I’m a fourth-year Robotics Ph.D. Student at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) and work at the MIRRORLab with Tom Williams as my advisor. I obtained a Masters of Science in Robotics from CSM in 2024 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and another in Mathematics from Franklin & Marshall College in 2021 (magna cum laude).

My research focuses on the implementation and evaluation of cognitive models of working memory applied to cognitive architectures for language-capable robots. The way in which working memory information is organized and updated influences important natural language processes, such as referring expression generation. Through a cognitive architectural approach, my research goal is to borrow inspiration from cognitive psychology working memory theories to enable robotic natural language that is human-like, accurate, natural, easy to understand, and computationally inexpensive.

I am currently searching for Summer 2025 internships in robotics!