CLIMB Lab

Team

Last updated August 2026

Pakpong Chirarattananon

Pakpong Chirarattananon

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto.

PhD in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University; BA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

Research focuses on bioinspired robotics, micro aerial vehicles, and hybrid locomotion.

Graduate Students

Weilun Duan

BSc in Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

Weilun Duan (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (MPhil)

Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas

B.Eng in Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas (UofT)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Song Li

BE in Aircraft Design and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University; MEng in Flight Vehicle Design, Beihang University

Song Li (CityUHK, UofT)

Graduate Student (PhD)

TL

BASc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto (undergrad thesis with the lab, 2026)

Tengfei Lou (UofT)

Graduate Student (MEng)

Jiahao Ma

BEng in Control Technology and MSc in Robot Control and Planning, Northwestern Polytechnical University

Jiahao Ma (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Bingxuan Pu

Bingxuan Pu (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Fangzheng Wang

Fangzheng Wang (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (MPhil)

Jiaxuan Wang

BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology

Jiaxuan Wang (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (PhD)

FW

Feiyang Wu (UofT)

Graduate Student (MEng)

Jihao Xu

Jihao Xu (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Ryan Zazo

BASc in Engineering Science, University of Toronto

Ryan Zazo (UofT)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Zhiyuan Zhang

Zhiyuan Zhang (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Co-advised with Prof. Xuan Wang (HIT Shenzhen).

Yann Zhang

BASc in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics Option), University of British Columbia

Yann Zhang (UofT)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Xinyu Zhu

BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology; MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University

Xinyu Zhu (CityUHK)

Graduate Student (PhD)

Co-advised with Prof. Raymond Lam.

Undergraduates

Brandon Chau (UofT)

First-Year Summer Research Fellow, 2026

Emma Lai (UofT)

Undergraduate Final Year Thesis, 2026-2027

Yunpiu Liu (PolyU HK)

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, 2026

Kwan Lo (HKU)

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, 2026

Zeng Yang (UofT)

MIE Undergraduate Summer Research Award, 2026; Undergraduate Final Year Thesis, 2026-2027

Xuankai Jaden Zhang (UofT)

Dean's Undergraduate Student Summer Research Pivot Fellow, 2026

Alumni

Larry Zwe Min Htet Aung (UofT)

MEng, 2026

Songnan Bai (CityUHK)

PhD & Postdoc, 2025

Research Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong.

Xinyu Cai (CityUHK)

MPhil, 2020

PhD student at Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Runze Ding (CityUHK)

PhD & Postdoc, 2026

Professor, Southeast University (SEU).

Kaixu Dong (CityUHK)

PhD & Postdoc, 2025

XPeng.

Qingning He (CityUHK)

Undergraduate, 2020

MSc at Imperial College.

Yi-Hsuan Hsiao (CityUHK)

Undergraduate & Research Assistant, 2021

PhD student at MIT EECS, with Prof. Yufeng Chen.

Huaiyuan Jia (CityUHK)

PhD, 2023

SiCARRIER.

Ruihan Jia (CityUHK)

MPhil, 2025 & Research Assistant, 2026

PhD student at EPFL, in the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (Prof. Dario Floreano).

Supanat Kamtue (CityUHK)

Research Assistant, 2016

PhD student at Durham University.

Zhiwei Li (CityUHK)

PhD, 2019

Dezhi Liang (CityUHK)

MSc, 2018

Bingguo Mu (CityUHK)

PhD, 2020

Mark L. F. Padilla (CityUHK)

Exchange Research Student, 2018

De La Salle University, Philippines.

Muhammad Shahzain Riaz (CityUHK)

Undergraduate, 2017

PhD student at UCLA.

Anthony Sergnese (UofT)

Undergraduate Final Year Thesis, 2026

PhD student at SEAS, Harvard University.

Yu Shi (CityUHK)

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2025

Jing Shu (CityUHK)

Undergraduate, 2019

MPhil at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Sompol Suntharasantic (CityUHK)

Research Assistant, 2017

Shixin Tan (CityUHK)

PhD, 2021

Ruobing Wang (CityUHK)

Postdoc, 2025

Assistant Lecturer, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Previously a postdoc at the University of Hong Kong.

Ting Wang (CityUHK)

PhD, 2026

Co-advised with Prof. Hongqiang Wang. Postdoc at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Tianyi Wang (CityUHK)

MSc, 2019

Heng Xie (CityUHK)

PhD, 2022

Size Yu (CityUHK)

MPhil, 2024

Shangkun Zhong (CityUHK)

PhD, 2021

AVIC Xi'an Automatic Flight Control Research Institute.