Mission

Bringing robots into the real world by designing efficient algorithms for planning, control and estimation.

Experience

Senior Robotics/ML Engineer

Cruise

2021-Present

Building efficient real-time planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles.

Visiting Controls Researcher

Boston Dynamics

2019-2021

Building planning, estimation, and control techniques for dynamic behaviors on the Atlas humanoid robot.

PhD Candidate

Harvard University

2016-2021

Designing algorithms for planning, control, and estimation in the context of robotics.

Product Manager

Facebook

2014-2016

Led teams of engineers, designers, and data analysts to build products across all Facebook interfaces. Teams incuded Notifications, Commerce and Ads, and News Feed

Teacher's Assistant

Olin College

2011-2014

Teacher's assistant for classes including: Modeling and Control, Real World Measurements, Signals and Systems, and Partial Differential Equations. Held supplemental lectures, office hours, and graded homework and quizzes.

Research Assistant

University of Notre Dame

2013

Designed and built mechanical and software systems for hyper-realistic robotic mannequins for use with medical training--several patents submitted.

Research Assistant

University of Minnesota

2012

Studied stability in a dynamic model of chemotaxis. Discovered new modes of colony formation in systems of bacteria and published results.

Research Assistant

Olin College

2011

Studied the dynamics of angiogenesis and the effects of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension on blood vessel adaptation.

Education

Computer Science PhD

Harvard University

2016-2021

PhD in planning and estimation for highly dynamic robots. Focus in optimal control and reinforcement learning.

S.M. in Computer Science

Harvard University

2019

Master of Science from Harvard University in Computer Science with a focus on robot control and estimation.

B.S. Engineering: Robotics

Olin College of Engineering

2010-2014

Olin College of Engineering Class of 2014. Graduated with a degree in Engineering with a concentration in Robotics.

Publications

Planning and Estimation for Highly Dynamic Robot Behaviors

PhD Thesis - 2021

A Comparison of Action Spaces for Learning Manipulation Tasks

International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) - 2019

A Constrained Kalman Filter for Rigid Body Systems with Frictional Contact

Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) - 2018

Invasion Fronts and Pattern Formation in a Model of Chemotaxis in One and Two Dimensions

SIAM Undergraduate Research Online - 2013