Team website:
For a full overview of the team, projects, and opportunities, visit
the SIRIUS Lab website.
Postdoc / RAs
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Former member: Andras Bodrogai - Research Software Engineer
Funded by the FCDO.
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Former member: Dr Md Shafiqul Islam - Postdoctoral Researcher
Funded by the PETRAS and the FCDO.
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Dr Shaun MacDonalnd - Postdoctoral Researcher
was funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), PETRAS, FCDO and REPHRAIN
Now funded by REPHRAIN and SPRITE+.
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Former member: Dr Karola Marky - Postdoctoral Researcher
was funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Now Associate Professor at Ruhr University Bochum.
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Former member: Dr Pejman Saeghe - Postdoctoral Researcher
was funded by REPHRAIN.
Now Assistant Professor (Lecturer) at University of Strathclyde.
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Former member: Dr Tania Wallis - Postdoctoral Researcher
was funded by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
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Former member: Dr Maheshya Weerasinghe - Postdoctoral Researcher
was funded by REPHRAIN.
Now Assistant Professor at University of Primorska.
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Former member: Dr Martina Ruocco - Postdoctoral Researcher
was funded by Meta.
Now Postdoc at University of Manchester.
PhD Supervision
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Hongxiang Yang
User Identity in Social VR.
Co-supervised with Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas.
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Ohud Almalki
Knowledge-based Authentication in Virtual Reality.
Secondary supervisor: Florian Weidner.
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Yasmine Elfares
Gaze-supported Software Development.
Primary supervisor: Handan Gül Caliki.
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Morad Elfleet
AI companions for XR environments.
Primary supervisor: Mathieu Chollet.
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Abigail Petrsoric
Improving Reading.
Primary supervisor: Sara Sereno.
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Junle Li
Biometric Authentication in Virtual Reality.
Co-supervised with Mathieu Chollet.
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Ninelle Cherp
Gaze-based Interaction on Handheld Mobile Devices.
Co-supervised with Stephen Brewster.
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Anya Emmons
Misinformation in Extended Reality.
Primary supervisor: Mark McGill.
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Graduated: Dr Omar Namnakani
Designing Gaze Interaction for Target Acquisition on
Handheld Mobile Devices. (Download thesis).
Funded by the Saudi Government.
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Graduated: Dr Cristina Fiani
Safeguarding Children from Harassment in Social VR: Integrating Child, Parent and Expert Perspectives into the Design of Automated Embodied Moderators. (Download thesis).
Funded by Facebook Reality Labs and the SOCIAL AI CDT.
Co-supervised with Mark McGill.
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Graduated: Dr Melvin Abraham
Exploring Data Access and Control Methods to Support Informed Privacy Decisions for Everyday Augmented Reality. (Download thesis)
Funded by an EPSRC Doctoral Training Studentship.
Co-supervised with Mark McGill.
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Graduated: Dr Noora Alsakar
Investigating and Mitigating Privacy Risks of Eye Tracking on Handheld Mobile Devices. (Download thesis)
Funded by the Saudi Government.
Co-supervised with Simone Stumpf.
Now Assistant Professor at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.
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Graduated: Dr Habiba Farzand
Understanding shoulder surfing and informing the design of protection mechanisms (Download thesis)
Partially funded by an Excellence Bursary from the University of Glasgow's College of Science and Engineering.
Now Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bristol.
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Graduated: Dr Robin Bretin
Beyond boundaries: Unveiling human-drone proxemic dynamics using Virtual Reality (Download thesis)
Funded by the SOCIAL AI CDT.
Co-supervised with Emily Cross.
Now Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University of Vienna.
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Graduated: Dr Norah Alotaibi
Investigating the Privacy Risks of Thermal Imaging (Download thesis)
Funded by the Saudi Government.
Now Assistant Professor at Taif University.
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Graduated: Dr Florian Mathis
Moving usable security research out of the lab: evaluating the use of VR studies for real-world authentication research (Download thesis)
Funded by the Edinburgh-Glasgow joint PhD scholarship program
Co-supervised with Kami Vaniea.
Now Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons.
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Graduated: Dr Yasmeen Abdrabou
Leveraging eye gaze to enhance security mechanisms (Download thesis)
Funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).
Co-supervised with Florian Alt.
Now Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University of Munich.
Graduated: Dr Joseph O'Hagan
Dynamic Awareness Techniques For Interactions Between VR Users and Bystanders(Download thesis)
Funded by an EPSRC scholarship.
Primary supervisor: Julie Williamson.
Now Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Glasgow.