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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
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Hyun Kim (Damien)
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Aleksandra Golebiowska
PhD Student
BE in Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York
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Jonathon Intravaia
PhD Student
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: jonathon.intravaia@uconn.edu
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Sara Cunha
PhD Student
BE in Biomedical Engineering, Western New England University
Email: sara.cunha@uconn.edu
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Ankita Prusty
PhD Student
M.Tech in Polymers and Biosystems Engineering, IIT Hyberadad
Email: ankita.prusty@uconn.edu
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Grace Goetz
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: grace.goetz@uconn.edu
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Aayush Chopra
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Email: aayush.chopra@uconn.edu
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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 |