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-Derick Sayavong is a fourth-year undergraduate in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, with a minor in Business. He is actively working on SynBioSuite, a web app for the design and analysis of genetic circuits. Additionally, he is helpoing to develop SBOLCanvas, a web application for creation and editing of genetic constructs using the SBOL data and visual standard. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends and playing the guitar.
+Derick Sayavong is a fourth-year undergraduate in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, with a minor in Business. He is actively working on SynBioSuite, a web app for the design and analysis of genetic circuits. Additionally, he is helping to develop SBOLCanvas, a web application for creation and editing of genetic constructs using the SBOL data and visual standard. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends and playing the guitar.
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+---
+# Display name
+title: Kerem Gurkan
+
+# Username (this should match the folder name)
+authors:
+- Kerem Gurkan
+
+#Author Names (alternative spellings etc)
+names:
+- Kerem Gurkan
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+#Use 1 for PI, 100 for Current Postdocs, 200 for current phds, 300 for current masters, 400 for current undergrads, 800 for alum postdocs, 810 for alum phds, 820 for alum masters, and 830 for alum undergrads, 900 for tools, 1000 for projects
+weight: 400
+
+university: CU Boulder
+
+# Role/position
+role: Undergraduate Researcher
+
+department:
+- Computer Science
+- ATLAS Institute
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+- name: University of Colorado Boulder
+  url: ""
+
+# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts)
+# bio: My research interests include distributed robotics, mobile computing and programmable matter.
+
+interests:
+- Software Development
+- Synthetic Biology
+
+projects:
+- SynBioSuite
+
+
+education:
+  courses:
+  - course: Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
+    institution: University of Colorado Boulder
+    year: 2027
+  - course: Bachelor's Degree, Creative Technology and Design
+    institution: University of Colorado Boulder
+    year: 2027
+
+# Social/Academic Networking
+# For available icons, see: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/#icons
+#   For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the
+#   form "mailto:your-email@example.com" or "#contact" for contact widget.
+social:
+- icon: user
+  icon_pack: fas
+  link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keremgurkan
+- icon: github
+  icon_pack: fab
+  link: https://github.com/CoderLLamaPhone
+- icon: envelope
+  icon_pack: fas
+  link: mailto:kerem.gurkan@colorado.edu 
+
+# Link to a PDF of your resume/CV from the About widget.
+# To enable, copy your resume/CV to `static/files/cv.pdf` and uncomment the lines below.
+# - icon: cv
+#   icon_pack: ai
+#   link: files/cv.pdf
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: ""
+
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.
+user_groups:
+- Researchers
+- Undergraduate Students
+- Genetic Design Automation
+
+#any user groups to display on the page
+display_groups:
+- Genetic Design Automation Area
+---
+Kerem Gurkan is a second-year undergraduate at the University of Colorado Boulder, studying both Computer Science and Creative Technology & Design, with a minor in Leadership Studies. He is currently contributing to SynBioSuite, where he is working on developing a new tool to standardize experimental data intake and manipulation (XDC). He is also a Boettcher Scholar and a member of the President’s Leadership Class. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends.
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