Faculty members
Ahmad Rafsanjani
Professor
ERC Consolidator Grantee (2025)
Villum Young Investigator (2021)
DFF Sapere Aude Research Leader (2021)
PhD, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2013)
ahra [at] sdu [dot] dk
Jonas Jørgensen
Associate Professor
DFF Explorative Research Network Leader (2024-2026)
PhD, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2019)
jonj [at] sdu [dot] dk
Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu
Associate Professor
Associate Editor of Soft Robotics Journal (SoRo)
PhD, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore SantAnna, Italy (2021)
Personal webpage
spmb [at] sdu [dot] dk
Aida Parvaresh
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Postdoc, University of Southern Denmark (2023-2026)
PhD, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2021)
MSc, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran (2013)
aidap [at] sdu [dot] dk
Postdocs
Bahman Taherkhani
PhD, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran (2020)
MSc, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran (2014)
bata [at] sdu [dot] dk
Project: Encoding Motion in an Interface: The Shape-Morphing Armored Skin of Pufferfish
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
Jonathan Tirado
PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (2025)
MSc, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia (2021)
BSc, National Polytechnic School of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador (2016)
joti [at] sdu [dot] dk
Projects: Seeing without Seeing through Bioinspired Soft Touch & SMILE: Soft Matter for Engineering Life-like Engineering
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
Naser Sharafkhani
PhD, Mechanical Engineering (MEMS) & Biomedical Engineering
(Neural Engineering), Deakin University, Australia (2023)
MSc, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran (2012)
BSc, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran (2009)
nsh [at] sdu [dot] dk
Project: Deployable Kirigami electrodes for minimally-invasive electrocorticography
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
Sina Jafarzadeh
DFF-International Postdoc (2026)
PhD, Technical University of Denmark (2023)
MSc, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran (2014)
BSc, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran (2011)
sinaj [at] sdu [dot] dk
Project: SHARP: Shape morphing Adaptive Reconfigurable Platforms
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
PhD Students
Arman Goshtasbi
MSc, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands (2023)
BSc, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (2020)
argo [at] sdu [dot] dk
Project: Seeing without Seeing through Bioinspired Soft Touch
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
Hanna Gerda Brøndal
Aarhus University
BA, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (2023)
brondal [at] cc [dot] au [dot] dk
Co-supervisor: Jonas Jørgensen
Andrea Tešanović
MA Media Arts Cultures, Aalborg University (DK), Danube University Krems (AT), University of Łódź (PL) (2023), MA Transdisciplinary Humanities and Theory of Arts, Belgrade (RS) (2018)
andreat [at] sdu [dot] dk
Co-supervisor: Jonas Jørgensen
Katsu Uchiyama
Master of Engineering, Meiji University,Tokyo, Japan (2026)
Bachelor of Engineering, Meiji University,Tokyo, Japan (2024)
kuc [at] sdu [dot] dk
Project: METABOA: Exploring the Unexplored with a Crawling Soft Robot
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
Elisa Martinelli
MSc Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (2026)
BSc Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (2023)
elim [at] sdu [dot] dk
Project: METABOA: Exploring the Unexplored with a Crawling Soft Robot
Supervisor: Ahmad Rafsanjani
Mechanical Engineer
Cao Danh Do
MSc, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (2014)
BSc, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (2012)
cdd [at] mmmi [dot] sdu [dot] dk
Master Students
Thomas Korsgaard Vilholm
Robot Systems, Drones and Autonomous Systems
Supervisor: Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu
Research: Modular, Multimodal Locomotion
Marija Gabarasvili
Robot Systems, Drones and Autonomous Systems
Supervisor: Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu
Research: Amphibious, Autonomous Exploration
Bachelor Students
Emma Frida Adorján Dyhr
Robot Technology
Supervisor: Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu
Co-supervisor:
Research: Wearable Soft Exoskeleton
Visitors
Hall of Fame
Visiting researchers
- HariTeja Kalidindi, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radbound University (August 2026)
- Louis-Philippe Demers, artist in-residence/visiting researcher (May 2025)
Alumni
- Ali Sarp Ebil, Visiting bachelor student, Erasmus+ internship, Sabancı University, Turkey (June-September 2026)
- John Noee, visiting PhD student, Aarhus University, Denmark (June-August 2026)
- Divya Joshi, visiting Bachelor student, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India (June-August 2026)
- Mathias Jensen, Master thesis student (2025 – 2026)
- Magnus Malthe Sigsgaard Nielsen, Master thesis student (2025 – 2026)
- Nicklas Nikolaj Grønvall, Master thesis student (2025 – 2026)
- Rikke René Thastum, Master thesis student (2025 – 2026)
- Kristian Gjersen, Master thesis student (2025 – 2026)
- Gry Grønnegaard Lauridsen, Bachelor thesis student (2026)
- Christoffer Damgaard Larsen, Bachelor thesis student (2026)
- Kasper Østerballe Madsen, Bachelor thesis student (2026)
- Mari-Ann Ruan, visiting master student, Le Mans University, France (June-July 2026)
- Emiliano Hansen, visiting Bachelor student, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA (March-June 2026)
- Vishwa Kannangara, Master thesis student (2025-2026)
- Aida Parvaresh, Postdoc (2023-2026)
- Jhonny Rexy Mariyadass, Bachelor thesis student (Feb-Jun 2026)
- Laura Bruun Holm, Bachelor thesis student (Feb-Jun 2026)
- Nicolai Hoang Huy Nguyen, Master thesis student (2025-2026)
- Oliver Gynther Torngaard, Master thesis student (2025-2026)
- Annick Durán Kandzior, Artist/Researcher, Ernst Busch University of Performing Arts, Berlin, Germany (Sep-Nov 2025)
- Silvia Pacheco, Visiting bachelor student, Erasmus+ internship, University Carlos III in Madrid, Spain (Jun-Aug 2025)
- Jakub Hubert Rudowski, Bachelor thesis student (Feb-Jun 2025)
- Alan Rashid, Bachelor thesis student (Feb-Jun 2025)
- Thomas Korsgaard Vilholm, Bachelor thesis student (Feb-Jun 2025)
- Burcu Seyidoğlu, PhD student (2021-2025)
- Jeppe Fogh Hesselvig Madsen, Master thesis student (2024-2025)
- Milosz Dressler, Master thesis student (2024-2025)
- Emil Reventlov Husted, Master thesis student (2024 – 2025)
- Jonathan Tirado, PhD student (2021-2024)
- Yichen Jiang, visiting Master student, Autonomous Systems, DTU (Sep 2024 – Feb 2025)
- Mads Bering Christiansen, PhD student (2021-2024)
- Joséphine Moisson de Vaux, visiting Master student, Engineering, École Centrale Marseille, France (2023)
- Henri Vandeputte, visiting Master student, Industrial Engineering, Electronics, and ICT, KU Leuven, Belgium (2023)
- Rita Moreira, Master thesis student (2022-2023)
- Fairuz Fatin Nury, Master thesis student (2022-2023)
- Troels Aske Klausen, Master thesis student (2022-2023)
- Ebrahim Shahabi, visiting PhD student, The Biorobotics Institute, The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy (Sep-Nov 2022)
- Naris Asawalertsak, visiting PhD student, Bio-inspired Robotics and Neural Engineering Laboratory, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand (May-Sept. 2022)
- Riddhi Das, visiting PhD student, The Biorobotics Institute, The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy (Jan-March 2022)
- Jannik Schmidt, Master thesis student (2022)
- Ines Benomar, Master thesis student (2021-2022)
- Bjarke Larsen, Master thesis student (2020-2021)
- Rebecca Hyldgaard, Bachelor thesis, (Feb-June 2021)
- Nikoline Rasmussen, Bachelor thesis, (Feb-June 2021)
- Charlotte Skovgaard Larsen, Bachelor thesis, (Feb-June 2021)
- Frida Bech Schrøder, Bachelor thesis, (Feb-June 2021)
- Patrick Søgaard Terp, Bachelor thesis, (Feb-June 2021)
- Askarbek Pazylbekov, Master thesis student (2020-2021)
- Troels Bregendahl-Rafn, Master thesis student (2020)
- Marlene Hammer Jeppesen, Master thesis student (2019-2020)