Hi! I am Barış. I received my BS degree from Middle East Technical University in 2017 and my MS degree from ETH Zürich in 2019 with a robotics focus. Currently, I am a PhD candidate at Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. My advisors are Prof. Kevin Lynch and Prof. Jose Pons.
My research focus is on robot-mediated physical human-human interaction. During my PhD, I have developed algorithms that allow safe physical interaction between humans via two floating-base lower-limb exoskeletons and multi-dof robotic arms. I am particularly interested in physical human-robot interaction, force control, lower-limb exoskeletons, and legged robots.