Dr. Jonathan Gammell

Biography

Jonathan Gammell is an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute. He previously served as a Departmental Lecturer and adjunct fellow at the Oxford Robotics Institute, where he taught at St. Peter's College, Oxford. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Physics from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Applied Science and PhD in Robotics from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. Jonathan leads the Estimation, Search, Planning (ESP) research group, focusing on understanding fundamental problems in motion planning for robotics using knowledge to develop robotic solutions. His work is widely applicable in areas like steerable catheters, self-driving cars, and full-sized autonomous helicopters. He has collaborated with industry and academia, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Oxford, as well as with orthopaedic surgeons. Jonathan has received several accolades, including the CIPPRS award for the top Canadian PhD thesis in medical imaging and robotics, and has been part of teams that received the NASA Group Achievement Award. His research outputs are published in top-tier journals and presented at international robotic conferences, and he is known for giving invited talks across various academic and industrial settings.

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