I am a Senior Research Scientist at FieldAI, where I work on safe and reliable autonomous systems.
Research Overview: I develop safe and trustworthy autonomous systems by combining data-driven approaches with provably safe methods. My work spans unmanned aerial vehicles, shared airspace autonomy, and autonomous driving, with applications in human-robot interactions, robust planning, long-tail uncertainty quantification, and motion prediction. During my PhD, I collaborated with NVIDIA Research (Dr. Marco Pavone) and Microsoft Research (Dr. Ashish Kapoor).
Education: I received my PhD in Robotics from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in May 2025, advised by Dr. Sebastian Scherer.I hold a Masters in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters and Bachelors in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Beyond Research: I am passionate about aviation. I hold an FAA Private Pilot License and am the Founding President of The Flying Club at CMU.
Research in News
- ● Move over, autopilot: This AI can avoid other planes, Popular Science, Sept 2022 [Link]
- ● CMU's AI pilot lands in the news, Practical AI – Episode #189, Sept 2022 [Link]
- ● Drones bearing parcels deliver big carbon savings, Nature, Aug 2022 [Link]
- ● Researchers Develop AI Pilot for Navigating Crowded Airspace, Aviation Today, Aug 2022 [Link]
- ● AI Pilot Can Navigate Crowded Airspace, CMU School Of Computer Science, Aug 2022 [Link]
- ● Flying Club To Promote Aviation at CMU, The Piper, June 2021 [Link]
- ● The Flying Club Has Taken Off The Piper, October 2022 [Link]
- ● CMU-Africa Students Explore Aviation Collaborations with CMU Pittsburgh Club, The Piper, November 2023 [Link]