About Me

I'm an experimentalist passionate about developing innovative solutions in the field of wearable robotics. My research focuses on upper-body wearable systems, leveraging concepts from biomechanics, psychophysics, and neuromuscular control to design effective user-centered devices. I have been working on creating the next frontier in virtual and augmented reality at Meta Reality Labs Research, USA (formerly Facebook Research) as a Research Scientist for the past 6 years. I completed my PhD at The University of Texas at Austin with Professor Ashish Deshpande at the ReNeu Robotics Lab and a Postdoc at Rice University with Professor Marcia O'Malley at the Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab. 

I am broadly interested in both fundamental and applied research focusing on the development of wearable robotic and haptic systems with applications in diverse fields. My research has specifically focused on:

Robotic Actuators and Systems: Development of robotic actuators, embedded mechatronic systems with actuation and sensing and advanced control algorithms for virtual and augmented reality, rehabilitation,  and surgical training applications.

Dynamics and Control: Kinematic and dynamic modeling of robotic actuators and systems and its application to estimation and control of robotic devices including machine learning based control algorithms.

Human Biomechanics, Psychophysics and Motor Control: Study of human biomechanics including musculoskeletal modeling, psychophysics and motor control to build effective robotic devices and control algorithms.

I am a recipient of the Outstanding Researcher Award from National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research at Stanford University, Best Paper Award at the 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Human and Robot Interactive Communication, Best Robotics Paper Award at the 2015 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, and Computers and Information in Engineering Best Paper Award at the 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. I have published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and filed over 29 US patents.