Team:US AFRL CarrollHS/Team
The Students!
Anna (Annie) Bete
Favorite Part About iGEM: The wiki freeze. Just kidding the Jamboree of course!!
Potential College Major: Computer Science/Computer Engineering
Favorite Time Period: The 1900s in Mankato, MN
Favorite Aircraft: Wright Flyer
Favorite Quote: “The future starts today, not tomorrow.” -Pope John Paul II
Yazmin Camacho
Favorite Part About iGEM: The lab work
Potential College Major: Microbiology
Favorite Time Period: The Elizabethan Era/The Tudor Period
Favorite Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
Favorite Quote: “The worst they can say is no.”
Jonah Carter
Favorite Part About iGEM: Meeting and talking with teams from around the world
Potential College Major: Electrical Engineering
Favorite Time Period: The future.......
Favorite Aircraft: B2
Favorite Quote: “One bird with two stones.”
Jason Dong
Favorite Part About iGEM: Lab work
Currently Attending: Duke University
College Major: Electrical Engineering
Favorite Time Period: American Revolution
Favorite Aircraft: B22 Bomber
Favorite Quote: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” -Steve Prefontaine
Chris Guptil
Favorite Part About iGEM: Sharing great experiences with my friends.
Potential College Major: Mathematics/Statistics
Favorite Time Period: “The 1970's, those were wild times man. Also my hair is perfect for it.”
Favorite Aircraft: Curtis P-40 Warhawk
Favorite Quote: “Glimpses of ingeniousness are not inexplicable miracles, but rather the residue of experience.”
Max Herrmann
Favorite Part About iGEM: Learning
Potential College Major: Engineering of some sort
Favorite Time Period: 60s at a beatles concert
Favorite Aircraft: B17 Bomber
Favorite Quote: “You’ve got to work a little so you can ball a lot” -Tom Haverford
Hayley Jesse
Favorite Part About iGEM: Collaborations
Potential College Major: Biomedical Engineering
Favorite Time Period: 90s in New York City
Favorite Aircraft: F16
Favorite Quote: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
Peter Menart
Favorite Part About iGEM: Performing research and learning about synthetic biology
Currently Attending: The Ohio State University
College Major: Physics and Mathematics
Favorite Time Period: The Jurassic Period
Favorite Aircraft: B17 Bomber
Favorite Quote: “Anyone who never made a mistake has never tried something new.” -Einstein
Travis O'Leary
Favorite Part About iGEM: Running gels
Potential College Major: Engineering
Favorite Time Period: 100 BC Ancient Greece and Rome
Favorite Aircraft: CV-22 Osprey
Favorite Quote: “Ask for forgiveness before asking for permission.”
Laura Polanka
Favorite Part About iGEM: Running gels and plating
Potential College Major: Computer Science or Film/Media Studies
Favorite Time Period: The 1800s in England
Favorite Aircraft: That blue camo one in the picture
Favorite Quote: “Don’t let the muggles get you down, mate.” - Ron Weasley
Madeleine Sanders
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Yazmin Camacho
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The Mentors!
Dr. Chia Hung
Education: Not enough (ok, if it needs to be real- Ph.D. in Immunology)
Organization: AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Flying remote controlled airplanes and multicopters with our sons.
Favorite Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat (specifically, VF-103 Jolly Rogers squadron. :) )
Favorite Quote: "It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English- up to fifty words used in correct context- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."- Carl Sagan
Dr. Mike Goodson
Education: BSc in Marine Biology (University of Wales, Swansea, UK), MSc in Oceanography (University of Southampton, UK), PhD in Cnidarian Symbioses (University of York, UK)
Organization: Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: (What is this 'spare time' you speak of?!) Running
Favorite Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
Favorite Quote: I have two: "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill and "Dream big and don't quit" - Mo Rocca
Dr. Nancy Kelley-Loughnane
Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Boston College (BS in Chemistry, University of New Hampshire)
Organization: AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Traveling (especially to Cape Cod)
Favorite Aircraft: P-38
Favorite Quote: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” and “Nothing will work unless you do.” Maya Angelou
Dr. Vanessa Varaljay
Education: Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Georgia; B.S., Biology, Cleveland State University
Organization: UES/AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Running
Favorite Aircraft: A-10 Thunderbolt
Favorite Quote: “One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.” - Albert Einstein
Dr. Amy Breedon
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Rachel Krabacher
Education: Bachelor's and Master's in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton, Master's thesis research in the Biomaterials lab in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, RXAS
Organization: RHXBC
Favorite Spare Time Activity: When not at work or coaching the Carroll High School volleyball team, I spend a lot of time playing sand and indoor volleyball tournaments.
Favorite Aircraft: B-25
Favorite Quote: "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”
Dr. Martha Alvey Carter
Education: Lots of math
Organization: Carroll High School
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Hiking with my family
Favorite Aircraft: SR-71 The Blackbird
Favorite Quote: "Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the universe." - Galileo
Dr. Caroline Metosh-Dickey
Education: Ph.D. Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, M.S. Environmental Toxicology, LSU, B.S. Biology University of South Carolina
Organization: Carroll High School
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Writing
Favorite Aircraft: C-17
Favorite Quote: “If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research.” - Albert Einstein
Dr. Christina E. O'Malley
Education: PhD, Ohio State University (Geology, 2009); MS, Ohio State Univesity (Geology, 2006); MS, University of Dayton (Education and Health Sciences, 2014); MST, Wright State University (Earth Science, 2004); BS, Wright State University (Biology, 2002); BS, Wright State University (Chemistry, 2002)
Organization: Carroll High School
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Hiking
Favorite Aircraft: SR-71 Blackbird
Favorite Quote: "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Christina Davis
Currently attending: Wright State University
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Organization: UES/AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Kayaking and Hiking
Favorite Aircraft: U-2 Dragon
Favorite Quote: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.” - Gandh
Dallas McDonald
Currently attending: Case Western University
Major: Biology
Organization: UES/AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Listening to Avant-Garde Jazz Noise, Playing the drums
Favorite Aircraft: XB70 Valkyrie
Favorite Quote: “I’m garbage at math.” - Dallas McDonald
Andrea Poole
Currently attending: Wright State University
Major: Clinical Lab Studies
Organization: UES/AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Boating, being with friends/family, listening to music
Favorite Aircraft: U2
Favorite Quote: “That makes too much sense.”