My research focuses on improving human mobility through neurally-integrated robotic systems.  I am currently an MBB Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University with Dr. Shriya Srinivasan in the Biohybrid Organs & Neuroprosthetics (BIONICs) Lab, where I am studying physiological and technological methods to interface with the human nervous system, including implantable devices and peripheral neurosurgical reconstruction.  My work is supported by the Harvard Mind Brain Behavior Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Harvard Data Science Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fund.

I received my Ph.D. in Robotics from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), where I worked with Dr. Aaron Young (EPIC Lab) and Dr. Greg Sawicki (PoWeR Lab).  My doctoral research integrated human biomechanics, sensing, wearable robotics, and machine learning algorithms to design exoskeletons that assist and augment human balance during walking.  For this work, I was awarded the 2024 American Society of Biomechanics Predoctoral Achievement Award, in addition to funding from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and NSF NRT ARMS Fellowship.

Alongside my Ph.D., I completed Georgia Tech’s Certificate in Teaching and actively mentored students, earning the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering’s Fellowship for Commitment to Undergraduate Research.  I also hold an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Previously, I spent time working at the Minneapolis VA Hospital’s RECOVER group, UW-Madison’s BADGER Lab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Center for Bionic Medicine, and Össur’s R&D Group.