Meet Our Team

Keep up with us here!

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Principal Investigator

René Olivares-Navarrete, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
email: ronavarrete@vcu.edu | research gate

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Graduate Students

Kelly Hotchkiss

Ph.D. Candidate
email: hotchkisskm@vcu.edu
research gate  |  publications

Kegan Sowers

Masters Student
email: sowerskt@vcu.edu

Suraj Kandalam

Masters Student
email: kandalams@vcu.edu

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Undergraduate Students

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Alexander Whitehead
email: whitheadaj2@vcu.edu
Linkedin

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​Emily Burtch
​email: burtchej@vcu.edu
Linkedin

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Manotri Chaubal
email: chaubalm@vcu.edu 

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Cristian Coriano-Ortiz
email: corianoortizc@vcu.edu 
Linkedin

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Where are they now?

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Nancy Ayad, M.S.
​Linkedin
Currently working at Leidos

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Garrett Cyprus, B.S.
​email: cyprusgn@vcu.edu
​Currently working at PPD

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