Biography
Prof. Maarja Kruusmaa is head of the Centre for Biorobotics in the Tallinn University of Technology and a visiting professor in the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems. Her research focuses on bio-inspired robotics, soft robotics, underwater robotics, experimental fluid dynamics and flow sensing. She has coordinated and is currently coordinating several European collaborative projects focusing on soft robotics, underwater robots and flow sensing. She has supervised 14 PhD theses and 4 postdoc researchers. Prof. Kruusmaa is a co-founder of the start-up company Fits.me. She serves as a program committee member in various journals and conferences, a member of the advisory board FETAG at European Commission, and is a vice-dean of research and member of the Estonian Academy of Science.