Our Team
Jens Gerken
Professor
Jens is currently appointed as Professor of Inclusive Human-Roboter Interaction at the TU Dortmund University. Between 2015 and 2023 he was Professor of Media Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction and lead the HCI group at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. His research interests and experiences cover a broad range of topics, such as human-robot interaction, participation and inclusiveness, novel interaction techniques, input technologies, augmented reality and empirical methods, among others.
Senior Researchers
Tobias Held
Senior Researcher
Tobias holds a PhD in Design and Media Research. He is a Senior Researcher in the project „Media Informatics - Quo Vadis? Designing Academic Curricula for the Digital World“ at the the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. He has a Masters degree in Design from the University of Applied Sciences Münster and is currently a doctoral student at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and lecturer for theories of perception, communication and media at the Münster School of Design.
Ph.D. Students
Max Pascher
Research Assistant / Ph.D. student
Max is a research assistant and a doctoral student in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen in the field of Human-Robot Interaction. His research interests and experiences cover a broad range of topics, such as novel interaction techniques in human-robot collaborations, intervention strategies in autonomous robot tasks, distributed systems, smart home/city/factory environments, ambient assisted living and artificial intelligence.
0209/9596-7930
Kirill Kronhardt
Research Assistant / Ph.D. student
Kirill is a PhD Student and Research Assistant at the Westfalian University of Applied Sciences within the UbiTrans project. His expertise includes the development of virtual reality applications as well as web development. His research interests are diverse, ranging from novel interaction concepts to data visualization.
Research Assistants
Karen Bensmann
Research Assistant
Karen is a research assistant at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. She is mostly involved in teaching and is very much interested in accessibility topics within HCI.
0209/9596-790
Marvin Becker
Research Assistant
Marvin is a research assistant and a master student of media informatics at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. He is a tech enthusiast, interested in new gadgets and everything game-related. He is currently responsible for the modernisation and conversion of the facultys TV-Studio in a multifunctional Media Lab where students and teachers are offered digital solutions for realising or presenting their projects or courses.
0209/9596-7933
Florian Borsum
Research Assistant
Florian is a research assistant and master student of Media Informatics at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. He is interested in optimizing collaborative working environments through the use of new technologies and interaction possibilities. His research interests include user centered design, voice assistants, gamification, virtual reality and the use of scents. He also worked in a group project researching new methods for human-robot interaction with paraplegics (Wheelchair Traffic Assistant). Currently he is working on a project looking into different movement methods and devices in VR.
0209/9596-7934
Research Students
Nicole Vögele
Bachelor Research Student
Nicole is a bachelor research student in the project „Media Informatics - Quo Vadis? and studies Media Informatics at the Westfalian University of Applied Sciences..