Hi, I am a PhD student in Robotics working with Prof. Dave Held at the CMU Robotics Institute. My research interests lie in robot learning and human-robot interaction.
I graduated from Yale in 2015 with bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Economics. As an undergraduate, I assisted Brian Scassellati's research at the Social Robotics Lab, resulting in second-author publications in HRI 2016 and ICRA 2016. My senior thesis on robotic perception of human gestures was awarded the 2015 Computer Science Research Prize.
Since college, I worked at Microsoft for a few years before returning to research as lab staff at Maya Cakmak's Human-Centered Robotics Lab. Read my CV here.
In my spare time, I read/listen to books, practice cooking, participate in athletic events like Tough Mudder with friends, and travel with a moleskine so I can sketch the sights.
Recent News
| Jun 30, 2020 | Paper accepted to IROS 2020! Cloth Region Segmentation for Robust Grasp Selection. |
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| Jan 27, 2020 | Paper accepted to RA-L with ICRA 2020 presentation option! Multi-modal Transfer Learning for Grasping Transparent and Reflective Objects. |
| Apr 08, 2019 | I was awarded the 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Paper accepted to ICRA 2019! Robot Object Referencing through Situated Legible Projections. |
| Aug 09, 2018 | Paper accepted to ACM SUI 2018! RobotIST: Interactive Situated Tangible Robot Programming. |
| Apr 04, 2018 | I received an Honorable Mention for my 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship submission! |
| Apr 03, 2018 | I am participating in the Spring 2 batch at Recurse Center in NYC from April to June. |