Laboratory
Meet our team
A diverse group of researchers and students working together to advance
the frontiers of AI, robotics, and automation at UC Davis.
Director
Iman Soltani, PhD
Director, LARA Lab
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Computer Science (CS)
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Mahdi Naddaf
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Post-doctoral Fellows
Amin Ghafourian
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD Students
Ziba Fazel
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kai Fukazawa
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Dechen Gao
Computer Science
Ian Chuang
UC Berkeley and UC Davis
Andrew Lee
Computer Science
Caton Mande
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ricardo Tapia
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arefeh Yavari
Computer Science
Masters Students
Hrushikesh Mathi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kunal Mundada
Computer Science
Shannon
Computer Science
Shashank
Computer Science
Undergraduate Researchers
Justin Chang
Computer Science
Alumni
Kokul Aananth Kathiravan Kavitha
Masters in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ling-Yuan Chen
Masters in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Soumyajit Ganguly
Masters in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mohd Shais Khan
Masters in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mohnish Gopi
Computer Science
Kiana Amini-Naeini
Cognitive Sciences
Tyler Beer
Computer Science
Yuyang Chen
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Chow
Aerospace Engineering
Mohamed Elmashad
Computer Science and Economics
Maxine Genove
Electrical Engineering
Kavya Khare
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aryan Mondkar
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Aimee Tieu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Xin Wei
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amin Ghorbanpour
Postdoctoral Associate
Ehsan Kazemi
Postdoctoral Associate
Mehita Achuthan
Computer Science
Al Arsh Basheer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Gautama Bharadwaj
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nikhil Boora
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Srikumar Brundavanam
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Nathan Byrd
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jiabao Chen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Smriti Davey
Biomedical Engineering
Victoria De La Trinidad
Biological/Biosystems Engineering
Victor Honein
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jeonghoon Jo
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yacob Kidane
Computer Science Engineering and Computational Neuroscience
Mihir Kulkarni
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Yizhen Liao
Electrical Engineering
Renhao Liu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Utkarsh Nandy
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Dhruva Nidamarthi
Athens High School
Akash Patel
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL
Rudran Pillay
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Soundararajan Rajendran
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Kavya Ravi
Evergreen Valley High School
Rithik Sachdeva
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nick Shi
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adithya Srinath
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Shuhao Wan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Yibin Xu
Computer Engineering
Siddhesh Yadav
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Niharika Yeddanapudi
Computer Science
Justin Yeh
Computer Science
Will Zeng
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anna Zhong
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering