Our Team

Our team consists of Behrend students, faculty, and staff and community/industry partners in the Erie region.

Learn more about who WE ARE below!

Faculty and Community Affiliates

Christopher R. Shelton, Ph.D.

Director, VAR Lab

About Chris

Hafez Shurrab, Ph.D

Faculty Associate

About Hafez

Kevin Belknap

Faculty Associate

About Kevin

Kyle Chalupczynski, M.B.A. 

Faculty Affiliate

About Kyle

Jon Gunnell

Staff Affiliate

About Jon

Hudson Tran

Staff Affiliate

About Hudson

Dani McCauley

Staff Affiliate

About Dani

Jaimen Gallo

Staff Affiliate

About Jaimen

Breanna McClain

Staff Affiliate

About Breanna

Jasper Sachsenmeier, MLitt

Faculty Affiliate

About Jasper

Community Affiliates

Antigoni Kotsiou

Community Affiliate

About Antigoni

Marcus Jacobs

Community Affiliate

About Marcus

Nicholas Smerker

Commonwealth Affiliate

About Nick

Graduate & Undergraduate Researchers

Abigail Manelick 

Graduate Assistant, Project Manager

About Abigail

Andrew Prouty 

Undergraduate Rover Researcher

About Andrew

Bobur Rakhmatullaev 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Bob

Christopher  Mamatas 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Christopher

Conrad Lloyd 

Undergraduate Supporter

About Conrad

Hetvi Desai 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Hetvi

Justin Williams 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Justin
Lauren Cass

Lauren Cass 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Lauren
Matthew

Matthew Szarmach

Undergraduate Content Creator

About Matthew

Remington Matthew Orange

Undergraduate Researcher

About Remington

Shwetha Gottumukkala 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Shwetha

Roomana Sokeechand 

Undergraduate Attendant

About Roomana

Ryan Grabowski 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Ryan

Arianna Smith 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Arianna

Zach Babb 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Zach

Manasi Patil

Undergraduate Researcher

About Manasi

Ammar Hattab 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Ammar

Nikita Redkin 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Nikita

Johnathan Sedlak 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Johnathan
Victoria

Victoria Mott 

Undergraduate Rover Researcher

About Victoria

Former Graduate & Undergraduate Researchers

Adrienne Pauline

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Adrienne

Alexander Wasden

Undergraduate Researcher

About Alex

Kelly Cass 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Kelly

Becca Olanrewaju

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Becca

Boluwatife Owodunni

Graduate Researcher

About Boluwatife

Mistie McColm 

Undergraduate Project Manager

About Mistie

Bri Grove

Undergraduate Researcher

About Bri

Daniel Schreiber

Undergraduate Researcher

About Daniel

Dante Colorito

Undergraduate Researcher

About Dante

Ruchi Kudalkar 

Undergraduate Attendant

About Ruchi

Emily Wargo

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Emily

Erica Juriasingani

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Erica

Felipe Bassi

Undergraduate Researcher

About Felipe

Garrett Stroupe

Remote Pilot & Immersive Creator

About Garrett

Heather Vommorro

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Heather

Husain Kapadia

Undergraduate Researcher

About Husain

Jacob Ognibene

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Jacob

Cedric Nowatzyk 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Cedric

Joe Houck 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Joe

Jasmine Lewis

Undergraduate Researcher

About Jasmine

Jonathan Robert Phillips

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Jonathan

Kaelyn Randall

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Kaelyn

Kaylee Larson

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Kaylee

Lerato Rametse

Graduate Researcher

About Lerato

Marina Bystryy

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Marina

Jackson Currier 

Undergraduate Attendant

About Jackson

Matt Rockage

Undergraduate Researcher

About Matt

Ryan Scott

Undergraduate Researcher 

About Ryan

Salvatore DeSena

Undergraduate Researcher

About Salvatore

Sam Deeter

Undergraduate Researcher

About Sam

Sanjana Karnik

Graduate Researcher 

About Sanjana

Haley Altadonna 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Haley

Sebastian Ortiz

Undergraduate Researcher

About Sebastian

Sophia Diplacido 

Undergraduate Researcher

About Sophia

Yi Zheng

Undergraduate Researcher

About Yi