Bio Sketch of David Navarro-Alarcon

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Academic and Research History

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2023–Present.

Fellow, Institute for Higher Education Research and Development (IHERD), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2023–2026.

Investigator, Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2021–Present.

Principal Investigator, The Robotics and Machine Intelligence Laboratory, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2018–Present.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2017–2023.

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Cognitive Systems, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2019.

Visiting Professor, COnception de Systèmes Mécaniques et Robotiques (COSMER) Laboratory, University of Toulon, France, 2019.

Research Assistant Professor, T Stone Robotics Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015–2017.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014–2015.

CONAHCYT Overseas Scholar, National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico, 2009–2013.


Editorship

Associate Editor (AE), IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2023–2025.

Associate Editor (AE), IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (RA-M), 2024–2026.

Guest Editor, Journal of Field Robotics: Special Issue on Robust Autonomy for Robotics in Complex Environments, 2023–2024.


Academic and Professional Qualifications

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), elevated in 2019.

Certificate in Putonghua, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre (CLC) of CUHK, 2015.

Doctor of Philosophy Degree, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), 2014

Master's Degree, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), 2008

Apprenticeship Diploma, MAHLE GmbH Engine Components, 2005

Automation Training, George Brown College - Toronto, 2004

Bachelor of Engineering Degree, National Technological Institute of Mexico, 2003


Research Supervision

Main research interests: perceptual robotics and control systems.

I welcome applications from prospective PhD students from engineering disciplines, computer science, applied mathematics, or related fields.

Interested candidates must send the following 3 documents: (1) Detailed CV; (2) Publications (i.e., PDFs of your papers); (3) Research portfolio (a slides-like presentation demonstrating relevant experience).

PhD students:

MPhil students:

MSc students:


Sample Student-Led Publications from our Group (underlined student author)


Contact

dnavar [æ] polyu [ð] edu [ð] hk

FG638, PolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

(+852) 2766 7816