Jessica Burgner-Kahrs
Member since 2016
born 1981
subject: Engineering, Informatic, Continuum Robotics
Contact
University of Toronto
Laboratory for Continuum Robotics
3359 Mississauga Road
ON L5L 1C6 Mississauga - Kanada
Research Areas
Continuum robots
Robot design
Algorithms
Human machine interaction
Computer and robot assisted surgery
Curriculum Vitae
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Since 2019
Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Kanada Department of Mathematical & Computational Sciences Department of Computer Science Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Director Continuum Robotics Laboratory
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2019
Young Global Leader, Class of 2019, World Economic Forum
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2015-2019
Associate Professor (W2) for Continuum Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
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2015, 2016, 2017
Young Elite Top 40 under 40 Category Science and Society
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2016
Engineering Science Prize by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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2015
Young Researcher of the Year
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2015
Lower Saxony Science Award, Categorie II: Young Researchers
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2015
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
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Since October 2013
Head of Emmy Noether Research Group, Hanover Center of Mechatronics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
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2013
Executive Director, Hannover Center of Mechatronics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
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2012-2013
DAAD Research Fellow (Returning German Scientists from Abroad), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
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2010-2012
Research Associate, Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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2010
Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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2006-2010
Research Assistant, Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Department of Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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2002-2006
Student Research Assistant Collaborative Research Centre 414, Medical Robotics Group (MeGI), Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Department of Informatics, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
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2000-2006
Computer Science, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Publications
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Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: A Survey
Burgner-Kahrs J, Rucker DC, Choset H (2015). IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31(6):1261-1280
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A 3D Volume Coverage Path Planning Algorithm with Application to Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation
Granna J, Godage IS, Wirz R, Weaver RJ, Webster III RJ, Burgner-Kahrs J (2016). IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1(2):876-883
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A Telerobotic System for Transnasal Surgery
Burgner J, Rucker DC, Gilbert HB, Swaney PJ, Russell PT, Weaver KD, Webster III RJ (2014). IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, 19(3):996-1006
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Robot Assisted Laser Osteotomy
Burgner J (2010), KIT Scientific Publishing, ISBN: 3866444974
