Sam Kriegmanمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
Sam Kriegman is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science , Chemical and Biological Engineering , and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University . His research focuses on evolutionary robotics , machine learning , and synthetic biology , particularly through the development of the world's first AI-designed organisms ("xenobots"). Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellow NSF CAREER Award recipient ISAL Distinguished Early-Career Investigator Cozzarelli Prize awardee Sam's research interests span evolutionary robotics, synthetic biology, and embodied artificial intelligence, emphasizing how biological principles can inform robot design. His work explores kinematic self-replication, reconfigurable organisms, and the intersection of machine learning with cellular engineering. His most recent publications highlight advancements in AI-designed biological systems, modular robotics, and morphological co-design. These works intersect robotics , synthetic biology , and machine learning , with notable emphasis on self-replicating organisms , modular legged robots , and morphological pretraining . Scientific awards and honors include: Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellowship NSF CAREER Award ISAL Distinguished Early-Career Investigator Award Cozzarelli Prize Sam leads the xenobot.group lab, which investigates bio-inspired robotics and evolutionary computation . He also teaches the graduate course Artificial Life , focusing on embodied AI through simulations and synthetic biological constructs.







