Biography

I am currently a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University under the guidance of Jeffrey Lipton.

My research focuses on the design and optimization of mechanical structures and metamaterials for robotics. Specifically, I have demonstrated how metamaterials with large twist-to-bend ratios can enable continuous torque transmission in soft robots. I have also discovered a mechanism that produces exact planar motion through pure geometric constraints—a physical embodiment of stereographic projection—eliminating the need to reference existing flat surfaces. This work provides an alternative foundation for precision motion that scales across five orders of magnitude, from mechanisms smaller than a grain of sand to structures taller than a person. 

I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, where I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. While working as an undergraduate research assistant, I developed a liquid handling robot to automate energy research alongside high-throughput photoreactors for screening novel photocatalysts. I then moved to Seattle, WA, to pursue my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington.

My research has been honored with first place in the 2025 MassRobotics Form and Function Challenge and has been featured in Science Robotics.