#  People 

 



## Principal Investigator  


   ![JustinWerfel.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/justinwerfel.jpeg?itok=ekEk1b8H) 

 

[Justin Werfel](http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~jkwerfel/)  
Senior Research Fellow  
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
Harvard University

## Postdoctoral Fellows

   ![Elio Challita](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/1664326257688.jpeg?itok=E8LjQ1LR) 

 

[Elio Challita](https://www.eliochallita.com)  
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
Harvard University  
  
(with Rob Wood)

##  Students

Sort   ![Lucy Liu](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/LucyLiu_0.png?itok=i8eChCZL) 

 

[Lucy Liu](https://lliu12.github.io)  
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
Harvard University  
  
(with L. Mahadevan)



   ![Cedric Sommer](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/unknown.jpg?itok=CAW_JDyk) 

 

Cedric Sommer  
Graduate School of Design / John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
Harvard University



   ![Lael Ayala](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/ayala-lael_photo-1.png?itok=DMTB5ne8) 

 

Lael Ayala  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![del_logo_crimson_xsm.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/del/files/del_logo_crimson_xsm.png?itok=Xvj_eE1Z) 

 

Kodi Kim  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![Fergus Ritchie](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/fergusritchie.png?itok=F9tAK2pG) 

 

Fergus Ritchie  
Harvard College, Electrical Engineering



   ![del_logo_crimson_xsm.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/del/files/del_logo_crimson_xsm.png?itok=Xvj_eE1Z) 

 

Isabel Laguarda  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering







## Alumni

Sort   ![Jordan Kennedy](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/kennedy_jordan_square.jpeg?itok=jWhaJZJV) 

 

[Jordan Kennedy](https://jordanrmkennedy.weebly.com)  
Science Director  
[Indigenous Led](https://www.indigenousled.org)



   ![NathanMelenbrink.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/1050b9b.jpg?itok=Rnr6kqTa) 

 

[Nathan Melenbrink](http://theunitednathans.com/)  
Fabrication Lab Supervisor / Instructor, FAS - Physics  
Harvard University



   ![Junghan Kwon](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/jhkwon.jpg?itok=uJH2ru6D) 

 

Junghan Kwon  
Assistant Professor  
Pusan National University, South Korea



   ![BenGreen.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/unnamed.jpg?itok=B5mvZsJT) 

 

[Ben Green](http://scholar.harvard.edu/bgreen)  
Assistant Professor/Michigan Society of Fellows  
University of Michigan



   ![NicCarey.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/circ_av.png?itok=dLdLkGn4) 

 

[Nic Carey](http://niccarey.com/)  
Robotics Research Engineer  
Autodesk



   ![DanielCalovi.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/daniel_calovi.png?itok=KwYSt-Od) 

 

[Daniel Calovi](http://collectivebehaviour.com/people/daniel-calovi/)  
Postdoctoral Fellow  
Couzin Lab  
MPI/Konstanz



   ![Carina Kaeser](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/carina_kaeser.png?itok=9qtUkiOq) 

 

Carina Käser  
Robotics, Systems &amp; Control  
ETH Zurich



   ![Tobias Geissenberger](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/tobias-geissenberger.jpg?itok=IblIaw6P) 

 

Tobias Geissenberger  
EPFL/TUM



   ![Allison Karp](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/profile-pic-karp-allison-k.jpg?itok=M0hTXmvH) 

 

Allison Karp  
Mechanical Designer  
Siemens



   ![Caleb Moore](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/caleb_moore_xc_2018_19.jpeg?itok=x-RFEE5K) 

 

Caleb Moore  
Nextera Robotics



   ![Marta Pawluczuk](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/marta_pawluczuk.jpg?itok=taWGPYmn) 

 

Marta Pawluczuk  
Engineers Without Borders



   ![Ariel Wang](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/ariel_wang.jpg?itok=QA3RbOia) 

 

Ariel Wang  
Tesla



   ![Jonas Hansen](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/JonasHansen.jpeg?itok=3_GpOV0u) 

 

Jonas Hansen  
Harvard College, Engineering Physics



   ![Katie Liu](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/64ce64dc38241ed462a91bac_dsc_0110-p-800.jpeg?itok=vx9SDtEy) 

 

Katie Liu  
Google



   ![Andres Hernandez](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/1662407920512.jpeg?itok=tkP7BRGg) 

 

Andres Hernandez  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![Kade Kelsch](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/img_2276_01.jpg?itok=xGWh0BxJ) 

 

Kade Kelsch  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![Sofia Castore](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/1569957267.jpg?itok=bbpq0L43) 

 

Sofia Castore  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![Brandon Preble](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/bpreble.jpg?itok=CEH_zcpX) 

 

Brandon Preble  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![Carlos Gutierrez](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/carlos.jpg?itok=2D88sCvQ) 

 

Carlos Gutierrez  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering



   ![Ari Firester](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/arifirester.jpeg?itok=EC7QQClC) 

 

Ari Firester  
Harvard College, Mechanical Engineering







## Collaborators

Sort   ![Rob Wood image](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/wood_800x800_0.jpg?itok=Bihn4-oj) 

 

[Rob Wood](https://www.micro.seas.harvard.edu/)  
Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
Harvard University



   ![Chuck Hoberman image](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/Hoberman_Portrait.jpg?itok=gYc0FIht) 

 

Chuck Hoberman  
Pierce Anderson Lecturer in Design Engineering  
Harvard University  
and  
[Hoberman Associates](http://www.hoberman.com/)



   ![Chris Reid image](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/IMG_01662.jpg?itok=Tgum1wuc) 

 

[Chris Reid](https://chrisrreid.wordpress.com/)  
ARC DECRA Fellow  
Macquarie University



   ![Saad Bhamla](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/bhamla300.jpg?itok=fDQgTl0Q) 

 

[Saad Bhamla](https://bhamla.gatech.edu)  
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering  
Georgia Tech



   ![RadhikaNagpal.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/radhikanagpal.jpg?itok=m3NuyP-c) 

 

[Radhika Nagpal](http://www.radhikanagpal.org/)  
Augustine Professor in Engineering  
Princeton University



 

   ![RETHi logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/rethi_logo_icons.png?itok=1OBafl29) 

 

The [RETHi](https://www.purdue.edu/rethi/) Team



   ![RootTeam.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6176/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/del/files/rootteam.jpg?itok=lt5YZDtd) 

 

 The [Root](http://codewithroot.com/) Team