I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Previously, I worked as a Postdoctoral Scientist at Amazon Robotics. I received my PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Russ Tedrake and Pablo Parrilo. During the PhD, I also spent one year at Stanford University as a visiting researcher in Stephen Boyd’s group.

My research is centered on Graphs of Convex Sets (GCS), a new framework for decision making that blends combinatorial and convex optimization. If you want to know more about GCS, you can watch my thesis defense or read my thesis.

Recruiting PhD students

I am seeking highly motivated PhD students to join my newly established research group at UCSB. The research will focus on developing novel optimization algorithms for robot motion planning and control. For an example of this research direction, you can view my PhD thesis. The admission process is handled by the department (see this page for additional instructions).