Technical lead for a 30–50-person team on an industry-funded project at the University of São Paulo.

Co-supervision — PhD

Felipe Tommaselli
Felipe Tommaselli
Learning-based control and decision-making for robots, with a focus on understanding and improving learned representations
University of Sao Paulo · 2026–
Juliano Negri
Juliano Negri
Learning-based methods for locomanipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026
Pedro Leon Fontes Cardoso Bazan
Pedro Leon Fontes Cardoso Bazan
Contact estimation and sensing for contact-rich robotic manipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2026–

Co-supervision — MSc

Victor Van Halst
Victor Van Halst
Towards dexterous manipulation using quadruped robots: from data collection to real-time deployment
University of Sao Paulo · 2026

Co-supervision — Undergraduate

Dilermando Alexandre
Dilermando Alexandre
Viewpoint-agnostic grasping using VLMs and partial observations for locomanipulation
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia · 2025–2026
Guilherme Lazzarini
Guilherme Lazzarini
Grasp evaluation and sim-to-real transfer for locomanipulation
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia · 2025–2026
Ana Luiza
Ana Luiza
Real-time anomaly detection for predictive shared control in human-robot collaboration
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia · 2025–2026
Enzo Ferreira
Enzo Ferreira
Design and integration of modular, accessible manipulation test boards for evaluating grasping capabilities
University of Sao Paulo · 2025–2026
Matheus Hipolito
Matheus Hipolito
Shared control for locomanipulation; autonomous inspection of maritime chains
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026
Murilo Vinicius
Murilo Vinicius
Shared control and preference-based reinforcement learning for locomanipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026