Bio

I am a Postdoc at Cornell University's EmPRISE Lab with Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee. My primary research interest is the development of multimodal (vision and haptic) active learning algorithms for physically assistive robotics.

From 2024-2026, I worked at the University of Pennsylvania's DAIR Lab with Michael Posa. In 2023, I completed my PhD in the Personal Robotics Lab at the University of Washington, where I was advised by Siddhartha Srinivasa. My dissertation involved developing online learning algorithms for tractably adaptable food manipulation with the primary application of robot-assisted feeding for those with mobility impairments. Previously, I received my BSE from Princeton University, where I studied neuromorphic silicon photonics with Paul Prucnal.

I have also had the pleasure to work with the Honda Research Institute on in-hand manipulation and Meta (Oculus VR) on varifocal VR headsets. In my spare time, I enjoy skiing, singing a cappella, and D&D.