My work sits where computer vision meets human-computer interaction. In the Bionic Vision Lab at UCSB, advised by Prof. Michael Beyeler, I use mixed reality both to simulate what bionic-eye users see and to design real navigation aids for people who are blind or have low vision. You can see the projects I’m part of here.

Before UCSB I earned my B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Goa, where I worked with Prof. Clint George on detecting breast cancer subtypes from human gene-expression data for my bachelor’s thesis.

Away from research I shoot photography, ride bikes, and follow Formula 1 — though not all at once. For a fuller snapshot, here’s my résumé.

Recent

• 2025Awarded the Office of International Students and Scholars' Students in STEM Scholarship.
• 2025Attended VRST'25 and gave a talk.
• 2025Gave a spotlight talk and poster at the CVPR VizWiz Workshop — workshop.
• 2025Won the CS Department's Outstanding TA Award.
• 2024BionicVisionXR featured at Unite Conference 2024.

Students mentored

• Alvin Wang, Edward Ding, Jeniffer Zhu & Kyle Zhao (ERSP 2023–2024)
• Andrew Liang & Emma Shen (RMP 2023)

Reviewer

• Conferences: UIST'25, VRST'25, CHI'26, VRST'26
• Journals: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications