Daniel Grant

Robotics research engineer · Berkeley AI Research

I work on learning-based control for fixed-wing autonomous flight at the Agile Robotics and Perception Lab (ARPL), part of Berkeley AI Research.

Before ARPL I passed through Google DeepMind, NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division, Microsoft, and the Oxford Robotics Institute, among others.

I studied EECS at UC Berkeley (M.Eng.) and mathematics and computer science at Bowdoin College, with a year at Oxford in between. The rest of the time I’m climbing, running, rowing, or photographing wildlife.

Daniel Grant, in front of a red telephone box in Oxford

Past

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley — M.Eng., EECS (robotics & embedded software) · Fung Excellence Scholar 2025 – 26
  • Bowdoin College — B.A. mathematics · B.A. computer science · Phi Beta Kappa 2021 – 25
  • University of Oxford — visiting year, mathematics & computer science · First Class 2023 – 24

Publications

Elsewhere

Away from a keyboard I’m usually bouldering (up to V7, in a well-worn pair of Drago XTs), running the occasional marathon (best: sub-4), or on the water — I rowed on Bowdoin’s crew and for my college at Oxford. I speak some Mandarin, courtesy of a State Department Critical Language Scholarship.

And I photograph wildlife — a habit with its own website.

California Quail perched on a weathered fence post, Point Reyes National SeashoreBull tule elk in profile with large branching antlers, Point Reyes National SeashoreCoastal brown bear pausing on a sedge flat beside a tidal channel, Katmai National Park

danielgrant.photos ↗

Contact

Email
dgrant (at) berkeley (dot) edu
X
x.com/danieljgrant
GitHub
github.com/DJRGVC
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/daniel-grant
Photography
danielgrant.photos