People

Prospective Lab Members

If you would like to join MERGe Lab, please read this FAQ page.

• Prospective PhD students should apply to UT Austin before contacting Lilly.
• Current UT students and prospective postdocs should email Lilly directly with a resume (and ideally, a project portfolio).

Current Lab Members

	Lillian (Lilly) Chin - she/him Principal Investigator Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UT Austin Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering Office: EER 4.820 Lab Space: EER 4.884 and 4.884A Contact form: Link Lilly received his SB, SM, and PhD from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Outside of the lab, she enjoys dancing, cross stitch, video games, and doting on guinea pigs.
	David Bershadsky PhD Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Co-advised with Zak Page
	Bill Fan - they/any PhD Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Bill is a second-year PhD student interested in computational design, and the intersection of design justice and robotics. They completed their BS in robotics engineering at Olin College of Engineering. Outside of the lab, they enjoy hiking, cooking, and taking care of their houseplants.
	Aryaman Ghura PhD Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Aryaman received his BS from UMass Amherst in Computer Engineering and Computer Science. Outside of the lab he enjoys photography, theatre, and fixing old electronics.
	David Gutierrez PhD Student Mechanical Engineering
	Emiliano Hansen PhD Student Mechanical Engineering Emiliano received his B.S. from Cal Poly SLO, where he worked on tensegrity structures, continuum robots, and advanced manufacturing. Outside of the lab, he enjoys graphic design, traveling, and trying new foods.
	Jax Marrone PhD Student Electrical and Computer Engineering
	Benito Ribadeneira PhD Student Mechanical Engineering Benito received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from EPN university in Ecuador. After graduation, he worked for 2 years as a field engineer in the oil and gas industry and currently is pursuing his PhD in Mechanical Engineering focusing his path career in mechanical design and robotics. Outside the lab he enjoys dancing and sand volleyball.
	Siqi Shang PhD Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Siqi received his MS in CS from Columbia University and BS in CS from CUHK. His research focuses on robotic manipulation, tactile sensing, and physically grounded robot learning.
	Joseph Romero Masters Student Mechanical Engineering
	Veera Tanish Reddy Doorsala Undergraduate Student Mechanical Engineering Tanish is a first-year Mechanical Engineering student at UT Austin. Outside of academics, he enjoys traveling with his family, playing video games, and watching cricket.
	Manav Karonde Undergraduate Student Computer Science Manav is a sophomore studying Computer Science at UT Austin. Outside of the lab, he is a member of ECLAIR Robotics, plays the drums and guitar, and enjoys spending time with his dog.
	Andrew Kwa Undergraduate Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Andrew is a third-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student at UT Austin. In his free time, he is a gamer, pianist, artist and avid reader.
	Aileen Menjivar Undergraduate Student Mechanical Engineering
	Caroline Unger Undergraduate Student Electrical and Computer Engineering
	Zach Wang Undergraduate Student Mechanical Engineering I like to rock climb, run, play video games, and draw

Collaborators

Chongxun Wang PhD Student Mechanical Engineering Advised by Fangzhou Xia

Alumni