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51 changes: 37 additions & 14 deletions content/group/alumni.md
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*Thesis Title:* [Robot Planning for Active Perception](https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/63047)

**Wenxin Liu** (CIS, 2022)\
*Current Position:* Associate Professor, Beihang University\
*Thesis Title:* [Visual-Inertial State Estimation with Information Deficiency](https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/32205)

**Arbaaz Khan** (ESE, 2021)\
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*Thesis Title:* [Control, Planning, and Coordination for Dynamic Aerial Manipulation with Robot Teams](https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/30188)

**Sikang Liu** (2018)\
*Current Position:* Software Engineer, Waymo\
*Current Position:* DJI, Shenzhen\
*Thesis Title:* Motion Planning for Micro Aerial Vehicles

**Denise Wong** (2017)\
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### Postdoctoral Fellows
---

[**Varun Murali**](https://varunmurali1.github.io/) (2023-2025)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University

[**Saurav Agarwal**](https://www.saurav.fyi/) (2022-2025)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

[**Igor Spasojevic**](https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/people/igor-spasojevic/) (2022-2025)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside

[**Laura Hallock**](https://laurahallock.org/) (2021-2023)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

[**Lifeng Zhou**](https://lfzhou917.github.io/) (2020-2022)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University

[**Sandeep Manjanna**](https://plaksha.edu.in/faculty-details/dr-sandeep-manjanna) (2020-2022)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Plaksha University.

[**Siddharth Mayya**](https://www.sidmayya.com/) (Postdoctoral researcher, MEAM, 2019-2021)\
*Current Position:* Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics

**Avi Cohen** (2018)

**Giuseppe Loianno** (2018)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
*Current Position:* Associate Professor, UC Berkeley

[**Jnaneshwar Das**](https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3327973) (2018)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University, SESE
*Current Position:* Associate Research Professor, Arizona State University

**Amanda Prorok** (2017)\
*Current Position:* University Lecturer (Asst. Professor), Cambridge University
*Current Position:* Professor of Collective Intelligence and Robotics, University of Cambridge

**Daigo Shishika** (2017)
**Daigo Shishika** (2017)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, George Mason University

**Jimmy Paulos** (2017)
**Jimmy Paulos** (2017)\
*Current Position:* Treeswift

**Konstantinos Karydis** (2015-2017)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, UC Riverside\
*Current Position:* Professor, UC Riverside\
*Thesis Title:* A Data-Driven Hierarchical Framework for Planning, Navigation, and Control of Uncertain Systems: Applications to Miniature Legged Robots

**Nikolay A. Atanasov** (2015-2017)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
*Current Position:* Associate Professor, UC San Diego

**Philip Dames** (2015-2016)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Temple University\
*Current Position:* Associate Professor, Temple University\
*Thesis Title:* Multi-Robot Active Information Gathering Using Random Finite Sets.

<!-- **Giuseppe Loianno** (2014-2015)\
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*Thesis Title:* Grasping and Assembling with Modular Robots

[**Pratap Tokekar**](http://tokekar.com/) (2014-2015)\
*Current Position:* Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech\
*Current Position:* Associate Professor , Virginia Tech\
*Thesis Title:* Placement and Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotic Sensing Systems

[**Mihail Pivtoraiko**](https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/people/mihail-pivtoraiko/) (2013-2014)
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**Leslie Johnson** (1991)\
*Thesis Title:* A Numerical Technique for Determination of Contact Forces for Multifingered Robotic Grippers

**Lifeng Zhou**

**Sandeep Manjanna**

&nbsp;

### Masters Students
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[**Emily Paul**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/empaul/) (May 2025)\
*Thesis Title:* Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Reward Shaping for Coverage Control

[**Songhao Huang**](https://kanzez.github.io//) (May 2024)

[**Xiatao Sun**](https://sunxiatao.me/) (May 2023)\
*Thesis Title:* Imitation Learning for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight


**Cedric de Crousaz** (May 2015)

[**Gareth Cross**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/crossg) (May 2015)\
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{{< groupitem
name="Yuwei Wu"
pos="PhD student, ESE"
desc="Yuwei’s research interest lies in motion planning. Her work involves optimization-based trajectory generations under disturbance for aerial robotics and obstacles avoidance in dynamic environments."
desc="Yuwei’s research focuses on physically grounded AI that integrates motion planning and control with robot dynamics and environmental constraints. She develops geometric and physics-aware learning and optimization methods that enable autonomous systems to reason, adapt, and act safely and efficiently in complex environments."
image="/img/group/current/yuwei_wu.jpg"
url="https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~yuweiwu/"
url="https://yuwei-wu.github.io/"
>}}

{{< groupitem
name="Zac Ravichandran"
pos="PhD student, ESE"
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