Current HQP

Faculty

Dr Geoff Fink

Geoff Fink received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2007, the M.Sc. degree in computer and electrical engineering from the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in control systems from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in 2018 under the supervision of Dr Alan Lynch and Dr Martin Jagersand.

From 2018-2021 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Dynamic Legged Systems lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia with Dr. Claudio Semini. Since 2021 has been a faculty member at the Department of Engineering at Thompson Rivers University, and currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor.

His research interests include robotics, visual servoing, sensing, perception, state estimation, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).

Graduate Students

Ingrid Palomares Hernandez

MSc Student, 2024-Present
Topic:
Co-Supervisor: Carlos Lopez-Franco

Undergraduate Students

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2025
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception

Past HQP

Graduate Students

Ylenia Nisticò

PhD Student October 2021 – 2025
Topic: Enhancing State Estimation in Quadruped Robots: Multi-Sensor Fusion for Challenging Terrains
Co-Supervisor: Claudio Semini

She received the B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2018 and the M.Sc. degree in Robotic and Automation Engineering in 2021 from the University of Pisa, Italy. She has been a guest student at the Dynamic Legged Systems (DLS) lab at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy, where she worked on her M.Sc. thesis. She earned her Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Robotics from the University of Genoa and IIT in 2025. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at DLS, focusing on state estimation and legged robots. Her research interests also include robotics, perception, vision, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).

Undergraduate Students

Mitacs Student

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2024
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception

Mitacs Student

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2024
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception

Mitacs Student

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2024
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception