I finished my PhD in October 2006 at Harvard University, working in the Harvard BioRobotics Laboratory under Professor Robert D. Howe. My dissertation research focused on the design of compliant robot hands for use in unstructured environments. Along the way I specialized in optimum design, rapid prototyping, biomimetic systems, minimalist robotics, and tactile sensing.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, working in the Biomechatronics Laboratory under Professor Hugh Herr.

I did my undergraduate work at UMass Amherst in Mechanical Engineering.

I am the co-founder and editor of RoboticsCourseware.org, an open-access online repository for university-level robotics curricula.