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AutoMan Team Member

Director

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Chen Lv (吕辰), Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Dr. Chen Lv (also spelled as Lyu, Chen) is an Associate Professor of School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He also holds joint appointments as the Research Director of NTU Vice President Research Office, Director of MSc in Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Thrust Lead in AI at Continental-NTU Corp Lab, and Cluster Director in Future Mobility Solutions at ERI@N. He received the PhD degree from Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, China in Jan 2016, with a joint PhD at EECS Dept., University of California, Berkeley, USA. He was as a Research Fellow at Advanced Vehicle Engineering Center, Cranfield University, UK during 2016-2018. He joined NTU as a Nanyang Assistant Professor and founded the Automated Driving and Human-Machine System (AutoMan) Research Lab since June 2018. His research focuses on advanced vehicle control and intelligence, where he has contributed 4 books, over 200 papers, obtained 12 granted patents and 5 patent applications.

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Postdoctoral Fellows

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Yuan Ji, Ph.D.   (December 2023 - present)

  • PhD, Tsinghua University 2023

  • Joint PhD, Nanyang Technological University 2022

  • BEng, Zhejiang University 2018

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous vehicle and robotics

  • Fault-tolerant sensing and planning

  • Data-enabled optimization and control

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Josue Rivera, Ph.D.   (March 2025 - present)

  • PhD, Purdue University, 2024

  • MSc, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2021

  • BSc, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2019

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​Research focus

  • Advanced Control

  • Autonomous Navigation

  • eVTOL

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Lei Yang, Ph.D.   (April 2025 - present)

  • PhD, Tsinghua University, 2020-2024

  • Algorithm Engineer, JD.com, 2018-2020

  • MSc, Beihang University, 2018

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous Driving

  • Cooperative Perception

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Zirui Li, Ph.D.   (Sep 2025 - present, AI4X Fellow)

  • PhD, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2019-2025

  • Visiting Researcher, Technische Universität Dresden, 2022-2024

  • Visiting Researcher, Delft University of Technology, 2021-2022

  • BEng, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2015-2019

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous Driving

  • Collective Intelligence

  • Continual Learning

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Zitong Shan, Ph.D.   (August 2025 - present)

  • PhD, Jilin University, 2025

  • BEng, Jilin University

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous Driving

  • Reinforcement Learning

  • World Model

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Yanggang Ren, Ph.D.   (Dec 2025 - present)

  • Postdoc Fellow, Tsinghua University, 2023-2025

  • PhD, Tsinghua University, 2018-2023

  • BEng, Tsinghua University, 2014-2018

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​Research focus

  • End-to-end Autonomous Driving

  • Reinforcement Learning

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Ziying Song, Ph.D.   (July 2026 - present)

  • PhD, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2022-2026

  • Joint PhD, Tsinghua University, 2022-2026

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​Research focus

  • End-to-end Autonomous Driving

  • World Model

Ph.D. Students

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Keqi Chen   (2023 Jan intake)

  • Research Assistant, Tsinghua University, 2022

  • Research Assistant, Tongji University, 2021-2022

  • Master of Art, Design Informatics, Univ of Edinburgh, UK, 2021

  • BEng, Industrial Design, Taiyuan University of Technology, 2020

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​Research focus

  • Human-machine interface

  • Design informatics

  • Human factors

Runjia Tan   (2024 Jan intake)

  • Research Associate, NTU (2022-present)

  • MSc, EEE, Nanyang Technological University, 2022

  • BEng, Hefei University of Technology, 2020

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​Research focus

  • Robotic learning

Bohang Liang   (2024 Jan intake)

  • Research Associate, NTU (2023-present)

  • MEng, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 2023

  • BEng, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2020

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​Research focus

  • eVTOL navigation

  • Trajectory prediction and optimization

Haozhuang Chi   (2023 Jan intake)

  • M.Sc, Technical University of Munich, 2022

  • B.Sc, University of Stuttgart, 2020

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous driving

  • Large language model

  • Physics-informed machine learning

Songyan Zhang  (2024 Jan intake)

  • Research Associate, NTU (2023-present)

  • M.Eng, Dept Computer Science, Tongji University, 2022

  • B.Eng, Yanshan University, 2019

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous driving

  • Computer vision, Perception

  • Deep learning

Zhiqi Mao  (2024 August intake)

  • Research Associate, NTU (2024-present)

  • Research Assistant, Tsinghua Univ (2023-2024)

  • M.Eng, Dept of Automation, Tsinghua Univ, 2023

  • B.Eng, Dept of Electronic Eng., Tsinghua Univ, 2020

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​Research focus

  • End-to-end Autonomous driving

Hector Sagaseta  (2024 August intake)

  • B.Eng, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2024

  • Exchange stduent, MAE, NTU, 2022-2023

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​Research focus

  • Robotic navigation

  • Human-in-the-loop AI

Lingxiao Deng  (2024 August intake)

  • M.Sc, Aerospace Eng., Beihang University, 2024

  • B.Sc, Aerospace Eng., Beihang University, 2021

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​Research focus

  • Aerial robot design

  • Multi-modal robotics

Bolin Zhao  (2025 Jan intake)

  • Technical Lead, Jidu Auto, 2022-2024

  • Senior Engineer, Meituan Autonomous Driving, 2017-2022

  • M.Sc, Mech Eng., Eindhoven University of Technology, 2017

  • BEng, Vehicle Eng., Wuhan Univ of Technology, 2023

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​Research focus

  • Aerial robot design

  • Multi-modal robotics

Haoruo Zhang  (2025 Jan intake)

  • M.Sc, University of California at San Diego, 2024

  • B.Sc, University of California at Berkeley, 2022

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​Research focus

  • Large Language Models

  • Robotics

Shuge Wu  (2025 Jan intake)

  • M.Sc, Beihang University, 2024

  • B.Sc, Beihang University, 2022

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​Research focus

  • Robotic navigation

Xianqi He (2025 Aug intake)

  • Algorithm Engineer, Jidu Auto, 2023-2024

  • M.Eng, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2023

  • B.Eng, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2020

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​Research focus

  • End-to-End Autonomous Driving

  • Autonomous racing

Collister Jia Hao Chua (2025 Aug intake, Provost PhD Scholarship)

  • B.Eng, Nanyang Technological University, 2025

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​Research focus

  • VLM, Embodied AI

  • End-to-End Autonomous Driving

Zhan Chen (2025 Aug intake)

  • M.Eng, Tongji University, 2025

  • B.Eng, Tongji University, 2022

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​Research focus

  • VLM, Embodied AI

  • End-to-End Autonomous Driving

Zhidong Wang (2025 Aug intake, IGP Scholarship)

  • M.Eng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2025

  • B.Eng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2022

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​Research focus

  • VLM, Embodied AI

  • Autonomous Driving and Robotics

Qihang Huang (2025 Aug intake)

  • M.Sc, Nanyang Technological University, 2025

  • B.Eng, Central South University, 2024

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​Research focus

  • VLM, Embodied AI

  • Autonomous Driving

Sheng Zhao (2025 Aug intake, double degree program with SJTU)

  • PhD student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023-now

  • B.Eng, Wuhan University of Technology, 2023

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​Research focus

  • ​Autonomous Racing

  • Embodied AI

  • Dynamics control

Jingsong Liang (2026 Jan intake, IGP Scholarship)

  • MSc, Computer Science, National University of Singapore, 2024

  • BSc, Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, 2022

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​Research focus

  • ​VLA

  • Multimodal AI

  • World Model

Helong Huang (2026 Aug intake, PhD Full Scholarship)

  • Research Engineer, Huawei Noah's Ark Lab, 2024-2026

  • MSc, Computer Science, Xiamen University, 2023

  • BSc, Computer Science, Yanshan University, 2020

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​Research focus

  • ​Robotics

  • Embodied AI

  • Agentic RSI

Haoran Xu (2026 Aug intake, IGP Scholarship)

  • MSc, Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2026

  • BSc, Automation, Zhejiang University, 2023

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​Research focus

  • ​Robotics

  • Embodied AI

Guantian Zheng (2026 Aug intake)

  • BSc, Integrated Circuits, Huazhong Univ of Sci and Tech, 2026

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​Research focus

  • Autonomous Driving

  • Embodied AI

Minghao Guo (2026 Aug intake)

  • BSc, Mechanical Eng, Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2026

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​Research focus

  • ​Robotics

  • Embodied AI

Master Research Students

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Hanlu Zheng  (2024 August intake)

  • B.Eng., Beijing Uni. of Posts and Telecommunications, China, 2024

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​Research focus

  • Robotics

  • Deep learning

Alumni

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​Postdocs:

  • Ke Guo, 2025-2026

  • Yawei Zhang, 2025-2026 (Research Asst Prof, Hong Kong CityU)

  • Shuai Zhang, 2025-2026 (Research Asst Prof, Hong Kong PolyU)

  • Zhehao Jin, 2024-2026 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Univ of Liverpool)

  • Meng Li, 2024-2026 (Postdoc, KAIST; Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, TU/Delft)

  • Lin Li, 2024-2026 (Assoc Prof, Zhejiang University of Technology)

  • Zhenghong Jin, 2024-2026 (Professor, Zhejiang University)

  • Shanhe Lou, 2022-2025 (Senior Research Scientist, A*STAR SIMTech)

  • Youxia Shi, 2024-2025 (Associate Professor, Beihang Univ)

  • Shuo Cheng, 2023-2025 (Associate Professor, Beihang Univ)

  • Lie Yang, 2022-2025 (Professor, Nanchang University)

  • Xiaoyu Mo, 2023-2024 (Postdoc, KTH, Sweden, Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoc Fellowship)

  • Xiangkun He, 2021-2025 (UESTC100 Young Professor)

  • Lianxin Zhang, 2024-2025 (Shanghai University)

  • Andrea Piazzoni, 2024 (Postdoc, ERI@N, NTU)

  • Binbin Hu, 2022-2024 (Postdoc, University of Groningen)

  • Henglai Wei, 2022-2024 (Associate Professor, Beihang Univ)

  • Hao Chen, 2021-2024 (Associate Professor, Chongqing Univ)

  • Yan Wang, 2022-2023 (Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Zhongxu Hu, 2020-2023 (Professor, Huazhong Univ of Sci & Tech)

  • Peng Hang, 2020-2022 (Professor, Tongji University)

  • Tianci Yang, 2020-2021

  • Chao Huang, 2019-2021 (Lecturer, Adelaide University, Australia)

  • Dong Zhang, 2019-2020 (Lecturer, Brunel University London, UK) 

  • Yang Xing, 2019-2020 (Associate Professor, Cranfield Uni, UK)

  • Qipeng Liu, 2018-2019 (Associate Professor, Qingdao Uni)

  • Yutong Li, 2018-2019

  • Yun Zhang, 2018-2019

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​Phd Graduates:

  • Xiaoyu Mo, 2019.01-2022.12 (Prof, Tongji Univ | Wallenberg presidential postdoc, KTH)

  • Jiacheng Cai, 2019.01-2023.07 (Senior ML Engineer, Desay SV)

  • Jingda Wu, 2019.08-2023.07 (Prof, Beijing Institute of Tech)

  • Andrea Piazzoni, 2019.01-2023.07 (Postdoc, ERI@N)

  • Zhiyu Huang, 2019.09-2024.01 (Asst Prof, North Carolina State University | Postdoc, UCLA)

  • Zezhong Zhang, 2020.08-2025.01 (AI Engineer, Huawei Singapore)

  • Yiran Zhang, 2021-2025 (AI Engineer)

  • Wenhui Huang, 2021-2025 (Postdoc, MIT)

  • Tianchu Su, 2021-2025 (Senior Data Scientist, Micron)

  • Haohan Yang, 2021-2025 (Postdoc, UCLA)

  • Haochen Liu, 2021-2025 (Postdoc, Xiaomi EV & Tsinghua Univ)

  • Zhi Song, 2021-2026 (Head of Test, AUMOVIO)

  • Yanxin Zhou, 2021-2026 (Postdoc, NTU)

  • Baichuan Lou, 2022-2026

  • Lin Yang, 2022-2026 (Postdoc, NTU)

  • Yuxin Cai, 2022-2026 (Robotics Lead, DIDI)

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Master Students (Research):

  • Jintian Ge, 2022-2024

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Research Assistants:

  • Jianhuang Li, 2021-2022

  • Justin Foong Sheng Kang, 2021-2023

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Visiting Researchers

  • Yiming Yang, visiting student, CUHK-Shenzhen, China (2026-now)

  • Zhouheng Li, visiting student, Zhejiang University, China (2026-now)

  • Bowen Wang, visiting student, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (2026)

  • Shiyu Fang, visiting student, Tongji University, China (2025-2026)

  • Keke Wan, visiting student, China Agricultural University, China (2025-2026)

  • Yue Wang, visiting professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing (2024-2025)

  • Fulong Hu, visiting researcher, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2024-2025)

  • Shihao Li, visiting researcher, Beijing Institute of Technology (2024-2025)

  • Yang Liang, visiting student, Wuhan University of Technology, China (2024-2025)

  • Hui Shi, visiting student, Northeastern University, China (2024-2025)

  • Qingfan Wang, visiting student, Tsinghua University, China (2024)

  • Zhengxuan Liu, visiting student, Tianjin University, China (2023-2024)

  • Kang Yang, visiting student, Southeast University, China (2023-2024)

  • Jingyuan Li, visiting student, Tsinghua University, China (2023-2024)

  • Zhiwei He, visiting student, Wuhan University of Technology, China (2023-2024)

  • Qingchao Liu, visiting professor, Jiangsu University, China (2023-2024)

  • Chuntao Zhang, visiting researcher, Beijing Institute of Technology (2023)

  • Jinheng Han, visiting researcher, Tsinghua University (2023-2024)

  • Henglai Wei, visiting researcher, University of Victoria, Canada (2022-2023)

  • Zitong Shan, visiting student, Jilin University, China (2022-2023)

  • Yuan Ji, visiting student, Tsinghua University, China (2022-2023)

  • Jieyu Zhu, visiting student, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (2021-now)

  • Can Xu, visiting student, Nanjing Univ of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China (2021-2022)

  • Yu Du, visiting student, Tsinghua University, China (2019.07-2019.10)

  • Bo Liu, visiting phd researcher, The University of Manchester, UK (2019.07-2019.09)

  • Loïc Boulon, visiting professor, IEEE VTS Vice President, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Canada (2019.04-2019.05)

  • Hao Liu, visiting professor, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea (2019.02)

  • Yuxiang Zhang, visiting phd researcher, Jilin University, China (2020.11-2020.12)

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