I am a Ph.D candidate in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan advised by Necmiye Ozay and Brian Umberger.  My research lies at the intersection of control theory and biomechanics. In particular, I am interested in the safe control of assistive devices such as robotic prostheses and exoskeletons. I seek to develop biologically valid yet  mathematically rigorous  characterizations of safety that can be used for the design of prosthesis and exoskeleton controllers. I am also interested in using modeling and computational methods to improve and personalize rehabilitation therapy.  Currently, my research focuses on quantifying the affect of rehab robotic devices on human stability using formal verification methods from control theory (see this preprint recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering). I am funded by an F31 fellowship from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.