Jan Stallkamp

Jan Stallkamp received the Diploma degree in aeronautical engineering from the Rheinisch-Westfälischen-Technischen Hochschule, Aachen, in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Stuttgart in 2005, with a thesis on “Optical 3-D Measurement Device for Navigation in Robot-Assisted Keyhole Surgery.” He was a Research Assistant with the Virtual Reality Group, Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany. In 1998, he became the Head of the Competence Center for Medical Technologies, that centers the competences at the Fraunhofer IPA from the different departments. Since 2001, he was the Head of the Group Geräte-und Anlagenentwicklung, which specialized in the development of systems for life-science applications and food industry. In 2005, he was the Head of the Department for Production and Process Automation at the IPA, which has a main focus in the field of technologies for diagnosis and intervention, life-sciences, and food technology. Since 2012, he has been the Head of the Fraunhofer-Project Group for Automation in Medicine and Biotechnology at the Medical Faculty, University Heidelberg, Mannheim. In 2014, he received the professorship for Automation in Medicine and Biotechnology at the University of Heidelberg.