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EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND PROBLEM SOLVERS<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Founded in 2025, InnovaTEEN was created due to a large demand of students wanting to participate in a professional science and research program. Our lab is located in the University Research Park on the downtown OU campus. Weekly, students gain valuable laboratory experience that is applicable to their future careers, helping them get ahead on their interests. As a non-profit, funding is used for the usage of the lab at the University Research Park, and donations are highly appreciated. In the future, we wish to be a fully cost-free program for any student to attend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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As noted above, InnovaTEEN is based in the University Research Park. It is notable for being nearby to OSSM, the OU medical campus, and downtown OKC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Currently, there are four mentors who serve multiple students. They specialize in different fields allowing them to effectively communicate core concepts.

To the right is a photo of Kumar Sripathirathan (in the back), a toxicologist and our first mentor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAbout Us - InnovaTEEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovateen.org\/?p=241\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Us - InnovaTEEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovateen.org\/?p=241\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InnovaTEEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-27T04:03:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-27T04:07:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/R.aa270820e531fdac78ec88f329c3dc08?rik=JufeNg%2fR%2f6GHgQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2furp.ouhsc.edu%2fportals%2f1291%2fAssets%2fimages%2fexterior%2fURP-Lg-Sign.jpg&ehk=46Zk23xpoD7AZ7GKzGB1jZAVEGzLYabmgQhII6vGJJk%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Innovateen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Innovateen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Innovateen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c664e4c1620016a8317ffe452592b279\"},\"headline\":\"About Us\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-27T04:03:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-27T04:07:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/th.bing.com\\\/th\\\/id\\\/R.aa270820e531fdac78ec88f329c3dc08?rik=JufeNg%2fR%2f6GHgQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2furp.ouhsc.edu%2fportals%2f1291%2fAssets%2fimages%2fexterior%2fURP-Lg-Sign.jpg&ehk=46Zk23xpoD7AZ7GKzGB1jZAVEGzLYabmgQhII6vGJJk%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovateen.org\\\/?p=241\",\"name\":\"About Us - 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