About Me

Hello! I am a final-year Ph.D. candidate at UC Irvine (UCI) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering working under the joint supervision of Dr. Magnus Egerstedt and Dr. Faryar Jabbari in the UCI Robot Ecology Laboratory. My dissertation focuses on developing a framework that enables different types of robots to enhance their functionalities through collaboration. Broadly, my research interests include control theory, robotics, optimization, and state estimation with applications to heterogeneous multi-agent systems.

I received my M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from UCI in June 2022 working under the supervision of Dr. Zak Kassas in the Autonomous Systems, Perception, Intelligence, and Navigation Laboratory. My thesis focused on analyzing the performance of aerial vehicles navigating with an inertial navigation system and ambient cellular signals and developing computationally efficient transmitter selection strategies in GPS-denied environments. During my M.S., I also completed two internships with the Air Force Research Laboratory - Sensors Directorate at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Navigation and Communication Branch investigating long-duration aerial vehicle navigation using cellular signals in GPS-denied environments.

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 novel data-driven methods for synthesis of genetics circuits for nonlinear biological systems in the Biological Control Laboratory.

Outside of my graduate studies, I enjoy rock climbing, playing soccer, traveling, hiking, camping, and photography.