Our Team

School of Computer Science

We are an interdisciplinary team of specialists from various fields of computer science, but also from design, geography, cultural studies, game development or psychology.

Institute Management

Prof. Dr. Arzu Çöltekin

Head of FHNW Institute of Interactive Technologies, Lecturer HCI & XR

Phone: +41 56 202 84 73 (Direct)
E-Mail: arzu.coltekin@fhnw.ch

Institute Coordination

Dr. Carolin von Schoultz

Institute Coordinator Institute for Interactive Technologies

Phone: +41 56 202 77 78
E-Mail: carolin.vonschoultz@fhnw.ch

Oscar Alonso

Research Assistant

Phone: +41 56 202 87 34
E-Mail: oscar.alonso@fhnw.ch

Flavia Brogle

Research Assistant

E-Mail: flavia.brogle@fhnw.ch

Sapar Charyyev

Research Assistant

Phone: +41 56 202 81 21
E-Mail: sapar.charyyev@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Arzu Çöltekin

Head of FHNW Institute of Interactive Technologies, Lecturer HCI & XR

Phone: +41 56 202 84 73 (Direct)
E-Mail: arzu.coltekin@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Hilko Cords

Lecturer Visual Computing

Phone: +41 56 202 87 48 (Direct)
E-Mail: hilko.cords@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Anton Fedosov

Lecturer Digital Experience Design

Phone: +41 56 202 81 37 (Direct)
E-Mail: anton.fedosov@fhnw.ch

Luca Fluri

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 82 64
E-Mail: luca.fluri@fhnw.ch

Dr. Laura Fontanesi

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 75 52
E-Mail: laura.fontanesi@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Samuel Fricker

Lecturer Requirements Engineering

Phone: +41 56 202 81 93 (Direct)
E-Mail: samuel.fricker@fhnw.ch

Dr. Lizeth Fuentes

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 75 16
E-Mail: lizeth.fuentes@fhnw.ch

Rahel Ganarin

Research Assistant

Phone: +41 56 202 89 07
E-Mail: rahel.ganarin@fhnw.ch

Grennda Guerra

Research Intern

E-Mail: grennda.guerra@fhnw.ch

Dr. Elif Gürçınar

Research Associate

E-Mail: elif.gurcinar@fhnw.ch

Fynn Huber

Intern IMS

E-Mail: fynn.huber@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Kevin Gonyop Kim

Lecturer for Spatial Computing and 3D Technologies

Phone: +41 56 202 82 38 (Direct)
E-Mail: kevin.kim@fhnw.ch

Katja Lapadula

Finance & Project Controlling Transfer Administration Co-President of the FHNW Employee Participation Council

Phone: +41 56 202 76 98
E-Mail: katja.lapadula@fhnw.ch

Andreas Leu

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 87 71
E-Mail: andreasmanuel.leu@fhnw.ch

Raphael Lüthy

Research Assistant

Phone: +41 56 202 83 12
E-Mail: raphael.luethy@fhnw.ch

Leonardo Maldonado

Research Intern IAESTE

Phone: +41 56 202 70 98
E-Mail: leonardo.maldonado@fhnw.ch

Cédric Merz

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 87 97
E-Mail: cedric.merz@fhnw.ch

Wilson Ndambuki

Intern IAESTE

E-Mail: wilson.ndambuki@fhnw.ch

Dr. Nitish Patkar

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 77 17
E-Mail: nitish.patkar@fhnw.ch

Maryam Rabie Yeganeh

PhD Student

Phone: +41 56 202 77 71
E-Mail: maryam.yeganeh@fhnw.ch

Dr. Marianne Santaholma

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 72 01
E-Mail: marianne.santaholma@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Norbert Seyff

Lecturer for Requirements Engineering

Phone: +41 56 202 78 63 (Direct)
E-Mail: norbert.seyff@fhnw.ch

Yves Simmen

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 87 05
E-Mail: yves.simmen@fhnw.ch

Julian Steinacher

Research Assistant

Phone: +41 56 202 72 46
E-Mail: julian.steinacher@fhnw.ch

Dr. Ioannis Tarnanas

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 76 24
E-Mail: ioannis.tarnanas@fhnw.ch

Dr. Vagia Tsiminaki

Research Associate

Phone: +41 56 202 74 51
E-Mail: vagia.tsiminaki@fhnw.ch

Dr. Carolin von Schoultz

Institute Coordinator Institute for Interactive Technologies

Phone: +41 56 202 77 78
E-Mail: carolin.vonschoultz@fhnw.ch

Oshani Wijesooriya

Research Intern IAESTE

Phone: +41 56 202 71 53
E-Mail: oshani.wijesooriya@fhnw.ch

Former Staff Members

René Achterberg

Fabian Affolter

Nosakhare Daniel Ahanor

Melody Amaizu

Dr. JongGwan An

Sandro Arrigoni

Louis Baumgartner

Weyner Beldi

Linus Bernhard

Mia Braunwalder

Florian Bruggisser

Mikaela Buzdin

Moritz Dietsche

Tabea Eggler

Thierry Figini

Hanna Lisa Franz

Dr. Marcel Gygli

Johannes Hoffmann

Cloe Hüsser

Tahira Iqbal

Benedikt Iseli

Madlaina Kalunder

David Kern

Kathrin Koebel

Hannah-Sarah Kühne

Dr. Martin Lacayo-Emery

Alexander Legath

Claudio Maiorana

Yuliyan Maksimov

Dr. Leticia Fernandez Moguel

Dr. Ugo Molteni

Mathumitha Murali

Flavio Müller

Gertrude Namutebi

Ménélik Nouvellon

Fiona Nüesch

Jonas Oesch

Jessica Pariente

Katja Pott

Manuel Riedi

Mokhirjon Rikhsivoev

Sebastian Romanek

Adrian Roth

Milena Rudig

Ronnie Schaniel

Shenia Scherer

Alexander Schneiter

Ulrike Schock

Prof. Dr. Simon Schubiger

Fabian Schwander

Marina Selivanova

Alireza Shojaifar

Melanie Stade

Kayla Susanto

Alexandre Thomas

Zoé Gaja Tschirren

Ramiro Valdez

Daniel Vegh

Fernando Millan Villalobos

Dimitri Wüest

Dr. Dustin Wüest

Alain Zanchetta

Sena Yalcin

Andrea Zirn

Matej Zmitko

Ksenia Zuric

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Prof. Dr. Arzu Çöltekin

Head of FHNW Institute of Interactive Technologies, Lecturer HCI & XR

Phone: +41 56 202 84 73 (Direct)
E-Mail: arzu.coltekin@fhnw.ch

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