People

Current members

Robert Volcic, Principal Investigator

Robert is Associate Professor of Psychology at NYU Abu Dhabi. He holds a Ph.D. from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a Laurea (master’s degree) from University of Trieste in Italy. Prior to joining NYU Abu Dhabi, he was postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Psychology, University of Muenster in Germany and postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy.

Carla Lança, Postdoctoral Researcher

Carla is a trained Orthoptist with a Ph.D. in Public Health from the NOVA National School of Public Health in Portugal. Before joining NYU Abu Dhabi, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Lisbon School of Health Technology (Orthoptics and Vision Sciences) and was a Postdoctoral researcher with the Myopia Research Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute.

Zoltán Derzsi, Postdoctoral Researcher

Zoltán’s background is in electronic engineering, with a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Newcastle University (UK). He is researching haptics in virtual reality and real-object interaction.

Logan McIntosh, Postdoctoral Researcher

Logan has a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Queensland, Australia, studying individual differences in cybersickness. Before joining NYU Abu Dhabi, he also lectured and tutored the first-year Research Methodology for Psychologists course at the University of Queensland.

Zinong Li, Ph.D. student

Alumni

Ivan Camponogara, Postdoctoral Researcher

Francesco Ceccarini, Postdoctoral Researcher

Stuti Susan Jerald James, Capstone Research student, class of 2024, and Research Assistant, Post-graduation Practical Training Program, 2024

Victoria Marcano, Capstone Research student, class of 2023

Faisal Abdulhadi, Capstone Research student, class of 2023

Mariam Amer, Capstone Research student, class of 2022

Zsofia Kis, Research Assistant, Post-graduation Practical Training Program, 2021

Meera Al Nuaimi, Capstone Research student, class of 2021

Reema El-Kaiali, Capstone Research student, class of 2020

Jaewon Yoo, Capstone Research student, class of 2019

Miha Klasinc, Capstone Research student, class of 2018

Nadeen Alalami, Capstone Research student, class of 2016