I am a tenure-track Junior (=Assistant) Professor of Technology-Enhanced Learning in the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saarland University in Germany. I am also a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

I am a learning scientist who works with education stakeholders to support meaningful human learning activities with technologies. I co-design intelligent technologies and novel learning strategies with educators and learners, and conduct school-based experimental studies to understand and support human learning. My research has explored topics such as:

• Co-designing novel interaction strategies with teachers to help children reason with, and learn from, visual representations in an intelligent system
• Supporting learners’ self-regulated choice-making behaviors in an intelligent system
• Designing an educational game to support engaging and effective learning in math

I received my Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University’s HCI Institute working with Dr. Vincent Aleven. Prior to attending CMU, I completed my Master’s degree in Learning, Design, and Technology at Stanford Graduate School of Education, working with Dr. Candace Thille.

I am also an activist working in the area of open education as a member of Creative Commons Japan and as an OER Research Fellow at Open Education Group.

I’m looking for a PhD student or postdoc, and research assistants to join my group! If interested, please reach out to me via email (with your CV and a brief description of your research interests and relevant experiences). Happy to chat!