People

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎	Director
	Prof. Grace X. Gao Assistant Professor James and Anna Marie Spilker Faculty Fellow Stanford University Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of Electrical Engineering (by courtesy) Director, Navigation and Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (Stanford NAV Lab) Co-lead, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Area, Stanford SystemX Alliance Member, Stanford Center for AI Safety Member, Center for Automotive Research at Stanford Email: gracegao at stanford dot edu Durand 268, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford CA, 94305 [Bio] [CV]

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎

Director

Assistant Professor
James and Anna Marie Spilker Faculty Fellow
Stanford University
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department of Electrical Engineering (by courtesy)
Director, Navigation and Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (Stanford NAV Lab)
Co-lead, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Area, Stanford SystemX Alliance
Member, Stanford Center for AI Safety
Member, Center for Automotive Research at Stanford

Email: gracegao at stanford dot edu
Durand 268, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford CA, 94305
[Bio] [CV]

	Ph.D. Students
	Marta Cortinovis Lunar navigation ephemeris modeling Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
	Adam Dai Provably safe trajectory planning under uncertainty Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University B.S. Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science, California Institute of Technology, 2019
	Shubh Gupta Risk assessment in multi-sensor and urban localization Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University B.S. Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2018
	Keidai Iiyama Navigation for the Moon Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University M.E. Aeronautics and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo, 2021 B.E. Aeronautics and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo, 2019
	Ashwin Kanhere Safe sensor fusion of LiDAR, vision and GNSS Ph.D. candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2017
	Derek Knowles Multi-robot collaborative positioning and navigation Ph.D. candidate, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2019
	Tara Mina GNSS signal design and security using AI and machine learning Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2017
	Adyasha Mohanty High integrity multi-sensor perception and localization Ph.D. candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University M.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2021 B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
	Daniel Neamati Urban GNSS-based navigation using environmental features Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Mechanical Engineering, minor in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 2021
	Mira Partha Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) maps of urban Environments Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020 S.B. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
	Alana Sanchez Lunar navigation satellite system Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021
	Izzie Torres Robot swarm navigation on the Moon Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022
	Asta Wu GNSS-based relative localization for tandem drifting cars PhD. candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Mechanical Engineering; Minor Computer Science, California Institute of Technology, 2020
	Alan Yang GNSS code design using AI and machine learning Ph.D. student, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018

	M.S. Students
	Guillem Casadesus Vila Lunar positioning, navigation, and timing M.S. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2022 B.S. Telecommunications Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2022
	Dalton Vega GNSS state estimation M.S. Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
	Anonto Zaman Drone-based computer vision for vehicle localization M.S. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Aerospace Engineering; Minor Scientific and Engineering Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022

M.S. Students

Guillem Casadesus Vila

Lunar positioning, navigation, and timing

M.S. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2022
B.S. Telecommunications Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2022

Dalton Vega

GNSS state estimation

M.S. Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Anonto Zaman

Drone-based computer vision for vehicle localization

M.S. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
B.S. Aerospace Engineering; Minor Scientific and Engineering Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022

	Administrative Staff
	Dana Parga Everyone's favorite go-to person to keep the lab running

Administrative Staff

Dana Parga

Everyone's favorite go-to person to keep the lab running

	Non-Human Members
	Navi-chu A cheerful expert who enjoys joining NAV Lab’s thrilling activities (including rollercoaster rides) and spreading smiles.

Non-Human Members

Navi-chu

A cheerful expert who enjoys joining NAV Lab’s thrilling activities (including rollercoaster rides) and spreading smiles.

Alumni

Postdocs

Liang Heng, Shreyas Kousik, Akshay Shetty, and Sriramya Bhamidipati

Graduate students

Skye Vandeleest, Shivam Soni, Craig Babiarz, Shubhendra Chauhan, Derek Chen, Daniel Chou, Arthur Chu, Edgar Chung, Bradley Cage Collicott, Cara Kataria, Athindran Ramesh Kumar, Andy Lai, Enyu Luo, Yuting Ng, Marco Nunez, Matthew Peretic, Pulkit Rustagi, Siddharth Tanwar, Alexandros Tzikas, Ridvan Yesiloglu, Rémy Zawislak, Victor Zhang, Nikhil Raghuraman, Cole Maxwell, Matthew Tan, Greg Lund, Torstein Eliassen, Ellie Prince, Guillem Rueda Oller and Timmy Hussain.

Undergraduate students

Siddhartha Jagannath, Alexandra Bacula, Oliver Cai, Katherine Carroll, Gilbert Cheng, Isaiah Colobong, Annie Fang, Emilio Garcia, Evan Hedding, Howy Ho, Isabella Juarez, Dan Jia, Zheng Lee, Anna Mattinger, Xuan Hao Ong, Colton Plahn, John Pobega, Justin Song, Evan Chen, Heling Zhang, Raimon Roglans, Niklas Perujo, Connor Madell, Saym Imtiaz, Karolina Koziarski, David Stier, Cayla Withers, Rieun “Lin” Kim, Sabrina Gomes, Mary Cooper and Zachary Witzel.