Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the GRASP lab of University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota in 2014 and Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from College of Engineering Pune, India in 2008. He is a recipient of the NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative award. His research interests include algorithmic and field robotics, and cyber physical systems, and their applications to precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. http://www.raas.ece.vt.edu