Fields I’m involved in
- Human-Computer-Interaction
- User Experience and Digital Media
- Media Psychology
- Data Visualization and Usability
- Computer Game Studies
- Transmedia Storytelling
Memberships
- ICA – International Communication Association (Divisions: Communication and Technology, Game Studies)
- ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association (Sections: Audience and Reception Studies, Television Studies, Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction, Digital Games Research)
- DGPS – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (German Society for Psychology) (Section: Media Psychology)
- ISPR – International Society for Presence Research
Awards and Honors
- Best Paper Award, International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2017)
- Best Paper Award, 7th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality 2015
- Reviewer of the Year 2014 (Journal of Media Psychology)
- Faculty of Humanities Dissertation award 2014 [Fakultätspreis der Philosophischen Fakultät TU Chemnitz]
Reviewer Assignments
- Editorial Board of Journal of Media Psychology (JMP)
- International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS)
- Journal of Communication (JOC)
- Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft (M&K)
- Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
- Learning and Instruction, The Journal of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- Imagination, Cognition and Personality (ICR)
- Journal of Mobile Media & Communication (MMC)
- International Communication Association Annual Conference (Divisions CAT, IS, GS)
- Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs)
- European Communication Research and Education Association Conference (ECREA)
- Athens Journal of Education (AJE)
Academic Events
- Fachgruppentagung “11th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Society of Psychlogy”, Head of Conference Organization Committee, September 2019, Chemnitz, DE
- ICA Game Studies Preconference “Games Everywhere, Gaming Everywhere”Head of Conference Organization Committee, May 24, 2018, Prague, CZ
- ICA Game Studies Preconference “Gaming Bodies”, Member of Conference Organization Committee, May 2015, San Juan, PR
- “Crossworlds: Theory, Development & Evaluation of Social Technology”, Member of Conference Organization Committee, June 30-July 1st, 2014, Chemnitz, Germany
Short Vita
- 2014-now
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Media Research, Chemnitz University of Technology
- 2014
- Ph.D. in empiciral communication studies and media psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology. Title of doctor’s Thesis: “Spatial Mapping in virtual environments: The effects of stereoscopy and natural mapping on user experience “
- 2012-2014
- PhD student, DFG Graduate Program “Crossworlds“, Chemnitz University of Technology
- 2008-2012
- Research Assistant and Junior Lecturer, Chair for Media Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology (Prof. Dr. Ohler)
- 2008
- Master of Arts “Media and Communication Studies (Medienkommunikation)”, Chemnitz University of Technology. Title of Masters’ Thesis: “Involvierung, Immersion und Engagement in Computerspielen. Eine Analyse des Immersionbegriffs als Konzept für die Beschreibung des Nutzer-Erlebens in virtuellen Umgebungen in Zusammenhang mit authentischen Eingabegeräten”