Team

Sam Kriegman

Director

Assistant Professor,

Northwestern University

Depts. of Comp Sci, Mech Eng, Chem & Bio Eng

David Matthews

Staff Scientist

Comp Sci

2022–

differentiable robots

Antara Sen

PhD student

Applied Physics

2022–

co-advised by 

Monica Olvera de la Cruz 

Tyler Hummer

PhD student

Mech Eng

2022–

evolvable hardware

Muhan Li

PhD student

Comp Sci

2023–

generative robotics

Chen Yu

incoming PhD student

Comp Sci

2023–

tbd

Luke Strgar

incoming PhD student

Comp Sci

2023–

tbd

Isabel Zhong

Masters student

Biomed Eng and Comp Sci

2023–

evolutionary robotics

Elaine Liu

Masters student

Mech Eng

2023–

modular robots

Lindsay Bogar

Masters student

Chem & Bio Eng

2023–

artificial life

Elli Beres

Undergrad intern

Comp Sci and Math

2023–

developmental robotics

Talia Ben-Naim

Undergrad intern

Comp Sci

2023–

neuromorphic robots

Dylan Wu

Undergrad intern

Comp Sci and Linguistics

2023–

symbol grounding

Shirley Zhang

Undergrad intern

Comp Sci

2023–

tbd

Eliot Dunn

High school intern

Robotics

2023–

Luna

Lab dog

Dept. of Zoology

2012–

Douglas Blackiston

Collaborator & Advisor

Senior Scientist, 

Tufts University

Dept. of Biology

Run 52

Lab Mascot

Dept. of Zoology

2019–