Zac Manchester

Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joined
May 2021

Names

Zac Manchester (Preferred)
, 
Zachary Manchester

Emails

****@cmu.edu (Confirmed)
, 
****@andrew.cmu.edu (Confirmed)
, 
****@mit.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Associate Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
2026 – Present
Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
2020 – 2025
Assistant Professor
Stanford University (stanford.edu)
2018 – 2020
Postdoc
Harvard University (harvard.edu)
2015 – 2017
PhD student
Cornell University (cornell.edu)
2009 – 2015
Undergrad student
Cornell University (cornell.edu)
2005 – 2009

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
Scott Kuindersma
2015 – 2017
PhD Advisor
Mason Peck
2009 – 2015

Expertise

model-predictive control
Present
optimization
Present
robotics
Present
space systems
Present

Publications

View all 72 publications

Co-Authors

View all 76 co-authors