Maximilian Du

"And his original destination's just another story he loves to tell..." -Jimmy Buffett

Maximilian Du

Hey there! I am a third-year Ph.D. student at Stanford University working with Shuran Song in the Robotics and Embodied AI (REAL) Lab. I am grateful to be supported by the Knight-Hennessy Fellowship and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. During my undergrad at Stanford, I conducted research in Chelsea Finn's IRIS lab. I'm interested in giving robots the ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and new skill demands. I also work on making human-robot interactions more useful and intuitive.

Beyond the robot lab, I also work with some pretty cool critters and write stories...be sure to check them out here!

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News

09/2025One paper accepted to NeurIPS 2025. See you in San Diego!

06/2025I became the first (part-time) employee of ACE, a company that develops video games for marine mammals and beyond.

04/2025Honored to receive the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

03/2025Our dolphin video game project CV-EVE won 2nd place at the International Marine Animal Trainer's Association (IMATA) conference.

12/2024My first op-ed published about my oral history work.

09/2024I started my CS Ph.D. at Stanford.

06/2024Finished undergrad and started my internship at the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in San Diego.

03/2024Honored to receive the Knight-Hennessy Fellowship!