Contact The AusSynBio Challenge Team
Meet your organisers!
Catherine Chen
Director
Matthew Wierzbowski
Director
Shuyun Zhang
Director
Mina Al-Khafaji
Director of Partnerships
Ishita Sharma
Director of Communications
Vrunda Patel
Operations Lead
Bao Le
Operations Lead
Subham Priya
Partnerships Lead
ASBC Leadership Team 2025
Nikki Ayende
Program Manager
Maciej Holowko
Stakeholders and Relationships
Lisa Hartmann
CSIRO BioFoundry Representative
Thomas Collier
University Representative and Communications
Joseph Brock
Co-Chair
Matt Faria
Co-Chair
Brendan Kidd
Co-Chair and Treasurer
Jason Whitfield
Co-Chair
Nick East
University Representative and Student Representative
India Boyton
University Representative and Communications
Xiaoxiao Zhang
University Representative
Dayane Costa
University Representative
Juan Martinez
University Representative
Betty Zhang
Industry Representative
Nikki Ayende
Program Manager
Maciej Holowko
Stakeholders and Relationships
Lisa Hartmann
CSIRO BioFoundry Representative
Thomas Collier
University Representative and Communications