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Where our people came from — and where they went.

Researchers and students of the Natural User Interaction Lab, by institution and cohort. The lab began at Florida International University and continues at Colorado State.

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67
people
1
PostDoc
5
PhD
16
MS
48
BS
2
institutions

Colorado State University

2018 – present

2025

5 people
Portrait of Lucas Plabst.
Lucas Plabst
PhD '25 · CSU & U. Wurzburg · in lab 2019, 2022–2025
XR Researcher, MeasuringU (Denver, CO)
Portrait of Zahra "Faezeh" Borhani.
Zahra "Faezeh" Borhani
MS '20 → PhD '25 · CSU · in lab 2019–2025
Portrait of Swagata Aich.
Swagata Aich
MS '25 · CSU · in lab 2025
Portrait of Ali Branum.
Ali Branum
BS · CSU · in lab 2024–2025
Portrait of Dylan Schreiber.
Dylan Schreiber
BS · CSU · in lab 2022–2025
At a large government contractor

2024

14 people
Portrait of Aditya Raikwar.
Aditya Raikwar
MS '20 → PhD '24 · CSU · in lab 2018–2024
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware
Portrait of Xiaoyan Zhou.
Xiaoyan Zhou
PhD '24 · CSU · in lab 2020–2024
Postdoctoral Fellow, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Portrait of Caspian Siebert.
Caspian Siebert
MS '24 · CSU · in lab 2023–2024
Portrait of Dan Rehberg.
Dan Rehberg
BS '22 → MS '24 · CSU · in lab 2021–2024
First: Asst. Professor of the Practice, Notre Dame Now: Asst. Professor of the Practice, Notre Dame
Portrait of Ethan Holen.
Ethan Holen
BS '22 → MS '24 · CSU · in lab 2020–2024
Cloud Kubernetes Platform Engineer, HP
Portrait of Emily Cosgriff.
Emily Cosgriff
BS · CSU · in lab 2023–2024
Portrait of Ethan Smith.
Ethan Smith
BS · CSU · in lab 2024
Portrait of Irene Zaugg.
Irene Zaugg
BS · CSU · in lab 2024
Portrait of Jacob Masters.
Jacob Masters
BS · CSU · in lab 2022–2024
Portrait of Jalynn Blu Nicoly.
Jalynn Blu Nicoly
BS · CSU · in lab 2022–2024
Ph.D. student, University of Colorado Boulder
Portrait of Jessica Lee (Jihyun Lee).
Jessica Lee (Jihyun Lee)
BS · CSU · in lab 2024
Portrait of Mason Coco.
Mason Coco
BS · CSU · in lab 2023–2024
Portrait of Phat Ho.
Phat Ho
BS · CSU · in lab 2023–2024
Portrait of Ryan Blocker.
Ryan Blocker
BS · CSU · in lab 2021–2024

2023

6 people
Portrait of Adam Williams.
Adam Williams
MS '21 → PhD '21 → PostDoc '23 · CSU · in lab 2018–2023 · DARPA PostDoc Fellow
LinkedIn
Portrait of Brian T. Sullivan.
Brian T. Sullivan
MS '23 · CSU · in lab 2020–2023
Portrait of Domenick Mifsud.
Domenick Mifsud
BS '20 → MS '23 · CSU · in lab 2019–2023
Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech (NIH T32 Fellowship, BME)
Portrait of Andrew Lyon.
Andrew Lyon
BS · CSU · in lab 2021–2023
Portrait of Dana Paola Ordonez.
Dana Paola Ordonez
BS · CSU · in lab 2023
Portrait of Jeremiah Geisterfer.
Jeremiah Geisterfer
BS · CSU · in lab 2022–2023

2022

2 people
Portrait of Devin Dumonceau.
Devin Dumonceau
BS · CSU · in lab 2022
Portrait of Madeline Watts.
Madeline Watts
BS · CSU · in lab 2020–2022

2021

5 people
Portrait of Alex Karduna.
Alex Karduna
BS → MS · CSU · in lab 2019–2021
M.S. CS (Theory) student, CSU
Portrait of Amy Felix.
Amy Felix
BS · CSU · in lab 2020–2021
Associate Technical Consultant, Perficient
Portrait of Arysa Flores.
Arysa Flores
BS · CSU · in lab 2020–2021
Undergraduate TA, CSU
Portrait of Crispin Haro.
Crispin Haro
BS · CSU · in lab 2020–2021
Portrait of Ethan Ganster.
Ethan Ganster
BS · CSU · in lab 2021

2020

1 person
Portrait of Kellyn Dassler.
Kellyn Dassler
BS · CSU · in lab 2018–2020
First: ML Eng Intern, USGS Now: Mobile SWE, Charles Schwab

2019

1 person
Portrait of Ariana Mims.
Ariana Mims
BS · CSU · in lab 2018–2019
First: Pen Testing Intern, Allstate Now: Instructor, CSU (IoT lab with Dr. Indrakshi Ray)

Interns

5 people
Portrait of Auguste Cousin.
Auguste Cousin
ENIB (Brest), France · in lab 2020
Portrait of Erik Ridd.
Erik Ridd
New College of Florida · in lab 2019
Employed at 1stplayable
Portrait of Erwan La Pluard.
Erwan La Pluard
ENIB (Brest), France · in lab 2020
Portrait of Logan Loi.
Logan Loi
Georgia Tech · in lab 2020
Portrait of Prashast Sharma.
Prashast Sharma
KIIT University, India · in lab 2019

Florida International University

the lab's founding chapter

2020

2 people
Portrait of Fernando de Zayas.
Fernando de Zayas
MS '20 · FIU · in lab 2017–2019
First: Inventory Manager, Discovery Lab Now: Developer, OpenHID Lab
Portrait of Fidel Hernandez.
Fidel Hernandez
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2020
First: SWE Intern, Cerner Now: SWE, BNY Mellon

2019

12 people
Portrait of Amanda Fernandez.
Amanda Fernandez
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
Portrait of Andy Pujol.
Andy Pujol
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019 · also lab Web Designer
First: Web Developer, Carnival Cruises Now: Web Developer, Royal Caribbean Cruises
Portrait of Arelys Alvarez.
Arelys Alvarez
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
First: AI Robotics Automation Intern, Cigna Now: Software Developer, ThoughtWorks
Portrait of Catherine Angelini.
Catherine Angelini
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
First: SWE & PM Intern, Microsoft Now: SWE, Microsoft
Portrait of Ciana Rogers.
Ciana Rogers
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
Portrait of Cristina Villarroel.
Cristina Villarroel
BS · FIU · in lab 2017–2019
First: Software Intern, Visa Now: VISA (Denver, CO)
Portrait of Diana Ugalde.
Diana Ugalde
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
Doctorate in progress, FIU
Portrait of Edilmary Urdaneta.
Edilmary Urdaneta
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
First: Clinical Research Coordinator, Pediatric Skin Research Now: Clinical Research Coordinator, Pediatric Skin Research
Jason Garcia
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
M.S. student, CSU
Portrait of Joseph Medina.
Joseph Medina
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019
Portrait of Seidan Jamides.
Seidan Jamides
BS · FIU · in lab 2017–2019
First: Research Assistant, FIU Now: Data Migration Specialist, Entrust Global
Portrait of Vanesa Perez.
Vanesa Perez
BS · FIU · in lab 2018–2019

2018

5 people
Portrait of Jules Calella.
Jules Calella
MS '18 · FIU · in lab 2015–2018
First: Electrical Engineer, BioMagic VR Now: SWE, Microsoft
Portrait of Neha Kasturia.
Neha Kasturia
MS '18 · FIU
Sr. Technical PM, LinkedIn
Portrait of Nicholas Torres.
Nicholas Torres
MS '18 · FIU
SWE 1, Ultimate Software
Portrait of Luis Averhoff.
Luis Averhoff
BS · FIU · in lab 2017–2018
First: SWE, Infotechsoft Now: SWE, Infotechsoft
Portrait of Max (Pablo) Mueller.
Max (Pablo) Mueller
BS · FIU · in lab 2017–2018
First: SWE, JPMorgan Chase Now: Founder, Scytale

2017

6 people
Portrait of Mathew Kress.
Mathew Kress
MS '17 · FIU · in lab 2016–2018
First: Lead VR Developer, HELM Systems Now: SWE, Ghostpunch Games
Portrait of Ruben Balcazar.
Ruben Balcazar
MS '17 · FIU · in lab 2015–2017
First: GRA, OpenHID Now: SWE, Ultimate Software
Portrait of Alain Galvan.
Alain Galvan
BS · FIU · in lab 2015–2017 · also lab Web Designer
First: Graphics SWE, Marmoset Co Now: Graphics SWE, AMD
Portrait of Jessica Silva.
Jessica Silva
BS · FIU · in lab 2017
First: Software Developer Now: Software Developer
Portrait of Jonathan Bernal.
Jonathan Bernal
BS · FIU · in lab 2016–2017
First: SWE, BioMagic VR Now: SWE, BioMagic VR
Portrait of Lukas Borges.
Lukas Borges
BS · FIU · in lab 2016–2017
First: SWE, Pro Sound & Video Now: SWE, Pro Sound & Video

2016

3 people
Portrait of Jason Lee Thomas.
Jason Lee Thomas
BS · FIU · in lab 2015–2016
First: SWE, Citrix Now: Senior SWE, Coinbase
Portrait of Katherine Tarre.
Katherine Tarre
BS · FIU · in lab 2016
First: Data Analytics Intern, JM Family Enterprises Now: Data Analytics Intern, JM Family Enterprises
Portrait of Maia Obregon.
Maia Obregon
BS · FIU · in lab 2016

Former Lab Staff

editors & web designers — not counted in alumni totals
Portrait of Jo Carroll.
Jo Carroll
Editor & Online Content Curator
Portrait of Vesna Babarogic.
Vesna Babarogic
Editor
Now: HR Lead, PlayStudios Orion
Portrait of Lauren Mangus.
Lauren Mangus
Editor & Online Content Manager
Portrait of Lexi Sanchez.
Lexi Sanchez
Editor & Online Content Curator