Behind his calm and hard-working look, Andreas Fyrillas will not hesitate to throw a punchline at you. His studies at the engineering school ESPCI Paris give him the skills to be an expert on microfluidic chips. Not only does he work the oscilloscope like no other, but he also has a secret talent in the kitchen that he uses to delight us from time to time. Apart from coding the wiki, he enjoys sharing his self-made dubstep music with us. By Alice
Aymen Ghaneme
Aymen, currently a second-year student at CentraleSupelec, is a smiling Morrocan who is always in for a break and above all a great fruit sugar-free ice cream (in fact, after a while, we realized the break is only a pretext for the icecream). However, when he gets sufficient sleep, this hyper-active guy can use all his mathematical abilities on making models and will work for hours to solve any software bug. By Thomas
Léa Guerassimoff
Léa is our little chemist from Chimie ParisTech who specializes in making everything she does, cute. Her kindness and good mood always delight everyone. She is a real ray of sunshine even when she blows a fuse on the Wiki. She is very organized and serious in what she undertakes, but don’t bother her if she is watching a video of a toy goat: toy goats make her crazy, like really crazy. Regardless, she is one of the best people I have met, thanks to iGEM. We are now bosom buddies, that’s why people nickname us Tic & Tac. By Ellyn
Samuel Jaoui
Samuel is a 20 year-old engineering student from Chimie ParisTech. Despite being the youngest member of our team, Samuel has been the first to imagine and believe in this ambitious project and convince us to create NeuronArch. His skills in biological engineering and programming help us to model scientifical concepts of our project. By Etienne
Manon Madelenat
Behind her strong character, Manon hides a very big heart! She is studying biotechnologies at Sup’Biotech Paris. She is in her last year of study and she actually works in health and production fields. Next step: she desires to work in the field of neurosciences and wants to understand neurodegenerative diseases! For the team, she is an essential member and the queen of mini and midi prep! The last thing about Manon is that she is as beautiful inside as she is out, trust me! By Léa
Jonathan Naccache
Jon is really motivated and commited to the lab work! Studying biotechnologies at Sup’Biotech Paris for the past five years, he is very passionate about synthetic biology and would like to continue in this field by realizing a Master of research next year. In the team, he spends a lot of time in the lab but also on illustrator to do amazing explanatory schemes!
By Manon
Éléa Paillares
Motivated and always smiling, Éléa always sets a happy mood in the room and never misses an occasion to crack you up. Although she spends her days locked in the laboratory working hard, making use of the skills she learned at Sup’Biotech, she has the spirit of a true traveler. Sometimes, she likes to improvise her journeys, without even bothering to planify her trip and booking a hotel. She looks forward to the Giant Jamboree: she has never been to America!
By Andreas
Emma Picaud-Lucet
What is more important to Emma than her cat’s happiness ? IGEM of course ! As a law student from the Faculté Jean Monnet, she is one of the team members in charge of all of the legal aspects of the project. Never afraid of giving her opinions on various matters, she often deals with subjects beyond law, such as human practices collaboration with other iGEM teams. Her secret talent : she’s a very talented cartoonist ! By Samuel
Sarah Porte
Sarah is a biology major at the Sorbonne-Université Pierre et Marie Curie, carrying out her Master’s degree. She is highly organized, having multiple tasks and responsibilities at hand, which is very useful. Sarah appreciates her independence as she gets things done best this way, however, if called upon will gladly land a hand in whatever is up. She will also gladly borrow other people’s sweaters if it helps her stay warm!
By Deshmukh
Ellyn Redheuil
Nicknamed Tic, because of the inseparable duo she forms with Léa, alias Tac, she lighted up our summer with her continuous smile, laugh and amazing ideas and animations for our wiki page! She is an engineer student at ESPCI Paris, and you would be impressed by the range of her competences: from coding the wiki to transforming bacteria, whether in the lab or behind her console, she seems to know how to deal with everything. But its web developer competences are nothing compared to its most important specialty: cookies, which she bakes better than anyone else ! By Charlotte
Charlotte Richard
Engineer, biologist, adventurer and athletic, Charlotte has it all ! She is in her second year at Ecole Polytechnique, a military engineer school, and wants to specialize into Biology. In the lab, she is the best at Mini-preps, but she is also involved in the modeling part. In her spare time, she likes scouting and teaching the youth how to survive into the wild. It allows her to have the best skills for BBQs !
By Gabriela
Gabriela Sachet
Studying biology at Sup’Biotech, Gabriela has played a key part in the laboratory. She has also contributed to the bibliography which has kept the project being on track. She has had the opportunity to live in many different countries, which translates to her being a modern adventurer always seeking new experiences. She recently participated in the 4L Rally (France to Morocco in a French retro car) before focusing on the iGEM competition !
By Claire
Thomas Starck
Spirit-son of Tony Stark, great defender of planet Earth and member of the Avengers, Thomas Starck chose a different path. Full of imagination and a practical spirit, Thomas is in his second year in Ecole Polytechnique, a military engineer school. In addition to his lab work, he also dedicated his time to the making of this wiki page. In his part time, he loves to help his-spirit dad save the world, but also loves to go out and enjoy life.
By Sarah
Florian Thomas
Florian has many skills in his designer toolbox, he studied cabinet-making and he is now finishing his studies at ENSCi les Ateliers. He enjoys the beauty of raw material and well-done products and this is reflected in his work. Even if he is a calm and thoughtful person, he knows how to make his point, for example when talking about the use of animals in research. Do not judge a book by its cover, with his backwards cap style and adorable smile, he is the oldest team member. By Éléa
Kelly Trang
Don’t let her fool you, behind her cute smile and freckles, Kelly is actually a badass listener of hardcore metal. Student in her first year of master in intellectual property law at the Faculté Jean Monnet, she is also a true scientist in her heart and loves to follow around the scientists in the lab. When she is not baking something delicious or stealing food from her team members, she is very responsible and in charge of the legal work. By Antoine
Supervisors
Deshmukh Gopaul
Deshmukh Gopaul, researcher and Head of Design in Biology at the Institut Pasteur, has been coaching the iGEM Pasteur Paris teams for 4 years now. Althought specialized in Biochemistry, he likes to dig deeper into every conceivable topic, which allows him to tell interesting anecdotes at all times. Very meticulous, even though working with him might take hours, patience and tears, in the end, we know that it’s worth it! By Kelly
Guillian Graves
Guillian is an industrial designer specialized in biomimicry, working in Paris at his design studio BIG BANG Project. He is also teacher at ENSCI-Les Ateliers (National School for Advanced Studies in Design). His professionalism and his great requirement go together with his sympathy. He helps our team to consider the design of our device and brings his expertise to support our designers to create a global project. . By Claire
Serena Petracchini
Serena has been the key to solve many of our questions, thanks to her extensive experience in microbiology. Her major contribution to the project as a coach has been the Interlab, without forgetting the big source of ideas she is! One thing you will hear her saying when she does not agree with something is the Italian hand-accompanied “ma no!”. If still you disagree with her, try her delicious tiramisu. I am sure she (it) will convince you! By Anna
Anna Segú Cristina
With a true catalan heart and a great french accent, Anna is putting the best of her energies in her tutoring role for iGem Pasteur. Very soon second year PhD student, she finds extra-time between a neuron and a miniprep to make sport and extra activities leaving her PhD students friends always astonished. Fun of boardgames evenings and genetic engeneering, she’s able to take the best from Parisian life and enjoy it ! By Serena
