Dr. Ravindra Nanda is a professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences and Chair of the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He is part of the founding faculty of the School of Dental Medicine. He has been at the University of Connecticut since 1972 and holds an Alumni Chair in the Orthodontics Division. He is an innovator of various orthodontic appliances. His research and clinical interests include adolescent and adult orthodontics, the biology of tooth mobility, craniofacial orthopedics, biomechanics, and developing efficient mechanics to deliver orthodontic care. Currently, Nanda is the editor-in-chief of Progress in Orthodontics, the associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, and on the editorial board of nine national and international orthodontic journals. He has authored and edited eight textbooks and more than 200 publications and peer-reviewed journals.