
Hobbies: Weightlifting, Competitive Gaming
![Tarun Cherukuri](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/8/86/T--Austin_UTexas--Tarun_pic1.jpg)
Tarun Cherukuri
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Tikka Masala
Hobbies: Drawing, Listening to music, Gaming
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/f/fc/T--Austin_UTexas--jorge.jpg)
Jorge Ramirez
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Al Pastor
Hobbies: Reading, Playing Board Games, and Watching Documentaries
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/7/70/T--Austin_UTexas--HarisTariqPic.jpg)
Haris Tariq
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Carne Asada
Hobbies: Sports mainly football and baseball, videogames, and reading
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/0/0f/T--Austin_UTexas--Aneesapic.jpg)
Aneesa Bhakta
Major: Biochemistry and Physics
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Chicken Bulgogi
Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Singing, and Ukulele
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/0/02/T--Austin_UTexas--Antarapic.png)
Antara Gupta
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Fried Avocado from Torchy's!
Hobbies: Writing, Working Out, and Cooking
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/5/5d/T--Austin_UTexas--kaitlinheadshot.jpg)
Kaitlin Shin
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Green Chile Pork
Hobbies: Board games, piano
![Maanasa Cherukuvada](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/5/5f/T--Austin_UTexas--Phage_Maanasapic.jpg)
Maanasa Cherukuvada
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Perfect Taco: Chicken Fajita
Hobbies: Reading, Ukulele, Singing, Drawing
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Joseph Garza
![John](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/9/99/T--Austin_Utexas--noorraddepic.png)
Noor Radde
Major: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Year: Senior
Perfect Taco: Fried fish
Hobbies: Painting, sketching, baking
Advisors
![Cameron Roots](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/1/15/T--Austin_UTexas--croots_photo_2020.jpeg)
Cameron Roots
Graduate student in Barrick Lab
Perfect Taco: Sweet Potato and Black Bean
Hobbies: Running, Playing Guitar, Gaming
Principal Investigators
![Jane](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2020/d/da/T--Austin_Utexas--drbarrickpic.png)
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.
![Mike](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/a/a5/T--Austin_Utexas--drmishlerpic4.png)
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.