Highlights
Along the Way

Defense Day

PhD, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

When design moved online, designers lost the shared materials and shoulder-to-shoulder rhythm that lets them explore ideas together. My thesis, Co-Exploration in Remote Design Collaboration, set out to understand and support that lost togetherness. It brings together peer-reviewed publications from venues including IEEE Pervasive Computing, She Ji and the IFIP INTERACT conference — and I designed, illustrated and wrote the whole book myself. I defended it before a committee drawn from universities around the world: a demanding, joyful ceremony, and a wonderful way to close the chapter.

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Longitudinal Observation

61 participants · 5 months · mixed-method

To see how co-exploration actually unfolds over time, I ran a five-month, mixed-method study with 61 participants, built around a custom diary template that captured collaboration as it happened. The analysis became Beyond Divergence: Characterizing Co-exploration Patterns in Collaborative Design Processes, published in She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation (2025). Careful study design and project management paid off in positive feedback and 100% participant retention.

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Two Talks at INTERACT

IFIP INTERACT, Brazil · two papers

I presented twice at the IFIP INTERACT conference in Brazil. The first, When Design Collaboration Goes Remote: Intermediate-Level Knowledge for Empowering Remote Co-exploration, shared design knowledge I had validated with expert practitioners, and opened a lively discussion with peers about how to support designers working apart. The second, Reflecting on Methods: From Unfolding to Supporting Co-exploration in Collaborative Design (PhenoHCI'25 workshop), stepped back to reflect on my PhD methods and the lessons phenomenology offered along the way.

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A Study Born from Crisis

COVID-19 · IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2021

When the pandemic forced design teams apart overnight, I recognised a rare, fleeting moment worth capturing. As a researcher already working in this field, I quickly designed and ran a study — combining interviews and questionnaires — to document how designers adjusted to a suddenly distributed process. The findings became Adjusting to a Distributed Collaborative Design Process During the COVID-19 Pandemic, published in IEEE Pervasive Computing (2021), and set the direction for the rest of my PhD.

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Sehr Gut, in German

Master, to where industrial design originally comes from

I completed my master's in Strategic Design at Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany (2016–2018). The programme spanned strategic and service design, design thinking and visual storytelling, and I graduated with 'sehr gut' — the highest grade. Fun fact: the whole class was taught in German.

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Music on Record

From childhood to adult · Baidi Accordion Orchestra

Outside academia, I've played the accordion since childhood. As vice leader of the Baidi Accordion Orchestra, I helped lead rehearsals and coordinate the ensemble, and took part in the professional recording of two CDs — West Side Story and Emotion and Fantasize.

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