People

Faculty

Carl Gutwin

Professor

Dr. Carl Gutwin’s main research areas are computer-supported cooperative work,…

Ian Stavness

Professor

Dr. Ian Stavness’s main research areas are computer graphics/vision, 3D…

Jason Bowey

Lecturer

Jason’s main research area focuses on the relationship between Player…

Yen-Ting (Allen) Yeh

Assistant Professor

Dr. Allen Yeh is a HCI researcher specialising in phone…

Students

Anthony Blower

MSc Student

Anthony is a Red Seal Carpenter with a B.Sc. in…

Ashley Herman

PhD Student

Ashley is a PhD student under the supervision of Carl…

Cameron Beattie

MSc Student

Cameron is an incoming graduate student with three summers of…

Declan Hills

MSc Student

As a lifelong tech-enjoyer and question-asker, Declan is thrilled to…

Hannah Kostuk

Undergraduate Student

Hannah is an undergraduate summer student at the Interaction Lab…

Morgan Beattie

MSc Student

With a wide range of research interests, Morgan has explored…

Sadiq Fathia

Undergraduate Student

Fathia is a third-year computer science major with a growing…

Siddharth Padakanti

BSc

As a passionate explorer of both code and creativity, Siddharth…

Taylan Dufresne

MSc Student

Taylan started out in the HCI as a visualization developer…

Woody Morrice

MSc Student

Driven by a passion for learning, Woody is pursuing a…

Faculty Alumni

Regan Mandryk

Professor @ University of Victoria

Dr. Regan Mandryk pioneered the area of affective physiological evaluation…

Madison Klarkowski

Lecturer @ Queensland University of Technology

Dr. Madison Klarkowski is an early career games researcher. She…

Cody Phillips

Senior Lecturer @ Queensland University of Technology

Dr. Cody Phillips is a Special Lecturer at the University…

Alumni

Adam Baker

Research Assistant @ University of Saskatchewan

Adam joined the interaction lab in 2023 as a master’s…

Aristides Mairena

MSc

Ari is a research assistant at the HCI Lab working…

Ashley Armstrong

MSc

Ashley joined the Interaction Lab as an M.Sc. student under…

Brandon Piller

PhD Student @ University of Victoria

Brandon joined the HCI lab in 2019 after finishing his…

Colby Johanson

Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Victoria

Colby’s research goal is to help you be a better…

Julian Frommel

Assistant Professor @ Utrecht University

Dr. Julian Frommel conducts research in human-computer interaction, contributing to…

Katelyn Wiley

PhD

Katelyn researches the use of games for cognitive assessment, particularly…

Kevin Lam

MSc

Kevin’s research interests are in developing new brain-computer interface technologies…

Martin Dechant

Lecturer / Assistant Professor @ University College London

Dr. Martin Deschant focuses his research on how digital games…

Maryam Samadi

MSc

Maryam joined the interaction lab in 2021 as a master’s…

Matthew Miller

PhD

I’m a PhD candidate working to understand and improve video…

Maximilian A. Friehs

Assistant Professor @ University of Twente

Dr. Friehs is a cognitive neuroscientist and was awarded his…

Md. Sami Uddin

Assistant Professor @ University of Regina

Dr. Uddin’s research falls under the broad category of Human-Computer…

Natanael Bandeira Romão Tomé

MSc

Natanael Bandeira Romão Tomé joined the Interaction Lab in 2018,…

Nicole Beres

PhD

Nicole is pursuing a M.Sc. in Computer Science (Applied Computing)…

Phaedra Berger

MSc student @ University of Victoria

Phaedra is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.Sc. in Psychology…

Qihang Liang

PhD Student @ the University of British Columbia

Qihang is an MSc student in the Interdisciplinary Studies program…

Rafael Heinze

MSc

Rafael started his Master’s in Computer Science (Applied Computing) in…

Raquel Robinson

Assistant Professor @ Malmö University

Dr. Raquel Robinson is interested in using affective physiological communication…

Sarah Vedress

MSc Student

Hi, I’m Sarah! I completed my B.A. & Sc in…

Susanne Poeller

Assistant Professor @ Utrecht University

Dr. Susanne Poeller focuses on motivation in video games. Specifically,…

Venkat Kiran Bandi

Research Technician

Venkat is a web developer at the HCI lab working…