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Dr. Jan Genoe is a leading researcher in human-robot collaboration (HRC), specializing in safety systems, sensor integration, and privacy-preserving interaction technologies. Their work addresses critical challenges in modern manufacturing and hazardous environments, with a particular focus on enabling seamless and secure collaboration between humans and robots. Dr. Genoe’s most impactful contribution is the comprehensive review "Sensor-Enabled Safety Systems for Human–Robot Collaboration: A Review" (2024, 39 citations), which systematically maps the integration of sensors into collaborative robots to enhance worker safety through environmental perception and adaptive behavior. They have also pioneered innovative communication interfaces, as demonstrated in their co-design study on flexible display technology as a robotic-skin-interface (2024, 11 citations). A hallmark of Dr. Genoe’s recent work is the development of privacy-compliant sensing using 60 GHz FMCW RaDAR, exemplified by the mmPrivPose3D dataset (2025), which enables 3D pose estimation and gesture command recognition without the privacy risks of RGB-D cameras. Additionally, their research extends to nuclear decommissioning, where they developed an optimized back-projection algorithm for a single-layer Compton camera (2024). With a growing citation record and a focus on real-world safety and ethical sensing, Dr. Genoe is shaping the future of collaborative robotics.