Danielle Albers Szafir
Asst. Prof. of Computer Science
Personal Website
Visualization, Perception, & Data Science
Danielle directs the UNC VisuaLab. She is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science.


Ghulam Jilani Quadri
CRA Fellow & Postdoctoral Scholar
Personal Website
Visualization, HCI, & Cognitive Science
Ghulam develops visualization systems with optimized design dimensions to help people with clarity in data and identify salient patterns.


Matt-Heun Hong
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Personal Website
Knowledge-Assisted Visualization
Matt is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work combines mathematics, psychology, and design. Matt has a professional and research background in the learning sciences.



Keke Wu
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Personal Website
Visualization, Mobile Development, UCD
Keke is a fifth Ph.D. student working in data visualization accessibility.


Sandra Bae
Ph.D. Student in Creative Technology & Design
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Physicalization, Fabrication, & HCI
Sandra is a fourth-year Ph.D. student. She is interested in how physical visualizations can help break down complex topics and promote tangible analysis.


Ian Thomas
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Personal Website
Interactive Machine Learning, Visualization, & HCI
Ian is a third-year Ph.D. student. He is interested in how visualizations can support effective human-AI teaming.


Chin Tseng
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Personal Website
Graphical Perception, Visualization, & Data Science
Chin is a third-year Ph.D. student. She is interested in building actionable models of how people perceive visualized data.


Jade Kandel
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Personal Website
AR, Immersive Analytics, & Health Informatics
Jade is a second-year Ph.D. student. She combines ideas from art and technology to create more opportunities for scientific discovery and improved healthcare.


Arran Zeyu Wang
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Personal Website
Graphical Perception, XAI, & HCI
Arran is a second-year Ph.D. student. He explores how visual perception can inform more effective interactions with data.


Song Young Oh
M.S. Student in Informatics
AR, Visualization, & Interactive Machine Learning
Song is a second-year Master's student. She is interested in developing tools that help people work with data more effectively.


Wenxi Hu
B.S. Student in Computer Science
Visualization, Network Science, & Data Science
Wenxi is completing her undergraduate degree at The Chinese University Of Hong Kong Shenzhen. She works under the mentorship of Matt Hong.


Zhehao Wang
B.S. Student in Computer Science
Graphical Perception, Visualization, & Data Science
Zhehao is completing his undergraduate degree. He works under the mentorship of Dr. Quadri.

Alumni:

2020-2022: Lauren Marsh, B.S. in Computer Science
2020-2022: Kaiya Wahl, B.S. in Creative Technologies
2020-2022: Tahmina Ahmad, B.S. in Computer Science
2021-2022: Komal Essarani, M.S. in Computer Science
2022: Charlotte Dorn, B.S. in Computer Science
2022: Michelle Tran, B.S. in Computer Science
2016-2021: Matt Whitlock, Ph.D. in Computer Science now a Research Scientist at NIST
2020-2021: Emma Petersen, M.S. in Creative Technologies
2020-2021: Pratik Revankar, M.S. in Computer Science
2019-2020: David Burlinson, Postdoctoral Researcher
2019-2020: David Blair, B.S. in Computer Science
2019-2020: Joshua Barber, B.S. in Computer Science
2019-2020: Keyuan Huang, B.S. in Computer Science
2019-2020: Sravanth Yajamanam, M.S. in Computer Science now an Instructor at Cisco
2017-2019: Stephen Smart
2016-2019: Tetsumichi Umada, B.S. & M.S. in Computer Science
2018-2019: Supriya Naidu, now an Instructor at CU Boulder
2018-2019: Sreesha Nath, now an Instructor at CU Boulder
2018-2019: Harshini Muthukrishnan, now at VMware
2017-2018: Hayeong Song, now pursuing a PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology
2017-2018: Hemang Bansal, M.S. in Computer Science now at CenturyLink
2017-2018: Pratima Sherkane, M.S. in Computer Science
2016-2018: Tetsumichi Umada, B.A. in Computer Science now pursuing an MS at the University of Colorado Boulder
2016-2017: Ryan Mustari, B.S. in Applied Mathematics
2016-2017: Dasha Pruss, now at the University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy of Science Department
2016-2017: Yogitha Mahadasu, M.S. in Computer Science, now at VISA
2016-2017: Praveen Deveraj, M.S. in Computer Science