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Team

Meet Our Researchers

The scientists and engineers building the future of autonomous robotics and embodied AI.

29
Members
8
Roles
55
Research Areas

Research Hierarchy

Who works on what — branches grouped by research thrust.

RII · Robot Infrastructure Interaction
HRI · Human-Robot Interaction

Director

(1)
Linh Kästner
Lab Director

Linh Kästner

Leading ARENA Lab with research focus on embodied AI, robot learning, and autonomous navigation. 10+ years of experience in robotics. PhD (Dr.-Ing., Summa Cum Laude) from TU Berlin.

Embodied AIRobot LearningAutonomous NavigationHuman-Robot Interaction

Postdoctoral Researchers

(2)
Volodymyr Shcherbyna

Volodymyr Shcherbyna

Postdoctoral Researcher

ManipulationLearning from Demonstration+1
Zhengcheng "Henry" Shen

Zhengcheng "Henry" Shen

Full-time Postdoctoral Researcher

Semantic CognitionSpatial AI+1

PhD Students

(7)
Van Minh Do

Van Minh Do

PhD Student (external, SMART) · leads a student team

Human-Robot InteractionSocial Navigation+1
Duc Tai Nguyen

Duc Tai Nguyen

PhD Student

Deep RLNavigation+1
Duc Anh Do

Duc Anh Do

PhD Student

Computer VisionSemantic Perception+1
FR

Florian Richter

Incoming PhD Student (Jan 2027) · co-supervised with TU Braunschweig

Levi Dang

Levi Dang

PhD Student

Social NavigationSimulation+1
Kolja Kieslich

Kolja Kieslich

PhD Student · TU Braunschweig

Gaussian SplattingReal-to-Sim+1
Diego Diaz

Diego Diaz

Incoming PhD Student (2027)

SimulationBenchmarking+1

Master Students

(4)
Keigo Kurokawa

Keigo Kurokawa

Master Student

KS

Kamila Spanova

Master Student

AF

Andreas Flohr

Master Student

PS

Phillip Stark

Master Student

Research Assistants

(7)
Huu Giang Nguyen

Huu Giang Nguyen

Research Assistant

SimulationSoftware Engineering+1
Roman Sonkin

Roman Sonkin

Research Assistant

SimulationBenchmarking+1
KT

Khanh Toan

Research Assistant

Social NavigationSimulation
PS

Pablo Salgado

Research Assistant

TDN

Tuan Dat Nguyen

Research Assistant

SV

Samaarth Verma

Research Assistant

N

Nhat

Research Assistant

Social NavigationSimulation

Research Interns

(1)
KM

Karen Meliksetian

Student Researcher · TU Braunschweig

Human ModelsAnimation

Research Engineers

(4)
RD

Rafael Diaz

Research Engineer (remote)

Applied MathematicsMachine Learning+1
Nelson Hecker

Nelson Hecker

Incoming Research Engineer

EvaluationsBenchmarking Software+1
TN

Thanh Nguyen

Research Engineer

Computer VisionAgent Workflows
Philipp Krieg

Philipp Krieg

Incoming Research Engineer

Collaborators

(3)
Jiaming Wang

Jiaming Wang

PhD Student, NUS

Huajian Zeng

Huajian Zeng

PhD Student, TUM

Ahmed Martban

Ahmed Martban

PhD Student, TUB

Alumni

(1)
Teham Buiyan

Teham Buiyan

Postdoctoral Researcher