Leadership Team

The program is led by a multi-disciplinary team of investigators.

daneshmandi Leila

Dr. Leila Daneshmandi

Director of the eHub, College of Engineering

Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Engineering

leslie shor

Dr. Leslie Shor

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Engineering

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Zheni Wang

Associate Professor

Business Department

Southern Connecticut State University 

Andri Christodoulidou

Dr. Andri Christodoulidou

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Office: Engineering II Room 306E

Email: andri@uconn.edu

Dr Andri Christodoulidou is a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Connecticut’s College of Engineering. She holds an MPhil in Educational Research Methods and PhD in Education ( Education & Psychology route) from the University of Cambridge, UK. Dr. Christodoulidou is the Director of Impact Assessment at the Vergnano Institute of Inclusion. In her position she designs and leads research plans to assess the impact of the Institute’s one-day and residential STEM educational programs. Also, she works with Institutional Research data to monitor retention and degree completion rates of targeted groups.

Duran Gonzalez

Graduate Assistant, College of Engineering

Graduate Student