Bio
Hello everyone! I will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) from Fall 2025.
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Associate at Virignia Tech (VT). I work on personalizing robot behaviors in the Collaborative Robotics Lab (Collab) directed by Dr. Dylan Losey. I did my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC) where I was advised by Dr. Stefanos Nikolaidis and collaborated with Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta. My Ph.D. thesis made theoretical and practical advances in transfer learning of robot policies. I also have a M.S. in Robotics from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) under Dr. Zhi (Jane) Li.
I am interested in robots learning from humans for assistive, healthcare, and manufacturing applications. I design algorithmic and hardware solutions that empower everyday users to seamlessly teach and collaborate with robots. My research lies at the intersection of mechatronics, machine learning, and human-robot interactions.
Feel free to reach me via email at herambnemlekar at gmail dot com.
