People

If you would like to join us, please contact Prof. Gu (ggu@berkeley.edu) and include your CV with research interests and potential project ideas. Prospective PhD students are encouraged to apply to the PhD program in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. In the application, please indicate your interests in working at Gu Research Lab. We welcome researchers with different backgrounds in mechanical engineering, aerospace, materials science, computer science, biology, and related fields.

Principal Investigator

Grace X. Gu

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Don M. Cunningham Endowed Professorship
University of California, Berkeley

Postdoctoral scholars

Zhi Cheng

Postdoctoral scholar
Education: BS in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Southeast University, 2016
ME in Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2019
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Duke University and University of Waterloo, 2023

Jimin Gu

Postdoctoral scholar
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2017
MS in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2019
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2023

Jiyoung Jung

Postdoctoral scholar
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, 2017
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2023

Dharneedar Ravichandran

Postdoctoral scholar
Education: BE in Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, India, 2016
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2018
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2024

Xingquan Wang

Postdoctoral scholar
Education: BS in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Ocean University of China, 2018
PhD in Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2022

Graduate students

Ekaterina Antimirova

Graduate Student
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Twente, 2022
co-advised by Professor David Bogy

Brennan Birn

Graduate Student
Education: BSE in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023

Ailin Chen

Graduate Student
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2021

Christian Chung

Graduate Student (rotation program)
Education: MS, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Southern California, 2024
BS, Human Biology, University of Southern California, 2023

Grace Hu

Graduate Student
Education: BS in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2021
MS in Computer Science, Stanford University, 2021
co-advised by Professor Zev Gartner

Christopher Spezzano

Graduate Student
Education: BS, Double Major in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, University of the Pacific, 2024

Zixiao Wei

Graduate Student
Education: BE(Hons) in Aerospace Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2020
MEng in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2022

Yuna Yoo

Graduate Student
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2023
BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, 2023

Undergraduate students

Cezar Carvajal

Undergraduate student
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Cate Harada

Undergraduate Student
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Mateo Jeremias-Lin

Undergraduate Student
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Ryan Kuo

Undergraduate Student
Education: BS in Material Science and Engineering + Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley