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 November 2015
Associate Professor (W2) for Continuum Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
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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
