ABOUT ME
Researcher. Engineer. Builder.
I’m Uttkarsh Chaurasia, a PhD researcher in Imaging Science at Washington University in St. Louis. I work across medical imaging, machine learning, and research software.
My work has grown from building physical interfaces to studying how machines interpret images and language. At NIT Hamirpur, I worked on brain-controlled devices, robotics, and assistive vision. With Drishti, I connected computer vision to hardware and went on to co-found Oculosense, serving as CTO from 2021 to 2023.
Alongside that product work, I explored word sense disambiguation, graph-based text classification, and conditional image generation. I joined CMIT Lab at WashU for summer research in 2022 and returned for my PhD in 2023. Today, I develop multimodal segmentation methods and TheraSeg, the software that brings those methods into an inspectable imaging workflow.
Across these projects, I work on the connection between a model’s output and something a person can inspect and use. I’m interested in multimodal learning, data-efficient methods, and the engineering that turns research into useful tools.
THE JOURNEY
Building, studying, and connecting ideas.
2018–2022
Building interfaces and machines
Brain-controlled devices, gesture-controlled robots, and hands-on engineering at NIT Hamirpur.
2020–2023
Assistive vision and entrepreneurship
The Drishti navigation prototype, followed by co-founding Oculosense and leading technical development as CTO.
2021–2023
Language, graphs, and generation
Word sense disambiguation, inductive GNN research at LBR Research Labs, and my conditional-GAN master’s thesis.
2022–Present
Computational medical imaging
Summer research at CMIT Lab, followed by my PhD at WashU and current work on segmentation and TheraSeg.
EXPLORE MY BACKGROUND
The full picture.
Research & experience
Research roles, teaching, entrepreneurship, and internships.
Education
Imaging science, electrical engineering, computer science, and selected coursework.
Honors & awards
Research recognition, fellowships, grants, and engineering competitions.
Leadership & service
Community leadership, STEM outreach, and student volunteering.
Credentials
Additional study in machine learning, programming, entrepreneurship, and research ethics.
Interested in working together?
uttkarsh@wustl.edu