CV
Academic Positions
Postdoc / Research Scientist Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA
07/2021-ongoing
Biomimetic Robotics Lab
Advisor: Prof. Sangbae Kim
SNSF Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
Promoted to Research Scientist 09/2024
Postdoc Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany
04/2020-03/2021
Intelligent Control Systems Group Advisor: Prof. Sebastian Trimpe
Academic Education
Graduate Program Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany
12/2016-02/2020
Ph.D. defended 20.02.2020 from University of Tübingen, Magna Cum Laude
Advisor: Dr. Alexander Badri-Spröwitz
Thesis: Viability in State-Action Space
Program: International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems
Associated Fellow of the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems
Graduate Program Tohoku University, Japan
10/2015-09/2016 interrupted
Advisor: Prof. Akio Ishiguro
Awarded JSPS DC1 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
09/2012-06/2015
Thesis: Design and Control of an Active Tail for Robot Locomotion
Advisor: Prof. Auke Ijspeert, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Exchange at Tohoku University, 10/2014-09/2015
BSc in Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
09/2008-08/2012
Exchange at TU Delft, 02/2011-05/2011
Awards and Prizes
- 2024: TC Model-Based Optimization for Robotics Runner-up Best Poster Award
- 2017: AMAM Outstanding Poster Award
- 2015: CLAWAR Highly Commended Paper Award
- 2015: SICB Best Student Poster Award