Alumni

Past postdocs

(2015-2018, Imperial, Subsequently Lecturer in Robotics at University of Sussex)

(2012 - 2014, King's College London, Subsequently Associate Professor at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

(2020 - 2023, Imperial, Subsequently Mechanical Engineer at Schlumberger)

(2019 - 2023, Imperial, Subsequently Assistant Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at Queen Mary University)

(2017 - 2019, Imperial, Subsequently Associate Professor, Oxford Robotic institute,  Brasenose College Fellow)

Past research assistants

(2019 - 2023, Imperial, Subsequently PhD candidate at University of Camebridge)

(2023 - 2024, Imperial, Subsequently Bioengineering researcher)

(2023 - 2025), Imperial, Subsequently CEO, EvoTouch

(2024 - 2025), Imperial, Subsequently, CTO, EvoTouch

Graduated PhD 天美传媒

(2025, from Imperial, Subsequently Robot Perception Design Engineer, Analog Devices)

(2025, from Imperial)

(2024, from Imperial, Subsequently Startup Founder)

(2022, from Imperial, Assistant Professor, University of Aberdeen)

(2021, from King's College London, Subsequently Robotics Engineer, Shadow Robot Company)

(2020, from King's College London, Subsequently CTO, Permia Sensing)

(2020, from Imperial, Subsequently Postdoc at the University of Oxford)

(2020, from Imperial, Subsequently Design Systems Analyst at Fosters)

(2020, from Imperial, Subsequently Assistant Professor in Design Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

(2018, from Imperial, Subsequently Lecturer in Robotics at UCL)

(2018, from King's College London, Subsequently Postdoc at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad-FUM)

(2016, from King's College London, Subsequently Director of Technical Development at Mawin Plastics)

(2016, from King's College London, Subsequently Robotics Team Leader at Ocado Technology)

(2015, from King's College London, Subsequently Postdoc in Robotic Systems Engineering, King's College London)

(2015, from King's College London, Subsequently Research Coordinator at Ocado Technology)

(2014, from King's College London, Subsequently Lecturer in Robotics, Liverpool Hope University)

(2014, from King's College London, Subsequently Technical Program Manager at Google Health)

PhD 天美传媒 co-supervised in other universities

(2015, from University of Melbourne, Subsequently Data Analyst, Greater Melbourne Area)

(2014, from University of Melbourne, Subsequently Mechatronics Engineer at Australis Engineering, Australia)

(2014, from University of Carlos III Madrid, Subsequently Senior Data Scientist, Microsoft)

PhD student visitors

(2025, from University of Moratuwa)

(2015, from Ritsumeikan University, Subsequently Senior Lecturer, University of Moratuwa)

Undergraduate research 天美传媒

(2020, published results in , , , subsequently Technical Manager, Abu Dhabi)

(2023, published results in , subsequently Business Manager at )

(2023, published results in , subsequently Robotics Engineer, )

(2020, published results in and IROS, won the best application paper award at IROS2022, Subsequently Software Engineer at )

Contact the PI

Professor Thrishantha Nanayakkara
RCS1 M229, Dyson Building
25 Exhibition Road
South Kensington, SW7 2DB

Email: t.nanayakkara@imperial.ac.uk