I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California Institute of Technology and, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, at Davis. I taught at computer vision, machine learning, and robotics at Stanford University, and at University of California, at Berkeley. I worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a research associate, where I worked on computer vision, machine learning, and robotics at University of California, at Berkeley. I worked at California Institute of Technology as a space robotics laboratory research assistant. Also, I worked at California Institute of Technology, as a jet propulsion laboratory research assistant.