March 2020

Traci is the Director of the Competition at the iGEM Foundation in Boston, MA. She earned her Ph.D. in marine microbiology from the University of Rhode Island in 2010. She studied at Boston University as a synthetic biology postdoctoral researcher in the CIDAR Lab, ran the BU iGEM Teams from 2011-2014, and worked as the Executive Director of the BU Center of Synthetic Biology prior to joining the iGEM Foundation in 2015. In her role at iGEM, Traci oversees all aspects of the iGEM Competition to ensure that every iGEM team has a fulfilling and successful iGEM experience.Read more

Aaron earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1994, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and 2000, with a thesis in block polymer synthesis and characterization.  He then worked for DuPont Pharmaceuticals as a research engineer for one year before joining Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA in 2001, where his work focused on the scale-up, development, and commercialization of small molecule active ingredients. During his industrial career, he contributed to crystallizations, lab automation, process...Read more