The following persons are members of my current group (HCI & XR) at the FHNW Computer Science, or have been members of my research group (Vision-inspired visualization) at the UZH:
Dr. Vagia Tsiminaki
Senior Scientist, FHNW (2025 - current)
Google Scholar
Dr. Laura Fontanesi
Senior Scientist, FHNW (2025 - current)
Google Scholar
Dr. Elif Gürçınar
Senior Scientist, FHNW (2025 - current)
Elif's webpage
Dr. Erion Elmasllari
Senior Scientist, FHNW (2024 - current)
Erion's web page
Dr. Marianne Santaholma
Senior Scientist, FHNW (2022 - current)
Marianne's publications on ResearchGate
Dr. Leticia Fernandez Moguel
Senior Scientist, FHNW (2021 - 2024)
Dr. Martin Lacayo
Senior Scientist / Post-Doc, FHNW (2020 - 2024)
Dr. Alexandra Diehl
Post-Doc, collaborator in SNF project PAGEVis (UZH Computer Science, 2019- 2024)
Dr. Ugo Molteni
Post-Doc, FHNW (6 months, 2020-2021)
Dr. Agniezka Wilk
Post-Doc, FHNW (6 months, 2019)
Dr. Marin Alan Tomasic
Post-Doc, UZH (6 months, 2018)
Dr. Guiseppe Marbach
Post-Doc, UZH (2016-2017)
Dr. Alžběta Brychtová
Post-Doc, UZH (2015-2016)
Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Maryam Yagenah
PhD Candidate (UZH Computer Science), Commitee Member (current)
Zulfa Nuraini Afifah, visiting PhD student, University of Augsburg, DE
David Trokšiar, visiting PhD student, Charles University in Prague, CZ
Chongan Wang, visiting PhD student, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, FR
Ismini-Eleni Lokka
PhD graduate (UZH Geography), Main advisor (graduated 2020)
ResearchGate
Ian Lochhead
External PhD Candidate (SFU Geography, Canada), Committee Member
Web page
Raimund Schnürer
External PhD candidate (ETH Cartography), Co-advisor
Alireza Amiraghdam
External PhD candidate funded by SNF PAGEVis (UZH Computer Science), 2nd advisor
Kenan Bektaş (graduated 2018 )
PhD graduate (UZH Geography), Main advisor
Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Victoria Rautenbach
External PhD graduate, University of Pretoria, ZA (graduated 2017), 2nd advisor
Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Tommy Burke
External PhD graduate, University of St. Andrews, UK (graduated 2016), 2nd advisor
Alžběta Brychtová
External PhD gradute, Palacký University Olomouc, CZ (graduated 2015), 1st advisor
Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Sapar Charyyev, MSc. Computer Science
Scientific collaborator, research assistant (2025- current)
Oshani Wijesooriya, BSc. candidate Computer Science
IAESTE intern, technical assistant (2025- current)
Leonardo Maldonado, BSc. candidate Computer Science
IAESTE intern, technical assistant (2025- current)
Dmitrii Tochilkin, MSc. Computer Science
Scientific collaborator, research assistant (2025- current)
Raphael Lüthy, MSc. Candidate Computer Science
Scientific collaborator, research assistant (2024- current)
Gertrude Namutebi, MSc. Cand.
IAESTE Intern, research assistant (2024- current)
Oscar Alanso, MSc. Cand.
IAESTE Intern, research assistant (2024- current)
Rebecca Willi
Computer Science intern, junior technical assistant (2025-2026)
Linus Bernhard
Computer Science apprentice, junior technical assistant (2025-2026)
Liam Wahlström
Computer Science apprentice, junior technical assistant2024-2025)
Flavia Brogle, BSc. Computer Science
Scientific programmer, technical assistant (2023- current)
Milena Rudig, BSc. Computer Science
Scientific programmer, technical assistant (2023- current)
Mikaela Buzdin, BSc. Candidate Computer Science
Technical assistant (2023- current)
Rahel Ganarin, MSc. Geography
Scientific collaborator, research assistant (2022- current)
Cloe Huesser, MSc. Computer Science
Scientific collaborator, research assistant (2020- current)
Cédric Merz, BSc. Computer Science
Scientific programmer, technical assistant (2020- current)
Andreas Leu, BSc. candidate Computer Science
XR software developer, technical assistant (2022- current)
Kathrin Koebel, MSc. Computer Science
Scientific collaborator, research assistant (2020- 2023 alumni)
Jessica Pariente, BSc. Candidate Computer Science
Technical assistant, IAESTE intern (2020-2021 alumni)
Louis Baumgartner, BSc. Computer Science
Scientific Programmer (2020-2022 alumni)
Alexander Schneiter, MSc. Candidate, Applied Pyschology
Scientific assistant (2020-2022 alumni)
Fernando Villalobos Millan , Dipl. Journalist
Intern, data journalism (2020-2021 alumni)
Dániel Végh, MSc. Mechatronics/Electrical Eng., DAS Candidate, Data Science
Visiting researcher (2021-2022 alumni)
Thierry Figini, MSc. Sociology, MSc Candidate, Data Science
Visiting researcher (2021- alummni)
Madhumitha Murali, MSc. Candidate, Computer Science
Technical assistant, intern (2020-2021 alumni)
FHNW Computer Science
Oscar Alonso (2025-current)
Milena Rudig (2023-2024)
Luca Fluri (2021-2024)
Jeremy Constantin (2022-2023)
Marco Burri (2019-2022)
Madumitha Murali (2nd advisor, external) (2020-2021)
Cloe Hüsser (2019-2021)
UZH Geography
Rebecca Meier (2018)
Matteo Riva (2017)
Flavio Lutz (2017)
Dario Oertle (2017)
Gordon Buehler (2017)
Laura Stehrenberger (2016) (2nd advisor)
Tobias Cervenka (2016)
Gianna Hartung (2016)
Anne Wegmann (2016)
Martin Ritzi (2016)
Annina Bruegger (2015)
Martina Meyer (2015)
Peter Kaelin (2015)
Bettina Kalt (2015)
Martin Zahner (2015)
Matthias Mahrer (2014)
Fabian Perler (2014)
Julien Biland (2014)
Tumaini Kitara (2014)
Aliz Boér (2012)
Rebecca Francelet (2014), with distinction
Lorenz Bosshardt (2014)
Floris Heim (2014)
Matthias Kuhn (2014)
Jonas Kleiner (2013)
Kaspar Fischer (2013)
Luca Dall'Acqua (2012)
Stephanie Tuggener (2012)
Rahel Klausener (2012) (2nd advisor)
Marco Bernasocchi (2011)
Julian Hull (2011)
Patrizia Russo (2011)
Silvio Zanola (2009) (2nd advisor)
Sara Maggi (2009) (2nd advisor)
Oliver Deseö — Junior data scientist (2016)
Daniel Häusler (2014) — Intern, computer science
Julia Hempel (2012) — Erasmus intern, computer science
... & various visiting scholars