John Z. Zhang
1723 Murray Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA, 15217
I am a first‑year Ph.D. student in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Zac Manchester. I’m broadly interested in modeling and decision-making for robotic systems through the lens of numerical optimization and machine learning. I previously completed my M.S. in Robotics from the same lab in 2024 working on legged robots. Here is my thesis and presentation.
Prior to joining CMU, I received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2022, where I worked with Ye Zhao and Matthew Gombolay.
