Rohan Chandra

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Virginia
  
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2024
  
• Ph.D. & M.S., Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2022
  
• B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, India, 2016
  

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Rohan Chandra is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Virginia and leads the CRΔL lab. From 2022 to 2024, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in Texas Robotics, advised by Dr. Joydeep Biswas and Dr. Peter Stone, at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on mobility and autonomy problems in multi-robot and human-robot systems. Rohan obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in 2018 and 2022 from the University of Maryland, College Park advised by Dr. Dinesh Manocha. His doctoral thesis focused on autonomous driving in dense, heterogeneous, and unstructured traffic environments. Rohan is a 2023 Microsoft Future Leader in Robotics and AI, 2023 KAUST Rising Star in AI, 2022 RSS Pioneer, and 2021 UMD Future Faculty Fellow. He is a finalist for the 2022 Charles A. Caramello Distinguished Dissertation Award and the UMD Innovation of the Year Award for 2021 and 2022. His research is recognized by the AAAI 2026 New Faculty Highlights, 2023 Drones Young Investigator Award, the 2023 SNU PhD Award for Autonomous Navigation, and the UMD 2020 summer research fellowship. He currently serves as Associate Editor for RA-L and T-RO, and has previously served as Area Chair for AAAI 2026 and RLC 2025.