Carl John Salaan

Carl John O. Salaan (Member, IEEE) was born in Philippines. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Mindanao State University—Iligan Institute of Technology (MSUIIT), Iligan City, Philippines, in 2007 and 2011, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Tohoku University, Japan, in 2017. From 2011 to 2014, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical, Electronics and Communications, and Computer Engineering, MSU-IIT. In 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Human–Robot Informatics Laboratory, Tohoku University. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Robotics for Infrastructure Management Team, RIKEN Research Institute, Japan. He is currently a Professor with the Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department, College of Engineering, MSU-IIT. His research interests include robotics, artificial intelligence, and unmanned aerial vehicles. He received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), in 2019.