Hi, i am an interdisciplinary researcher blending design and technology.
About me
Over the past 15 years, I have worked in both design agencies and academia, driven by a passion for understanding how humans interact with their environment through technology.
I am currently a Senior Researcher in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Group at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, where my work explores the intersection of interaction design, mixed reality (MR), and intelligent systems. Previously, I served as an Interim Professor of Interaction Design Technologies at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, combining research and teaching to explore how digital and physical spaces converge.
I hold a doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. My dissertation is available [here].
I actively contribute to the HCI and XR research communities through conference organization, program committee service, and peer review. I co-organize the XR Health Workshop series at IEEE VR and IEEE ISMAR. I serve on program committees for conferences such as IEEE VR, IEEE ISMAR, ACM VRST, ICXR, and Eurographics VCBM. I also review submissions for leading conferences and journals, including IEEE VR, IEEE ISMAR, ACM CHI, ACM VRST, ICXR, Computers & Graphics, Virtual Reality, and the International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction.
Honors & Awards
I am grateful that my work in Interaction Design, HCI, and XR has been recognized through the following distinctions:
🏆 Klaus Erich Pollmann Research Award – Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Academic Ceremony, 2025
🏆 Best Dissertation Award – Faculty of Computer Science, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Academic Ceremony, 2025
🏆 Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences – EuroVis 2025, Luxembourg
🏆 Best Paper Award – ACM VRST 2024, Trier, Germany
🏅 Best Short Paper Honorable Mention – EG VCBM 2024, Magdeburg, Germany
🏅 Best Poster Honorable Mention – IEEE ISMAR 2023, Sydney, Australia
🏅 Best Paper Honorable Mention – IEEE VR 2023, Shanghai, China
🏆 Best Presentation (1st Place) & 🏅 Best Project (3rd Place) – 2nd Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2021, University Hospital Balgrist & Technical University of Munich
🏅 Worldwide Touchless Interaction Contest, 2nd Place – Ultraleap Limited 2020, Bristol, UK
🏅 IIIDaward (3rd Place) – High-Performance 2018, Vienna, Austria