I am a roboticist conducting developmental robotics and artificial life research. At Columbia University, I earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering under Professor Hod Lipson at the Creative Machines Lab. I worked as a postdoctoral scholar for Professor Nathan Kutz at the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle. Currently, I research agentic AI systems at Distyl AI.

I study intelligence through the lens of modularity. On the hardware side, my research focuses on robots that can grow and self-improve by integrating materials found or taken from other robots. And, I investigate particle robots that can operate without central control. In my most recent work, I study multi-agent systems.

I am passionate about researching robots that imitate or transcend their biological counterparts, building machines that self-assemble and self-improve, and using my knowledge of AI, digital manufacturing, and robotics to connect machine intelligence and the real world.