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PhD, Computer Science

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

• Thesis title: Integrating Perception, Prediction and Control for Adaptive Mobile Navigation
• Advisor: Professor Greg Hager

MS, Electrical Engineering

Columbia University, New York, NY

BS, Computer Science

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Principal Staff - Robotics

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD

• Principal Investigator on several AI, deep learning, reinforcement learning and perception-based robotics projects related to navigation and manipulation.
• Project Manager and Technical Lead on retinal prosthetic device that uses computer vision, machine learning and eye tracking algorithms to restore vision to blind individuals.
• Researched visual odometry and SLAM algorithms for robotic and retinal prosthetic applications.
• Led embedded software development team spanning multiple organizations to develop a highly dexterous robotic manipulator for the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program sponsored by DARPA.

Advanced Robotics Perception Manager

Amazon Robotics, N. Reading, MA

• Manager of robotic perception team composed of applied scientists and software development engineers.
• Team focus on developing research and development capabilities for robot manipulation including classification, segmentation, object pose estimation in clutter, sensor calibration, multimodal item understanding and grasp planning.