Our Team

LARA Lab was founded by Dr. Iman Soltani at UC Davis to advance AI, robotics, and automation. What started as a small initiative grew into a hub for cutting-edge research in autonomous systems, industrial automation, and healthcare technologies. Today, the lab collaborates with industry and academia, pushing the boundaries of intelligent technology.

60+

Members

15+

Projects

10

Conferences

100$

Budget

director

Iman Soltani, PhD

Iman Soltani, PhD

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Computer Science (CS)

postdoctoral Fellows

Amin Ghafourian

Amin Ghafourian

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ehsan Kazemi

Ehsan Kazemi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

phd Students

Ziba Fazel

Ziba Fazel

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kai Fukazawa

Kai Fukazawa

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Dechen Gao

Dechen Gao

Computer Science

Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee

Computer Science

Caton Mande

Caton Mande

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ricardo Tapia

Ricardo Tapia

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Arefeh Yavari

Arefeh Yavari

Computer Science

masters Students

Kokul Aananth Kathiravan Kavitha

Kokul Aananth Kathiravan Kavitha

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hemachandran Balaji

Hemachandran Balaji

Computer Science

Ling-Yuan Chen

Ling-Yuan Chen

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Soumyajit Ganguly

Soumyajit Ganguly

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kaleb Kokott

Kaleb Kokott

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hrushikesh Mathi

Hrushikesh Mathi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kunal Mundada

Kunal Mundada

Computer Science

Mohd Shais Khan

Mohd Shais Khan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

undergraduate Researchers

Mohnish Gopi

Mohnish Gopi

Computer Science

Kiana Amini-Naeini

Kiana Amini-Naeini

Cognitive Sciences

Tyler Beer

Tyler Beer

Computer Science

Justin Chang

Justin Chang

Computer Science

Yuyang Chen

Yuyang Chen

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

James Chow

James Chow

Aerospace Engineering

Ian Chuang

Ian Chuang

Computer Science

Mohamed Elmashad

Mohamed Elmashad

Computer Science and Economics

Maxine Genove

Maxine Genove

Electrical Engineering

Kavya Khare

Kavya Khare

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aryan Mondkar

Aryan Mondkar

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Aimee Tieu

Aimee Tieu

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Xin Wei

Xin Wei

Electrical and Computer Engineering

high School Interns

Vamsi Chilamkur

Vamsi Chilamkur

Davis Senior High

alumni

Mehita Achuthan

Mehita Achuthan

Computer Science

Al Arsh Basheer

Al Arsh Basheer

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Gautama Bharadwaj

Gautama Bharadwaj

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nikhil Boora

Nikhil Boora

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Srikumar Brundavanam

Srikumar Brundavanam

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Nathan Byrd

Nathan Byrd

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jiabao Chen

Jiabao Chen

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Smriti Davey

Smriti Davey

Biomedical Engineering

Victoria De La Trinidad

Victoria De La Trinidad

Biological/Biosystems Engineering

Victor Honein

Victor Honein

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jeonghoon Jo

Jeonghoon Jo

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yacob Kidane

Yacob Kidane

Computer Science Engineering and Computational Neuroscience

Mihir Kulkarni

Mihir Kulkarni

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Yizhen Liao

Yizhen Liao

Electrical Engineering

Renhao Liu

Renhao Liu

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Utkarsh Nandy

Utkarsh Nandy

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Dhruva Nidamarthi

Dhruva Nidamarthi

Athens High School

Akash Patel

Akash Patel

FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Rudran Pillay

Rudran Pillay

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Soundararajan Rajendran

Soundararajan Rajendran

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Kavya Ravi

Kavya Ravi

Evergreen Valley High School

Rithik Sachdeva

Rithik Sachdeva

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nick Shi

Nick Shi

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adithya Srinath

Adithya Srinath

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Shuhao Wan

Shuhao Wan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Yibin Xu

Yibin Xu

Computer Engineering

Siddhesh Yadav

Siddhesh Yadav

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Niharika Yeddanapudi

Niharika Yeddanapudi

Computer Science

Justin Yeh

Justin Yeh

Computer Science

Will Zeng

Will Zeng

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Anna Zhong

Anna Zhong

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering


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