Curriculum Vitae:

• Name: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn

Academic education:

• 1970-1983: Public school (1983: graduation, "Abitur")
• 1983-1990: Studying biology at University of Bielefeld
• 1990: Diploma in biology (specialisation in biological cybernetics), Diploma thesis about coactivation of leg reflexes in the stick insect Carausius morosus
• 1993: Doctoral Degree in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Dissertation "Pfadplanung beim Menschen" (Human path planning), supervisor: Prof. Holk Cruse

Scientific employments:

• 1990-1992: Research Scientist of "Schwerpunkt Mathematisierung der Einzelwissenschaften" (Faculty of mathematics, University of Bielefeld)
• 1993-1996: Post-Doctoral position at German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD), member of the AI research division
• 1994-1996: Head of the ALF project (Artificial Life experiments with fischertechnik robots) at GMD
• March-December 1996: Senior Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), AI Lab, funded by a HCM/TMR research grant, title of project: "Imitation of movements as a step towards the development of artificial social intelligence for autonomous robots"
• Jan 1997: Lectureship at University of Reading, Department of Cybernetics
• April 2000: Principal Lecturer (Research) at University of Hertfordshire, Department of Computer Science, since Dec 2001 Reader in Artificial Intelligence
• April 2003: Professor of Artificial Intelligence