Research Area
Research through Design, Posthuman-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Philosophy through Design.
Education
2018 — 2023: PhD, Loughborough University.
Thesis title: Things, Be~things, and Beings: Exploring the existence of technological be~things and beings and their implications for our relationships with design, technology, data, and the physical-digital world.
2016 — 2017: MA (Critical) Interaction Design, Goldsmiths University of London.
Thesis title: Designing Practice for Dishevelling Research.
2011 — 2015: BSc Product Design, Brunel University London.
Final year project: Bright a smart cycling jacket.
Career
2025 — Present: Teaching Fellow in Physical-Digital Design at Loughborough University.
2024 — Present: EDI Champion at Loughborough University.
2022 — 2025: Technical Tutor in User Experience at Loughborough University.
2018 — 2022: Casual University Teacher at Loughborough University
2017: Research Intern at Uscreates
2015 — 2016: Product Designer at Innovate Product Design
2013 — 2014: Technical Intern at Philips Lighting UK
Teaching Experience
- Critical and Speculative Design
- Interaction Design (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
- Design for AI Products (Postgraduate)
- Coding, Electronics, and Prototyping (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
- UX Software Labs including Axure and Figma (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
- CAD and CAM
Professional Certificates
Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML), Harvard University (HarvardX) Certificate ID: b169f588149546b2af3a332d8a32a645
Awards
- Seal of Excellence, 101211621 — DRTinyML “Design Research into Tiny Machine Learning”, HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024. Host institution: Eindhoven University of Technology, Supervisors: Prof. Stephan Wensveen and Dr Mathias Funk.
- Most Aesthetic Presentation, Ergonomics and Human Factors Conference Doctoral Consortium, 2018
- First Place, Kaggle Workshop on Machine Learning Fine Tuning, Digital Economy Network Summer School, 2018
Other Activities
2019 — 2020: Postgraduate Research Representative and Lead Representative at Loughborough University
2018: Transition ZoneTM Training. Centre for Doctoral Training: Embedded Intelligence
2014 — 2015: Publications Team, Made in Brunel, Brunel University.