{"id":11,"date":"2024-10-29T21:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-09-05T07:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:58:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"GeoRob Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GeoRobLab_white.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GeoRobLab_white.png 850w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GeoRobLab_white-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GeoRobLab_white-768x678.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the Geometric Robot Learning Lab! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the GeoRob Lab, we  develop data-efficient robot learning, optimization, and control algorithms with sound theoretical guarantees. To do so, we follow an interdisciplinary approach that considers inductive bias, typically in the form of geometry and physics, as cornerstone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01c3b6\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">PhD students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" class=\"wp-image-216\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loizos-hadjiloizou.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loizos-hadjiloizou.jpg 244w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loizos-hadjiloizou-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br><strong>Loizos Hadjiloizou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Geometry and symmetries of operational space learning and control<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"197\" class=\"wp-image-270\" style=\"width: 186px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riccardo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><strong>Riccardo Morandi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Geometries of deformable object manipulation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-217\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/katharina-friedl.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/katharina-friedl.jpg 488w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/katharina-friedl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/katharina-friedl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/katharina-friedl-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br><strong>Katharina Friedl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Physics-informed geometric learning and control for dynamical systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Main supervisor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/profile\/dani\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/profile\/dani\">Danica Kragic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8\">Postdocs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-233\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic.jpg 1764w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodrigo_pic-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rperezdattari.github.io\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rperezdattari.github.io\/\">Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Dattari<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Generalizable imitation learning via inductive biases<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-284\" style=\"width: 195px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sykim-cropped-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sykim-cropped-1.jpeg 902w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sykim-cropped-1-290x300.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sykim-cropped-1-768x794.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/seungyeon-k.github.io\/\">Seungyeon Kim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Vision-based geometric robot learning for manipulation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13\">External PhD students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-352\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1756196063503.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1756196063503.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1756196063503-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1756196063503-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1756196063503-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1756196063503-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br><strong>Bent Speksnijder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Machine learning for environmental chemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main supervisor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slu.se\/en\/profilepages\/g\/oksana-golovko\/\">Oksana Golovko<\/a>, SLU<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17\">Research Engineers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ulises Campod\u00f3nico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mart\u00edn Gallegos<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21\">Alumnis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"202\" class=\"wp-image-272\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FedericoPavesi.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FedericoPavesi.jpg 219w, https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FedericoPavesi-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br><strong>Federico Pavesi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#01bdb0\">Bayesian optimization on Riemannian manifolds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visiting PhD student, University of Milano-Bicocca<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Geometric Robot Learning Lab! In the GeoRob Lab, we develop data-efficient robot learning, optimization, and control algorithms with sound theoretical guarantees. To do so, we follow an interdisciplinary approach that considers inductive bias, typically in the form of geometry and physics, as cornerstone. PhD students Loizos Hadjiloizou Geometry and symmetries of operational &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/?page_id=11\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GeoRob Lab&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njaquier.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}