Neel Doshi is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Neel graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2012) and a M.S. in Robotics (2013) from the University of Pennsylvania. He then earned his PhD (2019) from Harvard University. Neel’s research focuses on using a combination of mechanical design and optimization-based control to improve the performance and reliability of autonomous robotic systems that interact with the world through physical contact; for example, robotic manipulators and legged robots.