I am a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley working at the intersection of machine learning and robotics. He is a member of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, formally advised by Professor Kristofer Pister in the Berkeley Autonomous Microsystems Lab. Nathan also has worked extensively with and been advised by Roberto Calandra at Facebook AI Research. Nathan has joined Facebook AI and DeepMind for internships exploring his research interests.
Nathan is an active member of the Graduates for Engaged and Extended Scholarship in Computing and Engineering (GEESE) working to understand how technology interfaces with society, writing frequently at [https://robotic.substack.com]. During his Ph.D., he was awarded the UC Berkeley EECS Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award for Altruism.