Since October 2025, Martin Schmitz is a professor at the University of Koblenz, where he leads the HCI+MR lab. Martin Schmitz is a research group leader and lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at Saarland University and an affiliated researcher at the University of Copenhagen. Previously, he held positions as research group leader at the Telecooperation Lab at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He […]
Madalina Nicolae is a doctoral researcher working at the nexus of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Biodesign, and Embedded Systems. Through her work, she explores how organic and living matter can be leveraged to build a new generation of interactive devices that blur the boundaries between technology and biology. Her research interests include biomaterials, biofabrication, critical making, sustainable interaction design, and living media interfaces. Madalina shares her […]
Alice Haynes is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Human Computer Interaction Lab at Saarland University. She carried out her PhD degree in the Soft Robotics Group at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UK, creating emotive haptic interfaces for mediating social touch and providing anxiety relief. She received her integrated M.Eng. in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Bristol, where her Master’s thesis was on fabricating […]
Ata Otaran is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Human Computer Interaction Lab at Saarland University. He carried out his PhD degree in the Robotics Group at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London and worked on using ankle gesture-based locomotion techniques for interacting with virtual environments. He received his M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering and B.Sc.in Mechatronics Engineering […]
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