I am applying for tenure-track professor positions for Fall 2026 start.
I am a PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute advised by Professor Jean Oh. My research goal is to lower the barriers that people face in performing real-world acts of creativity such as painting or sculpting by creating new tools for artists using AI and Robotics. I am particularly interested in the challenges of generating content in the real world, e.g., creating images with a few painted brush strokes versus generating pixels on a computer screen. My work has won several awards including three categorical best paper nominations at ICRA and IROS, showing that Arts are a valuable domain for foundational Robotics research. My research has also been featured in The New York Times, documentaries, and local news coverage, demonstrating the public's interest in artistic robotics.
