Postdoctoral Researcher · UC San Diego
PostDoc, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
Co-advised by Prof. Nick Gravish & Prof. Michael T. Tolley
PhD, Systems Engineering, Arizona State University · Prof. Dan M. Aukes
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Prospective undergraduate and master’s students: I am looking for students to join my research group. Please sign up through the Gravish Lab or BRDL, or send me an email.
Our workshop “When Muscles Think: The Embodied Intelligence of Biological and Robotic Actuation” was successfully held at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh. Thank you to all the speakers, presenters, and everyone who came and joined the discussion! Workshop site →
Happy New Year.
On the market for a faculty position in Mechanical Engineering / Robotics.
A paper on a multi-functional digging robot was accepted at IROS 2025, Hangzhou, China.
Honored to be elected co-chair of the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS): Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems, 2027.
A paper on a self-digging / unburrowing robot was accepted at RoboSoft 2025.
Received the UCSD MAE Stanford S. “Sol” Penner Post-Doctoral Research Travel Award — traveling to ASME SMASIS 2024 in Atlanta.
Proud to have volunteered at RoboSoft 2024. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Contributed to the 2024 edition of “A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics.”
Shared work on origami-inspired devices at the UCSD RoboGrad workshop, “Design and Fabrication of Multi-Layer Laminate Origami-Inspired Robots.”
The Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab (BRDL) took part in Walter Munk Day.
Started my postdoc at UC San Diego.
Defended my PhD.