I am an Assistant Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.

I work in robotics, with a focus on algorithms that enable mobile robots to actively sense and gather data in environments. I also work on developing systems for applications to environmental monitoring. See more about my research here and at my lab's website.

Between October 2014 and July 2015, I was a Post-doctoral researcher at the GRASP lab at University of Pennsylvania, working with Prof. Vijay Kumar.

I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota in September 2014. My Ph.D. adviser was Prof. Volkan Isler and I was a part of the Robotic Sensor Networks lab. My Ph.D. dissertation was on Placement and Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotic Sensing Systems.

I obtained my Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from College of Engineering, Pune, India. At COEP, I was part of the Robot Study Circle lab.

upcoming talks/travel

May 29 - Jun 03

ICRA 2017 in Singapore

May 09 - May 10

ARC Program Review at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Feb 27 - Mar 01

Speaking at the UAS in Public Safety, Emergency, and Disaster Response - Conference organized by VA Dept. of Emergency Management

Feb 07 - 09

C-UAS IAB Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia

Feb 07

Talk at IRIM, Georgia Tech

Feb 03

Talk at University of Virginia, Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering