Leveraging fNIRS to Evaluate Workload for Adaptive Training in Virtual RealityPreprint
arXiv preprint · arXiv:2605.06909
01 About
I am a UX researcher at MeasuringU in Denver, where I plan and moderate research sessions for Fortune 500 clients and turn what participants actually do into something their product teams can act on. Before that I completed a binational cotutelle doctorate in computer science at the University of Würzburg and Colorado State University.
My research is about notifications in augmented reality: when a headset should interrupt you, how the message ought to be presented, and what the interruption costs the task you were in the middle of. That question has taken me through patient monitoring for anaesthesiologists, AR-guided CPR with Cornell Tech, and cognitive load in VR assembly training for the Office of Naval Research.
Underneath all of it is ten-plus years of building AR and VR software and eight years of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research — usually in that order, because I would rather prototype the study than argue about it. If any of this overlaps with what you are working on, send me a note.
- Augmented reality
- Notifications & interruptions
- User research
- Cognitive load
- Safety-critical HCI
- VR training
02 Publications
Selected work
2026
2025
Order Up! Multimodal Interaction Techniques for Notifications in Augmented RealityIEEE VR 2025
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 2258–2267
Five-Day Research-in-the-Wild Observation of Notifications on Smartglasses: A Double-Edged Sword
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) · pp. 1–10
Investigating Notification Presentation and Interaction in Augmented RealityDissertation
PhD dissertation, Colorado State University
The Impact of Simple, Brief, and Adaptive Instructions within Virtual Reality Training: Components of Cognitive Load Theory in an Assembly TaskPreprint
arXiv preprint · arXiv:2507.20943
Investigating Cognitive Engagement from Training to Application Under Varied Workload Manipulations in Virtual Reality
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 1435–1440
2024
Ping! Your Food Is Ready: Comparing Different Notification Techniques in a 3D AR Cooking Environment
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) · pp. 1157–1166
Augmented Reality Cues Facilitate Task Resumption After Interruptions in Computer-Based and Physical Tasks
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · pp. 1–16
Segmentation and Immersive Visualization of Brain Lesions Using Deep Learning and Virtual Reality
ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI) · pp. 1–8
2023
Exploring Unimodal Notification Interaction and Display Methods in Augmented Reality
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) · pp. 1–11
2022
Push the Red Button: Comparing Notification Placement with Augmented and Non-Augmented Tasks in AR
ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) · pp. 1–11
Press the Red Button: A User Study Comparing Notification Placement with Augmented and Non-Augmented Tasks in ARPoster
IEEE ISMAR Adjunct · pp. 483–484
ARtisan Bistro: A Cooking Task Environment to Conduct Studies in Augmented RealityPoster
IEEE ISMAR Adjunct · pp. 909–910
2021
Visualisation Methods for Patient Monitoring in Anaesthetic Procedures Using Augmented Reality
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) · pp. 1–3
Indicators and Predictors of the Suspension of Disbelief: Children's Individual Presence Tendencies
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) · pp. 494–495
03 Academic journey
Where I have been
Aug 2025 — present
UX Researcher
MeasuringU
Denver, CO. Planning and moderating user research sessions for Fortune 500 clients, then turning the data into reports their product teams can act on.
Conferred July 2025
Dr. rer. nat. & PhD, Computer Science
University of Würzburg & Colorado State University
Binational cotutelle doctorate, summa cum laude. Dissertation on notification interaction and presentation in augmented reality.
Jun 2025 — Aug 2025
Virtual Reality Software Developer
College of Business, Colorado State University
Designed and built a VR application for teaching cybersecurity course material to students.
Aug 2023 — Aug 2025
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Measured cognitive load in VR assembly training for the Office of Naval Research, and led VR development across seven studies at three universities.
Conferred Aug 2021
M.Sc., Human-Computer Interaction
HCI Group, University of Würzburg
Thesis on visualisation methods for anaesthetic procedures using augmented reality.
Mar 2020 — Jul 2023
Research Associate, Intensive Health Care
HCI Group, University of Würzburg
Built and studied AR headset applications for intensive care, co-designing with anaesthesiologists and running a 30-participant simulation study.
Conferred Sep 2018
B.Sc., Human-Computer Systems
University of Würzburg
Thesis on the usability of text-input methods for virtual reality.
Sep 2017 — Feb 2020
Student Researcher & Tutor, School Pedagogy
University of Würzburg
Developed VR education applications, ran a media education lab, and tutored a seminar on using VR and AR in schools.
Mar 2017 — May 2017
3D Design Engineering Intern
Centigrade UX GmbH
Munich, Germany. Built a 3D AR demo showing the potential of augmented reality in manufacturing, and researched 3D art styles for AR.
04 Contact