Radhika Nagpal

Radhika Nagpal is a Professor in Engineering at Princeton University, jointly affiliated with the departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science. Her research focuses on robotics, particularly bio-inspired robotic systems and collective behavior. Prior to Princeton, she was the Fred Kavli Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and a founding Faculty Member of the Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. She received her Ph.D. from MIT and has held various academic and research positions. Nagpal is also an advocate for diversity and equity in academia and STEM, with a focus on mentoring and creating inclusive environments.

Radhika Nagpal is a researcher at Harvard University with expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Bio-inspired Computing, and Systems Biology. Her work focuses on developing programmable self-assembly systems, collective robot behaviors, and bio-inspired computing techniques. Nagpal's research explores how biological systems can inform the design of scalable, low-cost robotic systems for collective tasks. She has published extensively on topics such as Kilobot swarm robotics, amorphous computing, and the emergence of geometric order in biological systems. Her studies also include the development of bio-inspired soft orthotic devices for rehabilitation and the synchronization of sensor networks inspired by fireflies. Her research bridges computational theory with biological principles to create adaptive and scalable systems.