I am a PhD student in Computer Science at University College London (UCL), supervised by Prof. Chengxu Zhou. I am a member of the Humanoid Robotics Lab. My research focuses on Humanoid robot locomotion and manipulation, with a particular emphasis on reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and diffusion models for humanoid and quadruped robots.

Prior to UCL, I was a PhD researcher in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds (2023–2024), also supervised by Prof. Chengxu Zhou. I received my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2023, where I worked with Prof. Quan Nguyen at the Dynamic Robotics and Control Lab (DRCL) on trajectory optimization and model predictive control for legged robots. I hold a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Technological University Dublin (First-Class Honors) and Nanjing Tech University.

Research Interests

• Legged Robot Locomotion: Whole-body control, model predictive control, and sim-to-real transfer for bipedal and quadruped robots
• Learning-Based Control: Deep reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and adversarial motion priors for agile robot behaviors
• Generative Models for Robotics: Diffusion models for expressive humanoid motion generation and motion planning
• Robot Manipulation: Digital twins, dexterous robotic hands, and hand-object interaction

Academic Service

• Reviewer: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH)

Personal

I am originally from Zhejiang Province, China. Outside of research, I enjoy playing 🎮 video games, 🧗 bouldering, and 🏀 basketball.

News

• [2025.04.08] 🤖 Our humanoid robot ‘Easton’ is featured on UCL Engineering News — advancing embodied AI research at UCL East.
• [2026.03.21] 🎤 Gave a talk at the UCL Robot Society.
• [2026.02.14] 🎉 Featured in the UCL Computer Science Valentine’s Day showcase.
• [2026.02.10] 🎤 Coordinated the UCL–NVIDIA Robotics Day and gave a research showcase.