Haoran Zhang

I received my Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science (and Data Science) from the University of Michigan (Go blue!!), where I was advised by Prof. Chad Jenkins. I will be joining MBZUAI as an incoming PhD student, advised by Prof. Xingxing Zuo.

I previously worked as a research intern in the CLeAR Lab at the National University of Singapore, advised by Prof. Harold Soh, and have been collaborating remotely with Shanghai AI Lab under the supervision of Xudong Xu.

My research interests lie in robot learning, robot manipulation, and the development of benchmarks and simulation tools for evaluating robotic and intelligent systems.

Currently: Research intern at Unitree Robotics, working on humanoid robots and dexterous hands.

I am deeply grateful to my peer advisors — Boyang Wang, Yinpei Dai, and Ce Hao — for their generous guidance, connection, and mentorship throughout my PhD application journey and research growth. Thank you!