Syam Nukavarapu PhD
Principle Investigator
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Material Science Engineering
Orthopedic Surgery
Email: syam.nukavarapu@uconn.edu
Office Phone: (860) 486-6975
PhD Indian Institute of Science
Postdoc Lehigh University
Postdoc University of Virginia
Hyun Kim (Damien)
Aleksandra Golebiowska
PhD Student
BE in Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York
Jonathon Intravaia
PhD Student
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: jonathon.intravaia@uconn.edu
Sara Cunha
PhD Student
BE in Biomedical Engineering, Western New England University
Email: sara.cunha@uconn.edu
Ankita Prusty
PhD Student
M.Tech in Polymers and Biosystems Engineering, IIT Hyberadad
Email: ankita.prusty@uconn.edu
Grace Goetz
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: grace.goetz@uconn.edu
Aayush Chopra
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: aayush.chopra@uconn.edu
Sanjana Nistala
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: sanjana.nistala@uconn.edu
TEST Lab Alumni
| Name | Role | Duration | Current Place |
| James Wallace | MD | 2009-2011 | |
| Ami Amini | PhD | 2009 - 2012 | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Paiyz Mikael | MS, PhD | 2008 - 2015 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| John Igwe | Post-Doc | 2009 - 2011 | Akron, Ohio |
| Deborah Dorcemus | PhD | 2012-2017 | Biological Industries |
| Tyler Stahl | MS | 2015-2016 | BD |
| Divya Kamireddi | Summer Research | 2016 | Medtronic |
| Shadaab Kazi | Summer Research | 2016 | Harvard Medical School |
| Ling Lei | MD | 2015-16 | UConn Medical School |
| Emmanuel Nwachuku | MD | 2014-16 | Quinnipiac Medical School |
| Nick Lemme | Summer Research | 2012 | Brown Medical School |
| Andrew Luzzi | Summer Research | 2013 | Cornell Medical School |
| Dillon Florence | Independent Study | 2014 | |
| Chelsea Stephens | Summer Research | 2014 | Cornell Engineering |
| Rachelle Aekins | Summer Research | 2014 | |
| Eve George | Summer Research | 2015 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Rares Barbu | Independent Study | 2015 | |
| Shalmli Joshi | Independent Study | 2015-2016 | UConn Medical School |
| Thomas Xu | Independent Study | 2015-2017 | University of Virginia, Medical School |
| Abeid Anslip | Summer Research | 2015 | |
| Marisa Boch | Summer Research | 2016 | |
| Glademyr Reme | High school Summer Research | 2012 | |
| Robert Armentano | High school Research | 2013-2014 | Purdue University |
| Rohit Makol | High school Research | 2015-2016 | |
| Wesia Malik | High school Summer Research | 2016 |