Principal Investigator

Chen Li

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Member, Laboratory for Computational Sensing & Robotics (LCSR)

Secondary Appointment, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution (FAE)

Johns Hopkins University

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• Miller Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2012-2015

• Ph.D. Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011

• B.S. Physics, Peking University, China, 2005

• Awards & Honors: BYI, ARO YIP, BWF CASI, Miller, Full list

• Paper Awards: 1 Best Paper (Adv Rob); 2 Highlight Papers (Bioinsp Biom, IROS); 2 Best Student Papers (RSS, SICB DCB), 1 Outstanding Locomotion Paper finalist (ICRA), 6 Best Student Paper finalists (SICB DCB)

 

• Profile, CV, Biosketch

• Google scholar, Youtube channel, ORCID, arXiv, Research Gate, GitHub, Linkedin, Twitter

• Goals for students, Mentee Achievements, Mentee Awards

• Research Statement, Mentoring & Teaching Statement, Service Statement

PhD Students

Eugene Lin

ME, 09/2020-present

B.S. ME 2020, UCSD

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Gargi Sadalgekar

ME, 6/2023-present

M.S.E. ME, 2023, JHU

B.S.E MAE 2021, Princeton

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Master Students

Xiyuan Wang

ME, 09/2023 - Present

B.S ME 2023, HFUT, China

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Siyuan Sun
ME, 8/2023-present
B.S, Aerospace Engineering 2023, OSU

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Wenxuan Zheng
Robotics, 8/2023-present
B.S, ME, 2022, BUPT, China

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Pucheng Shao
Robotics, 1/2025-present
B.Eng, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Nottingham, UK

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Yuyang Chen
Robotics, 4/2025-present

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Yuyang Zhao
ME, 11/2024-present
B.S, ME, 2024, UCDavis

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Zitong Wei 
ME, 5/2024-present
B.Eng, ME, 2022, Nanjing Institute of Technology, China

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Stefan Hustrulid 
ME, 5/2024-present
B.S, ME, 2023, Colorado School of Mines

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Qingyuan Cao
Robotics, 1/2025-present
B.S, ME, 2024, Zhejiang University

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Jinyu Li
ME, 1/2025-present
B.S, Mathematics, 2024, University of Washington

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Undergraduate Students

Kyungmo Choi 
ME, 2/2023 - present

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Duc Le

ME, 8/2024-present

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Stella Wettan

ME, 1/2025-present

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Diana Valentini

ME, 6/2025-present

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Kyle Klamka

ME, 1/2025-present

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Gwenyth Tran     

EE, 2/2025-present

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Souham Tekriwal         

BME, 2/2025-present

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Sichen Deng               

CS & ME, 5/2025-present

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High School Students

Abdulla Ubaydullaev

06/2024-present

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Alumni

Divya Ramesh, PhD 2019-2024

Now postdoc at Harvard with George Lauder

Dissertation: Non-legged locomotion on complex 3-D terrain and wet flowable substrates PDF

 

Yaqing Wang, PhD 2019-2024

Now postdoc at Georgia Tech with Simon Sponberg

Dissertation: Biological and robotic studies towards intelligent physical interaction with complex terrain PDF

 

Qihan Xuan, PhD 2017-2024

Now System Analyst at Intuitive Surgical

Dissertation: Physics modeling of strenuous ground self-righting and cluttered large obstacle traversal PDF

 

Qiyuan Fu, PhD 2017-2023

Now postdoc at EPFL with Auke Ijspeert

Dissertation: Snake and snake robot locomotion in complex 3-D terrain PDF

 

Ratan Othayoth, PhD 2016-2021

Now postdoc at HHMI Janelia Research Campus with Rob Johnson

Dissertation: Kinetic energy fluctuation-driven locomotor transitions on potential energy landscapes of beam obstacle traversal and ground self-righting PDF

 

Sean Gart, postdoc 2016-2018

Now Research Scientist at Army Research Lab, Autonomous Systems Division (permanent position)

 

For more, see CV

 

Group Photos

Collaborators