Director of the Competition
iGEM Foundation
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.