Meet the Team

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Principal Investigator

Henrik I Christensen
Research Director



Henrik I. Christensen is the director of Robotics at UC San Diego and the Qualcomm Chancellor’s chair of robot systems. HIs main research is on a systems approach to robotics. Dr. Christensen is the editor of the US National Robotics Roadmap 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2020. He has published about 400 contributions across robotics, computer vision and AI.

PhD Students

Abdulaziz Almuzairee (Aziz)
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S.) - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, 2020
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, USA, 2019

Interests - Robotic Perception, Robotic Manipulation, Reinforcement Learning


Christopher D'Ambrosia
PhD in CSE.


Project - Modelling People

Interests - Surgical robotics, Human performance in collaborative autonomy


Seth Farell
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2021

Interests - Perception, Robotics, Motion Forecasting


Andrea Frank (Andi)
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S.) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2022
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) - Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2017

Interests - Robot cognition, Planning and problem-solving, Cognitive architectures, Applications of abstract maths in robotics


Jiaming Hu (Frank)
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S.) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2020
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2017

Interests - Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics


Jing-yan Liao
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2021

Project - Modelling People

Interests - Trajectory Prediction, Perception, Autonomous driving


Anwesan Pal
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S.) - Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2019
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India, 2017

Interests - Deep Learning, Robotics, Computer Vision


Rohan Patil
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2023
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India, 2021

Interests - Multi-agent reinforcement learning, learning in adversarial scenarios


Yiding Qiu (Cassie)
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S.) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2020
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Cognitive Science & Physics, University of California San Diego, USA, 2017

Interests - Knowledge graph, SLAM, Reinforcement learning


Julian Raheema
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S) - Computer Science, San Diego State University, USA, 2016
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosul, Iraq, 2004

Project -

Interests - Autonomous Navigation, Mapping, Localization, & Path Planning


Luobin Wang (Robin)
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA, 2021

Interests - Perception, Artificial Intelligence with Robotics


Zihan Zhang
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2021

Project - Modelling People

Interests - Perception, Prediction, Autonomous driving, Robotics


Hengyuan Zhang (Henry)
PhD in CSE.

Master of Science (M.S.) - Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA, 2020
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Automation, School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University, China, 2018

Interests - Sensor Fusion, Autonomous Driving, Mobile Robotics


Masters Students

Narayanan Elavathur Ranganatha (Naru)
MS in CSE.

Bachelor of Technology (B.tech.) - Computer Science and Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India, 2020

Interests - Perception, Autonomous driving


Alumni

Akanimoh Adeleye ( PhD in CSE., 2023)
David Paz ( PhD in CSE., 2023)
Shrutheesh R Iyer ( MS in CSE., 2023)
Srinidhi Bharadwaj ( MS in ECE., 2023)
Srirangan Madhavan ( MS in CSE., 2023)
Quan Vuong ( PhD in CSE., 2022)
Priyam Parashar ( PhD in CSE., 2021)
Ruffin White ( PhD in CSE., 2021)
Michelle Sit ( MS in CSE., 2020)
Shengye Wang ( PhD in CSE., 2020)
Carlos Nieto-Granda ( PhD in CSE, 2019)
Sumit Binnani ( MS in CSE., 2019)
Jaskaran Virdi ( MS in CSE., 2018)