People
Principal investigator
Ioannis Mandralis
Assistant Professor in Robotics
Dr. Mandralis received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, working with Morteza Gharib and Richard M. Murray in the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies on aerially transforming ground–aerial robots; his thesis defense received the Hans G. Hornung Prize. He is an Onassis Scholar, and he received the Rolf D. Buhler Memorial Award. He holds a B.Sc. from EPFL and an M.Sc. from ETH Zürich, where he was awarded the Degree Distinction Prize, and his research centered on learning and computational methods in robotics and fluid dynamics. He is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at EPFL with Mirko Kovač, working on multimodal robots that move across air, ground and water.
PhD students
The first PhD students will join in October 2027. See Openings.
Master’s and project students
Enquiries from Master’s, Part IIB and MPhil students are welcome. See Openings.
Students I have advised
I have had the privilege of helping to mentor the following students.
- 2026–Junghwan RoPhD · EPFL
- 2026–Alexandros PantalosStudent project · ETH Zurich
- 2026–Luca DofingStudent project · ETH ZurichAerial–aquatic transition control of a hybrid aerial–aquatic vehicle
- 2026Giacomo PiatelliStudent project · ETH ZurichAerial–aquatic transition control of a hybrid aerial–aquatic vehicle
- 2025Simon GmurVisiting from EPFLMaster’s thesis · Caltech
- 2024Vincent GheroldVisiting from EPFLMaster’s thesis · CaltechPrix BlueBotics for the best Master’s thesis in robotics at EPFL
- 2024Quentin DelfosseVisiting from EPFLMaster’s thesis · Caltech
- 2024Gabriel MargariaVisiting from EPFLMaster’s thesis · Caltech
- 2024Diego GarciaUndergraduate research · Caltech
- 2023Severin SchumacherVisiting from TU MunichMaster’s thesis · Caltech
- 2023Sofia WanUndergraduate research (SURF) · CaltechFinalist, best SURF project
- 2023Steven LeiUndergraduate research (SURF) · CaltechFinalist, best SURF project