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 Co-director, 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]
	Postdocs
	Shubh Gupta Safe outdoor navigation aided by neural environment representations Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2023 B.S. Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2018
	Tara Mina GNSS signal design and security using AI and machine learning Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2023 M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2017
	Ph.D. Students
	Guillem Casadesus Vila Lunar positioning, navigation, and timing Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2022 B.S. Telecommunications Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2022
	Kaila Coimbra Lunar surface rover positioning Ph.D. student, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University B.S. Mechanical Engineering with minor in Aerospace Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2023
	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
	Keidai Iiyama Navigation for the Moon Ph.D. candidate, 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
	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)-based mapping and localization in 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
	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
	Tejas Deo Extraterrestrial navigation with neural maps M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Pune University, 2022
	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
	Emil Biju Path validation for autonomous vehicles using neural maps and LLMs M.S. student, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University B.S. Electrical Engineering, minor in Deep Learning, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2021
	Administrative Staff
	David Luna 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.

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, Akshay Shetty, Sriramya Bhamidipati, Guillem Rueda Oller, Timmy Hussain, Isabella Torres, Dalton Vega

Undergraduate students

Francisco Flores, 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, Caitlyn Plahn, Juan 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, Zachary Witzel