Bio

I am an incomming Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in Fall 2025. In my research, I aim to create intelligent robots and AI systems that are capable of seamlessly integrating with human environments and tasks. To this end, I develop neuro-symbolic methods that reason over the attributes and affordances of objects in the environment, allowing them to learn behaviors efficiently and adapt to new environments. I earned my Ph.D. from Arizona State University under Prof. Heni Ben Amor in the Interactive Robotics Lab, where I specialized in physical human-robot interaction. I’ve also collaborated on projects with Bosch, Intel AI Labs, and X, The Moonshot Factory.