Faculty
Principal Investigator • KU
Research Interests: Human-Robot Social Connections, Robots as Social Agents, Robots in Groups and Teams
Postdocs & Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Researcher • UChicago
2024 – Present
Research Interests: Child-Robot Interaction, Social Development, and Robot Trust
PhD Student • UChicago
2021 – Present
Research Interests: Human-Centered Robotics, Consumer AI Systems, Multimodal Robot Interaction
PhD Student • UChicago
2022 – Present
Research Interests: Human-Robot Interaction, Robots in Education
PhD Student • UChicago
2023 – Present
Research Interests: Longitudinal HRI Design, Multi-User Adaptive Robots, Scale Development
PhD Student • UChicago
2025 – Present
Research Interests: Human-Robot Interaction, Interaction-Shaping Robotics
Undergraduate & Masters Students
Justin Zhang
MS in Computer Science
UChicago Class of 2027
Hewitt Watkins
Computer Science
UChicago Class of 2027
Sofia Wang
Cognitive Science & Mathematics
UChicago Class of 2029
Anne Liu
Computer Science & Media Arts and Design
UChicago Class of 2028
Arvindh Sriram
Computer Science
KU Class of 2030
Quy (Jason) Trieu
Computer Science
KU Class of 2028
Eva Broksas
Mechanical Engineering
KU Class of 2029
Mel Xiao
Mathematics & Computer Science
UChicago Class of 2028
Samantha Adorno Areco
Computer Science
KU Class of 2027