I code for robots, dive with them in oceans or drive them over lakes and rivers.

I am an Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI). Previously I was a a postdoctoral associate at Maryland Robotics Center at University of Maryland (UMD) working with Dr. Dinesh Manocha, Dr. Pratap Tokekar and Dr. Mioa Yu. I have received my PhD from University of South Carolina (USC) in Computer Science, where I worked in the Autonomous Field Robotics Laboratory (AFRL) under the supervision of Dr. Ioannis Rekleitis. Since 2022, I am serving as an Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE RA-L, IROS and ICRA Editorial Boards.

My research focuses on planning and exploration problems with heterogeneous multi-agent systems, with particular applications in the aquatic domain. I aim to develop more efficient, task-oriented exploration techniques for environmental monitoring and survey operations. I often draw inspiration from human expertise in performing specific tasks and strive to incorporate similar reasoning into the algorithms I develop for surface and underwater robots.

Research Interests:

  • path planning, exploration, marine robotics, multi-robot systems, heterogeneity