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
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Computer Science (CS)
postdoctoral Fellows
Amin Ghafourian
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ehsan Kazemi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
phd Students
Ziba Fazel
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kai Fukazawa
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Dechen Gao
Computer Science
Andrew Lee
Computer Science
Caton Mande
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ricardo Tapia
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arefeh Yavari
Computer Science
masters Students
Kokul Aananth Kathiravan Kavitha
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Hemachandran Balaji
Computer Science
Ling-Yuan Chen
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Soumyajit Ganguly
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kaleb Kokott
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Hrushikesh Mathi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kunal Mundada
Computer Science
Mohd Shais Khan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
undergraduate Researchers
Mohnish Gopi
Computer Science
Kiana Amini-Naeini
Cognitive Sciences
Tyler Beer
Computer Science
Justin Chang
Computer Science
Yuyang Chen
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Chow
Aerospace Engineering
Ian Chuang
Computer Science
Mohamed Elmashad
Computer Science and Economics
Maxine Genove
Electrical Engineering
Kavya Khare
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aryan Mondkar
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Aimee Tieu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Xin Wei
Electrical and Computer Engineering
high School Interns
Vamsi Chilamkur
Davis Senior High
alumni
Mehita Achuthan
Computer Science
Al Arsh Basheer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Gautama Bharadwaj
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nikhil Boora
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Srikumar Brundavanam
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Nathan Byrd
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jiabao Chen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Smriti Davey
Biomedical Engineering
Victoria De La Trinidad
Biological/Biosystems Engineering
Victor Honein
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jeonghoon Jo
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yacob Kidane
Computer Science Engineering and Computational Neuroscience
Mihir Kulkarni
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Yizhen Liao
Electrical Engineering
Renhao Liu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Utkarsh Nandy
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Dhruva Nidamarthi
Athens High School
Akash Patel
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL
Rudran Pillay
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Soundararajan Rajendran
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Kavya Ravi
Evergreen Valley High School
Rithik Sachdeva
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nick Shi
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adithya Srinath
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Shuhao Wan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Yibin Xu
Computer Engineering
Siddhesh Yadav
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Niharika Yeddanapudi
Computer Science
Justin Yeh
Computer Science
Will Zeng
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anna Zhong
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Crafted with ❤️ by Mohnish Gopi