Social Robotics Lab

People

Faculty
	Brian Scassellati, Ph.D. Professor of Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science 51 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8937 brian.scassellati@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1219 Website	Brian Scassellati is a Professor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Mechanical Engineering at Yale University and Director of the NSF Expedition on Socially Assistive Robotics. His research focuses on building embodied computational models of human social behavior, especially the developmental progression of early social skills. Using computational modeling and socially view

Graduate Students
	Kate Candon 6th Year PhD Student kate.candon@yale.edu Website	Kate earned a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT. She is interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-robot interaction, and socially assistive robots. She is particularly interested in health care and elder care settings. view
	Nicholas Georgiou 7th Year PhD Student nicholas.georgiou@yale.edu	Nick earned a double major in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, along with a minor in Business, from the University of Virginia. He is interested in artificial intelligence, socially assistive robotics, and human-robot interaction. view
	Debasmita Ghose, 7th Year PhD Student debasmita.ghose@yale.edu Website	Debasmita earned a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Manipal University, India and an MS in Computer Science from UMass Amherst. Her areas of interest include robotic manipulation, machine learning, computer vision, and embedded system development. She is keen on exploring Human-Robot Interaction in industrial settings. view
	Moon Hwan Kim 1st Year PhD Student moon.kim@yale.edu	Moon Hwan received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science from Brown University. He is interested in theory of mind for robots (robot ToM), causal learning and reasoning in robotics, and social-cognitive assistive robots. view
	Fern Limprayoon 4th Year PhD Student fern.limprayoon@yale.edu Website	Fern is a Computer Science PhD student interested in human-robot interaction. Her current research focuses on using robots to understand and promote prosocial dynamics. She is excited about creating and using technology to help people improve their daily lives. view
	Kayla Matheus 5th Year PhD Student kayla.matheus@yale.edu Website	Kayla received her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and Art from Yale University in 2011. After working for multiple years in the design thinking and technology startup spaces, she discovered her passion for HRI while founding the behavior change startup, MOTI. Now, she is excited to dive deep into how socially assistive robots can be best designed across the hardware and view
	Liam Merz Hoffmeister 3rd Year PhD Student liam.merzhoffmeister@yale.edu	Liam earned a triple major in Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics, from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is interested in artificial intelligence, and integrated task and motion planning in robotics. view
	Hend Rasheed 1st Year PhD Student hend.rasheed@yale.edu	Hend earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia and an M.S. in Adolescent Education from Pace University. She is interested in human-robot interaction and artificial intelligence, particularly for applications in educational settings. view
	Shuangge Wang 3rd Year PhD Student shuangge.wang@yale.edu	Shuangge received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics from the University of Southern California. He is interested in human-robot interaction, interactive robot learning, and artificial intelligence. view

Postdocs and Fellows
	Rebecca Ramnauth Postdoctoral Associate rebecca.ramnauth@yale.edu Website	Rebecca is a postdoc whose Ph.D. work centered on socially assistive robotics, with a focus on long-term, real-world deployments supporting social and emotional regulation in autism interventions. Her research has been recognized with the NSF GRFP and the National Academies Ford Fellowship. Before Yale, she served as Assistant Dean of Research at Long Island University and as an adjunct view