People

The Creative Technology Group was created in 2015 and launched in 2016. In 2019, it counts six labs. Meet our members, early-career researchers, and recent alumni!

• HCT Lab: Human-Centred Technology Lab 

  Research contacts: Dr Kate Howland, Emeritus Prof. Ben du Boulay.

  Visiting scholar: Prof. Judith Good.

  Current early career researchers (PhD Students and Post-Docs): 

  • Anthony Trory;
  • Qifan Shu;
  • Abrar Almjally;
  • Norah Sarhan;
  • Grazia Ragone;
  • Nesreen Munshi.

  Alumni: Dr Edgar Cambranes-Martinez, Dr Eleanor Martin.

• RepSysLab: Representational Systems Lab

  Research contacts: Prof Peter Cheng, Dr Ronald Grau, Dr Frances Aldrich.
  
  Current early career researchers (PhD Students, Post-Docs and Research Assistants): 

  • Noorah Ablehaijan;
  • Munirah Alwhibi;
  • Dr Grecia Garcia Garcia;
  • Holly Sutherland.
• Interact Lab

  Research contacts: Dr Gianluca Memoli.

  Visiting scholars: Prof Sri Subramanian, Dr Diego Martinez.

  Early career researchers (PhD students and post-docs):
  

  • Lorenzo Bonoldi;
  • Chinmay Rajgur;
  • Abdelhalim Azbaid El Ouahab;
  • Yuanian Zhao;
  • Luis Berna Moya.

  Research engineer: Robert Cobden.

  Visit the team page.

• MTL: Media Technology Lab

  Permanent staff: Dr Phil Watten, Dr Martin White, Dr Natalia Beloff and Dr Paul Newbury.

  Current early career researchers (PhD Students and Post-Docs): 

  • Naif Al Mudawi;
  • Bayan Alabdullah;
  • Sunday A Alabi;
  • Monirah Ali A Aleisa;
  • Manal Alkhammash;
  • Mohammed Alonazi;
  • Yahya Ali M Alqahtani;
  • Mona Jubran S Alshahrani;
  • Amal Saleh A (Amal) Alzahrani;
  • Rituparna Bhattacharya;
  • Michael S Dakos-Mantoudis;
  • Bassey Itam Eyo;
  • Steve Huckle;
  • Sara Bander Alharbi;
  • Mesfer Al Duhayyim;
  • Vikula Kuruwitage.

  Alumni: Dr Marco Gilardi

• SCHI Lab: Sussex Computer Human Interaction Lab

  Research contact: Dr Dmitrijs Dmitrenko.

  Visiting scholars: Prof. Marianna Obrist.

  Current early career researchers (PhD Students and Post-Docs):

  • Daniel Hajas;
  • Giada Brianza.

  Alumni: Dr Elia Gatti, Dr Chi Thanh Vi, Dr Carlos Velasco, Dr Damien Ablart, Dr Emanuela Maggioni, Dario Pittera.

• Product Design

  
  Research contacts: Prof Ann Light, Dr Giovanni Contreras Garcia, Dr Charlotte Robinson, Dr Alexandre Rodrigues and Dr Emeline Brulé.

  Current early career researchers (PhD Students and Post-Docs):

  • Alice Torjussen;
  • Dr Kate Baybrooke.

  Research assistants: James Jackson.