
OUR TEAM!
The Ones Who Make It All Possible
Samantha Lee
Director/ Voice Actor/ Editor
Bio
A breath of fresh air and positive energy every time she is around. Not only is she on her way of becoming an amazing doctor she is also already an incredible musician and now director! On her free time you will find her lying on the grass, not giving a damn about people who would judge her.

Kendrew Wong
Animator/Actor
Bio
Kung fu Kenny in da house. Cool as a cucumber. A man of many talents with huge passion and perseverance. He always strived to be better and his work always had high quality but it also amazed everyone with creativity. Helped out in all areas of the team. Also, he may not actually win the Oscars with his acting performance, but he has definitely won our hearts.

Chanpreet Mangat
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
The ULTIMATE Drake fan. When she’s not white water kayaking or going to a Shakespearean play she’s out in the lab doing god’s work. If you’ve ever wondered what a Jack of all trades looks like then look no further because Chan is a goddess disguised in human form, she juggles a lot but always seems to come out ahead.

Heidi Vieira
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
Heidi (#1 Lab Dweller ) was like the mother everyone wanted approval from. One of the hardest working and most passionate people you’ll ever meet, when she starts to argue you better hope that you’re on her side.

Amir Reza Meysami Fard
Team Captain
Bio
The gentle giant, Amir very confidently-ish lead this team of dedicated scientists, engineers and developers to the finish line. To his credit he always TRIED to be the first person at every meeting and last person to leave. Honestly though, Amir is a diligent problem solver, a hard worker and a realistic optimist. Amir has the qualities of not only a great engineer but that of an even better leader. This man stayed up long nights, sacrificed literal blood, sweat and tears for the team, all with a smile on his face. He was the team's beacon of hope whenever things got rough or experiments weren’t going as well. He kept his wolf pack safe and we are proud to call him daddy.

William Xi
Finance
Bio
Will the money guru. When he’s not skipping lectures (because they’re too slow) he’s crunching numbers and working on applications. Will enjoys propelling everyone around him and providing them with opportunities to grow as individuals and as peers. His dedication and hard works inspires around him to follow suite.

Bridget La Prairie
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
Bridget is definitely an evil genius. She’s one of the most genuine and honest people you could ever hope of meeting. Whatever the occasion, Bridget was always one of the first people to volunteer her time to help out. When times get rough you can always rely on Bridget to be on the front lines putting out the fire.

Valerie Chu
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
Valerie aka ReVeal aka Valar Morgulis. Something about Valerie always calms all of us down. No matter what is happening or how bad things are going she finds a way to smile and make everyone around believe it's all gonna be fine! She's a sadness killa.

Josh French
Animator
Bio
Came in with ambition and the will to work hard. Hipster. When you go over his playlist you start realizing how basic you are. Did not know anything about Maya at the start and now he’s a Maya God! He will be the same with engineering in a few years so watch out ya’ll!

Anusika Nijher
Website Master
Bio
Hard work and perseverance. She is one of the smartest, most responsible younglings out there. Does her work and has fun doing it! Worked extra hard on making this website a work of art! Also a huge Game of Thrones fan, like she would know all the titles of Daenerys fan, like she read all the books fan, like she even knows the side characters’ names fan.

Adam Mesa
Website Master
Bio
Passionate and Professional. The website mastermind, the designer, the artist, and the future doctor. He truly wants what is best for everyone and he strives for perfection. We needed a lot from him and he always delivered and he delivered in the best possible way!

Karen Li
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
She goes by the name Kiwi, whenever you need her she is like oui oui. She did a lot of great work with our wetlab team and she was the graphic wizard!

Danni Zhu
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
Danni is the OG sarcastic lab maestro. She is on top of everything and never skips a beat. If you ever hit up the lab at some off hour of the night, you’ll most likely find Danni standing at her bench using some never-before-seen pipetting techniques.

Siddarth Raghuvanshi
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
Sid is the brother you just love to hate (Might be an evil genius). The tall caramel prince is a tech god and quick witted monster, he must be the love child of Beyoncé and Beyoncé because he is self-absorbed, and also I want to put a ring on it.

Edward Wang
Midnight Lab Dweller
Bio
Edward "Eddie" is a bottle of creativity, humour and anger over the stupid stuff around him always ready to blow! He is real and he has one of the best critical minds. His rants about random things never get old. He's gonna be the real life version of Dr. House one day.

Abdo Elhosary
Finance
Bio
This man is the Arab Justin Timberlake mixed with Dr. Drake Ramoray. Always there for the meetings and always brought laughter to the meetings. He used his charisma to get us sponsors. Fun fact: He used to be a hand model. Also has an immaculate taste in fashion.
OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS
Our Inspiration and Our MotivatorsOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS
Our Inspiration and Our Motivators
Dr. Issac Li
UBC Okanagan
Even though he is 400 km away, he was one of the early supporters of our project. He shed a lot of light for us on a path that was very dark before we gained our own lamps. His support and the advice he gave us during our Skype meetings was extremely helpful in us developing our idea.

Dr. Cathie
BC Cancer Agency
She gave us great advice for our proof of concept with blood experiment as well for our project. We really appreciate the wealth of information she gave us during our meetings.

Dr. Steve Hallam
UBC: ECOSCOPE
Dr. Hallam is truly an angel for us. Not only did he provide us with a lab space to work at, he is also the founder of ECOSCOPE, the organization that provided us with most of our funding. Without Dr. Hallam, UBC BIOMOD would not exist. The UBC BIOMOD family greatly appreciates the doors he opened for us.

Jewl Ocampo
UBC: Hallam Labs
Jewl, Jewlifam, Jocampo, Shine bright like a diamond. She is pursuing her Master’s at Hallam Labs and she helped us a ton whenever we had problems with equipment or when we needed a smile. Also special thank you to everyone else in the Hallam lab who helped out!

Dr. Vikram Yadav
UBC: Chemical and Biological Engineering
The most honest professor. From the get go, he told us this is a good project but if you want it to be great you must always consider how your customers will use it. We used that mindset to make our project as efficient as possible.

Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu
UBC: Centre for Blood Research
He let us use his lab for our proof of concept blood experiment. We really appreciated the opportunity!

Ileana Co
University of Toronto
Last year’s team co-captain, currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Toronto. She was always there for spiritual support and she always silently made sure we were on the right track by going through our emails!

Nathan Chan
University of Washington
Last year’s team co-captain, currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Washington. He made sure we were going on the right track by coming to our early meetings and grabbing our first material order when we were all busy. We will pay you back at some point I swear.

Tatjana Stone
UBC: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Tatjana came to our aid when we most needed her! She did the OG design for our t-shirts and it is freaking DOPE.

Lily Takeuchi
UBC: Centre for Blood Research
Last year’s team wet-lab co-leader, now pursuing her Master’s at the Centre for Blood Research at UBC. She came to our aid when we wanted to do a proof of concept experiment on blood. She stayed there with us in the lab until 11 pm because that’s when our experiment ended and she was supervising us. She is a queen.
Our Sponsors
UBC BIOMOD would not be possible without our generous sponsors, particularly ECOSCOPE and StarFish medical. With further assistance from Hallam lab and the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UBC.