Ji

Ji Ma is a Staff Researcher Engineer specializing in Medical Robotics at the University of California, Los Angeles, since August 2014. Previously, Ji Ma served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Medical Robotics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from March 2010 to August 2014, and as a Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from January 2005 to February 2010, where Ji Ma focused on developing a compact laparoscopic surgical robot system for a Ph.D. dissertation. Earlier experience includes roles as Lead Robotics Engineer and Lead Industrial Electrical Automation Control System Engineer at the Shenyang Institute of Automation, CAS, from February 1999 to December 2004. Ji Ma holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering/Surgical Robotics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a Master's degree in Industrial Automation Control Engineering from Northeastern University (CN), and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Electrical Automation from Shenyang Jianzhu University.