{"id":295,"date":"2023-03-12T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T18:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:04:51","slug":"our-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/?page_id=295","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id=\"awsm-team-807\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid cards-style style-3 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-807-311\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/C548836F-6B7D-4017-8A54-9841A90E275A-500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/C548836F-6B7D-4017-8A54-9841A90E275A-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/C548836F-6B7D-4017-8A54-9841A90E275A-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/C548836F-6B7D-4017-8A54-9841A90E275A-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/C548836F-6B7D-4017-8A54-9841A90E275A.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Michael Haller<\/h3><span>Head \/ Full Professor<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Free University of Bozen-Bolzano\r\nFaculty of Engineering\r\nNOI Techpark\r\nA. Volta Str. 13\r\n39100 Bolzano | ITALY<\/p><div class=\"awsm-social-icons\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/?page_id=561\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/michaelhaller\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-github\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/michael.haller@unibz.it\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-mail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-haller-976a291\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-807-1416\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rachele-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rachele-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rachele-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rachele-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Rachele Didero<\/h3><span>Assistant Professor (RTDA)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-social-icons\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/rachele.didero@unibz.it\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-mail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .grid -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PhD Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id=\"awsm-team-347\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid cards-style style-3 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-347-895\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSC09132-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSC09132-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSC09132-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Andreas Pointner<\/h3><span>PhD Student (40th cycle)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-347-744\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mira-scaled-e1651136683673-2086x2086-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Mira Haberfellner<\/h3><span>PhD Student (40th cycle)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Textile Designer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info 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<figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Thomas Preindl<\/h3><span>Tecnologo &amp; PhD Student  (40th cycle)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-347-742\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ahmed-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ahmed-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ahmed-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Aftab Ahmed<\/h3><span>PhD Student  (39th cycle)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-347-394\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/172518-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/172518-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/172518-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/172518-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/172518-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/172518.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Rahul Bhaumik<\/h3><span>PhD Student (38th cycle)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-347-350\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/43917FC9-2013-41CD-9407-9A237F3D3CD5-500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/43917FC9-2013-41CD-9407-9A237F3D3CD5-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.mediainteractionlab.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/43917FC9-2013-41CD-9407-9A237F3D3CD5-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-figcaption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>Kevin Fred Mwaita<\/h3><span>PhD Student (38th cycle)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-social-icons\"><span><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .grid -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master\/Bachelor Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elias Vieider (Bachelor Student, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maximilian Lochmann (Bachelor Student, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victoria Winkler (Bachelor Student, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni visitors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Oliver Bimber (Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antonia Stieger (Bachelor Student, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lisa Mussner (Master Student, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marco Sciacovelli (Master Student, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fabio Solaroli (Master Student, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni students from our lab (Austria)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Joanne Leong (Master Student), HCI Researcher at Autodesk, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Teo Babic (PhD Student) &#8211; Designer at BMW Group, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Patrick Parzer (PhD Student) &#8211; Product Manager at Humanetics, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Anita Vogl (Phd Student) &#8211; Assistant Professor at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Christian Rendl (PhD Student) &#8211; Founder &amp; CTO at Mutor, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Florian Perteneder (PhD Student) &#8211; Senior Scientist at Dynatrace, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kathrin Probst (PhD Student) &#8211; Professor at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Adwait Sharma (Master Student) &#8211; Assistant Professor at University of Bath, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. David Lindlbauer (Master Student) &#8211; Assistant Professor at CMU, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Alex Ion (Master Student) &#8211; Assistant Professor at CMU, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Jakob Leitner (PhD Student) &#8211; VP at Hoylu, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Thomas Seifried (PhD Student) &#8211; VP at Hoylu, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Daniel Leithinger (Master Student) &#8211; Design Tech Innovation Fellow at Cornell University, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Peter Brandl (PhD Student) &#8211; Senior Principle Product Manager at Dynatrace, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Ary Setijadi Prihatmanto (Phd Student) &#8211; Associate Professor at Bandung 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