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Feb 13, 2026 Our research on elephant whisker mechanics is featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, Popular Science, and more!
Feb 12, 2026 Our research into the role of functional gradients in elephant whiskers has been published in Science!
Nov 23, 2025 I attended the 13th Humboldt Research Prize Forum in Bonn and discussed the implications of AI on research and wider society.
Jul 01, 2025 I was awarded the Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to support 2 years of research into soft electrostatic transducers for wave energy harvesting!
Mar 01, 2024 I joined the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany as a postdoctoral researcher in the Robotic Materials Department!
Feb 13, 2024 My research on high-performance metamaterials for impact absorbsion was covered by Yahoo Sports!
Jul 28, 2023 I defended my PhD Dissertation Stretching the Boundary: Computational Design and Fabrication of Soft Systems at the University of Colorado in Boulder.