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How to reach out
I am actively recruiting PhD students for the upcoming year
See below for how to reach out if you are interested in working with me. I welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and University of Michigan undergraduate students.
To make sure I see your email, please make the subject line of your
email should follow the format
"[Important] Prospective UMich <Position>".
For example, if you are a prospective PhD student, the subject line should be
"[Important] Prospective UMich PhD Student".
Send your email to: apapalia [at ] umich [dot ] edu
Prospective PhD Students
If you are interested in applying to PhDs, read the information below and then reach out with a short email with your CV and a brief paragraph on what you are interested in working on and why this interests you (any relevant experience is useful to highlight).
I am looking for students who are excited to advance the state of the art in robotics and to tackle difficult fundamental problems in localization, perception, state estimation, and autonomous exploration and environmental monitoring of the environment.
Current University of Michigan Undergraduates
I prefer undergraduate researchers who are available for full-time research in the coming summer.
Still interested? Please send:
- A brief email confirming your full-time availability for the coming summer
- Your resume
- Your (unofficial) transcript
- Two short paragraphs explaining why you want to get involved
Postdoctoral Researchers
Send me an email with your CV, three representative publications, and a description of what you are interested in working on.