First-authored papers received the Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics at IROS 2019 and was a finalist for the Best Paper Award at UR 2024. Received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2025. Member of the world championship team (First Place, Humanoid Adult Size Division) for the RoboCup 2024 competition.
Research Experience
Master's research focused on robotic hardware, including wall-climbing robots, grippers, and humanoids; Ph.D. research shifted towards creating general frameworks for task and motion planning, and applying them to real-world robotics problems such as search and rescue, factory automation, and service robotics.
Education
Ph.D. from UCLA, Postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology. Master's research focused on hardware aspects of robotics, including the development of wall-climbing robots, grippers, and humanoids.
Background
Specializing in motion planning and control for manipulation and legged locomotion. Completed Ph.D. at UCLA and a postdoctoral position at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Completed two research internships at Amazon Robotics and Toyota Research Institute.