Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University
Hello! I am starting as an assistant professor in January 2027 at Columbia University. I earned my PhD from the Biomimetic & Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory at Stanford University, advised by Mark Cutkosky, and worked as an Sr. AI/Autonomy Researcher at Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center afterwards. During my PhD I was supported by a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship, P.E.O. Scholarship, Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship, and the Future Space Leaders Foundation. I care about a great many things in life, including: robotic sensing, space exploration, art, climate change and conservation, and social impact.
I research sensing, perception, and robotic manipulation as applied to exploration of our final frontiers. I would love to go to space, but barring that, I'd love to see my robots make an impact in exploring and understanding our world for the betterment of humanity.
Course coming soon!
Fall 2027
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Email: my.name [at] columbia [dot] edu