Joan Lasenby is a British applied mathematician whose research interests include3D reconstruction andmotion capture,geometric algebra,inverse kinematics, and the applications ofstructured light plethysmography in non-invasive medical diagnostics. She is Professor of Image and Signal Analysis in theUniversity of Cambridge Department of Engineering, and College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Engineering forTrinity College, Cambridge.[1]
Lasenby grew up inLiverpool, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1978, as one of the first women to enter the college.[2] She read mathematics there, entered graduate study atLouisiana State University, returned to Cambridge forPart III of the Mathematical Tripos, and completed a Ph.D., on radio and molecular studies of the galactic centre, through Cambridge'sCavendish Laboratory.[1]
Before taking her present position, she held a Junior Research Fellowship inTrinity Hall, Cambridge from 1987 until 1990, did a year of postdoctoral research at theMarconi Research Centre, and held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship for research into Applications of Geometric Algebra in Engineering inNewnham College, Cambridge, from 1994 until 2000.[1]
Lasenby has edited two books ongeometric algebra: