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Franziska Mathis-Ullrich is a professor of surgical robotics at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), where she leads the Surgical Planning Robotic Cognition Lab (SPARC). She joined FAU in 2023 after serving as an assistant professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 2019. Her primary research focus is on minimally invasive systems that involve cognition-controlled robotic systems, with an emphasis on applications in surgery. She earned her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering with a specialization in robotics from ETH Zurich in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and completed her Ph.D. in Microrobotics at the same institution in 2017. Prof. Mathis-Ullrich has received numerous international accolades for her contributions to the field, including the IEEE ICRA Paper Award in Medical Robotics (2014), the IEEE BioRob Student Paper Award (2016), and she has secured the team prize at the ICRA Microassembly Challenge in 2014 and 2015. Additionally, she was recognized in the prestigious Forbes “30 Under 30” list in 2017.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology • Karlsruhe, Germany
Served as an assistant professor specializing in robotic systems.
Department of Computer Science. Program involves a Qualification Assessment Process (QAP).