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Zih-Yun “Sarah” Chiu is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. Her research focuses on robotics, particularly in medical robotics and embodied artificial intelligence. Chiu works on mathematical modeling and general knowledge to enhance robots, allowing them to operate in complex medical environments safely and efficiently. Her work delves into the seamless integration of robotic perception, planning, control, and learning to enable autonomous agents to thrive in dynamic settings. She has been recognized as a 2024 Rising Star in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and has received multiple awards, including a Paper Award at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation and a Poster Award at the 2023 ICRA Workshop on New Evolutions in Surgical Robotics. Chiu earned her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2025 from the University of California, San Diego, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2017.
Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.