Scholar
Jessica Burgner-Kahrs
Google Scholar ID: JtHZL24AAAAJ
University of Toronto
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,435
H-index
32
i10-index
69
Publications
20
Co-authors
29
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, the Engineering Science Prize, and the Lower Saxony Science Award in the category Young Researcher. Named Young Researcher of the Year 2015 in Germany. Selected as one of the Top 40 under 40 in the category Science and Society by Capital magazine for 2015, 2016, and 2017. Elected as one of 100 Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum in 2019. Senior member of IEEE, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, and Senior Editor for IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters.
Research Experience
- Associate Professor at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, USA.
Education
- Diplom in Computer Science from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany in 2006; Ph.D. in Computer Science from KIT in 2010.
Background
- Professor of Mathematical & Computational Sciences, Computer Science, and Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Founding Director of the Continuum Robotics Laboratory and Associate Director of the Robotics Institute. Her research focuses on continuum robotics, particularly their design, modeling, planning, control, and human-robot interaction, with applications in minimally-invasive surgery and maintenance, repair, and operations.
