About Us

    We are an interdisciplinary team of specialists from various fields of computer science, but also from design, geography, cultural studies, game development or psychology.

    Institute Management

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    Project Controlling

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    Assistance to the Institute Management

    Ksenia Zuric
    Institute Assistant
    +41 56 202 83 52
    ksenia.zuric@fhnw.ch 

    Research Associates   

    Dr. Erion Elmasllari
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    erion.elmasllari@fhnw.ch

    Dr. Elif Gurcinar
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    elif.gurcinar@fhnw.ch

    Cloe Hüsser
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    cloe.huesser@fhnw.ch

    Dr. Martin Lacayo-Emery
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    martin.lacayo@fhnw.ch

    Cédric Merz
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    cedric.merz@fhnw.ch

    Dr. Nitish Patkar
    Research Associate / Requirements Engineering
    nitish.patkar@fhnw.ch

    Katja Pott
    Research Associate / Design & Technology
    katja.pott@fhnw.ch

    Manuel Riedi
    Research Associate / Design & Technology
    manuel.riedi@fhnw.ch

    Dr. Marianne Santaholma
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    marianne.santaholma@fhnw.ch

    Yves Simmen
    Research Associate / Visual Computing
    yves.simmen@fhnw.ch

    Dr. Laura Fontanesi
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    laura.fontanesi@fhnw.ch

    Dr. Vagia Tsiminaki
    Research Associate / HCI & XR
    vagia.tsiminaki@fhnw.ch

    Scientific visitors / Research Scholarships

    Madlaina Kalunder
    Research Associate / Design & Technology
    madlaina.kalunder@fhnw.ch

    Maryam Rabie Yeganeh
    PhD / Requirements Engineering
    maryam.yeganeh@fhnw.ch

    Research assistants / Professional staff

    Melody Amaizu
    Research Assistant / Requirements Engineering
    melody.amaizu@fhnw.ch

    Sandro Arrigoni
    Professional staff / Visual Computing
    sandro.arrigoni@fhnw.ch

    Flavia Brogle
    Research Assistant / HCI & XR
    flavia.brogle@fhnw.ch

    Mikaela Buzdin
    Professional staff / HCI & XR
    mikaela.buzdin @fhnw.ch

    Luca Fluri
    Research Assistant and Master’s student / Visual Computing
    luca.fluri@fhnw.ch

    Rahel Ganarin 
    Research Assistant / HCI & XR
    rahel.ganarin@fhnw.ch

    David Kern
    Research Assistant / Requirements Engineering
    david.kern@fhnw.ch

    Andreas Manuel Leu
    Research Assistant / HCI & XR
    andreasmanuel.leu@fhnw.ch

    Raphael Lüthy
    Research Assistant and Master’s student / Requirements Engineering
    raphael.luethy@fhnw.ch

    Milena Rudig

    Research Assistant / HCI & XR
    milena.rudig@fhnw.ch

    Alain Zanchetta
    Research Assistant / Design & Technology
    alain.zanchetta@fhnw.ch

    Interns / Apprentices

    Grennda Guerra
    Intern
    grennda.guerra@fhnw.ch

    Gertrude Namutebi
    Intern IAESTE
    gertrude.namutebi@fhnw.ch

    Oscar Alonso Simental
    Intern IAESTE 
    oscar.alonso@fhnw.ch

    External Master’s students

    René Achterberg
    rene.achterberg@fhnw.ch

    Former staff

    FHNW School of Computer Science, Brugg-Windisch

    FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
    School of Computer Science

    Bahnhofstrasse 6

    CH - 5210 Windisch