{"id":11265,"date":"2019-01-16T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute?page_id=11265"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:04:39","slug":"former-fellows-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/former-fellows-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Fellows &amp; Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Graduate Students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Godwin Dzidotor, T32 Doctoral Training<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Graduate Students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taraje Whitman, YIIP Scholar<\/p>\n<p>Marc Merriman, Jr., YIIP Scholar<\/p>\n<p>Reinier Gonzalez Heredia, YIIP Scholar<\/p>\n<p>Erick Orozco-Morato, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><span class=\"cf0\">Devika Kishnan<\/span><!--EndFragment -->, Biomedical Engineering<!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Postdoctoral Fellows<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chinedu Ude<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Graduate Students<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><span class=\"cf0\">Mohammed Barajaa<\/span><!--EndFragment -->, Biomedical Engineering<!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Graduate Students<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">Guleid Awale, Chemical Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David Onwuka, <span>Molecular &amp; 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