Current Members
Gillian Hayes
Gillian runs the STAR Lab and is the Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and the Robert A. and Barbara L. Kleist Professor of Informatics in the School of Information and Computer Sciences and in the School of Education and School of Medicine at UC Irvine. Her interests include HCI, ubiquitous computing, assistive and educational technologies, and health informatics.
Aehong Min
Aehong is a postdoctoral scholar, specializing in HCI, CSCW, and Health Informatics. Her research focuses on technologies that support the cooperative work of informal caregivers in promoting well-being and health. She has expertise in mixed-methods research and user experience design.
Elizabeth Ankrah
Lizzy is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate and an NSF GRFP Fellow. Her work aims to explore the design of sociotechnical interventions that support the successful transition of adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors.
Emani Dotch
Emani is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate, NSF GRFP Fellow, and UC-HBCU Fellow. She uses qualitative methods to design, develop, and evaluate assistive technology to support autistic individuals, especially those from historically marginalized communities.
Sohyeon Park
Sohyeon is a third-year Ph.D. student in Informatics. Her research explores understanding the challenges marginalized populations face in their daily lives and supporting them through the use of state-of-the art assistive technologies, such as AR/VR.
Guest Researchers
Hanna Mofid
Jessica Choi
Sara Chong
Weijie Du