About Me

I am a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, where I work under the joint supervision of Dr. Magnus Egerstedt and Dr. Faryar Jabbari in the Robot Ecology Laboratory. My broad research interests lie in control theory, optimization, and state estimation with application to multi-robot systems, mobile sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems.

In June 2022, I received my M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from UCI while working under the supervision of Dr. Zak Kassas in the Autonomous Systems, Perception, Intelligence, and Navigation Laboratory. My M.S. was focused on the performance analysis of aerial vehicle navigation and efficient transmitter selection strategies while using terrestrial signals of opportunity. During my M.S., I also completed two internships in the Autonomy Technology Research Center Summer Program at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Navigation and Communication branch investigating long-duration aerial vehicle navigation – in the absence of global navigation satellite system signals – with cellular signals.

Before attending UCI, I received my B.S. with Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in June 2020. While at UCSB, I worked with Dr. Enoch Yeung on developing new methods for synthesizing genetics circuits for nonlinear biological systems using a data-driven approach in the Biological Control Laboratory.

Outside of academia, I enjoy rock climbing, soccer, traveling, hiking, camping, and photography.