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Staff Profile

Dr Lenia Margariti

User Experience Designer / Researcher

Background

I am a postdoctoral researcher in  programme. My research interests lie in Human-Building-Interaction, Human-Centred Smart Buildings and IoT/Adaptive Architecture for health and wellbeing. My work is primarily design-led, exploring how technologies and interfaces can support health and wellbeing in data-rich environments.

I am interested in the design of technologies that address the spatial context and the experiences in it, bringing my academic background in architecture within HCI & Ubicomp Research. My PhD unpacked the experiences of the building occupants in a smart office building, focusing on the use of Air Quality data for wellbeing in that context. Through design research, I explored how physical interfaces can enhance data awareness in the workplace.

I have experience working with sensory data; mixed methods of data analysis; and strong skills in digital and physical prototyping. In the past, I have worked as a user experience researcher in Microsoft Research, Digital Transformation Analyst (including UX/UI design and prototyping in AR/VR), Visual Designer, and Architectural Designer.

I hold a PhD in Human Computer Interaction, MSc Architecture, and SCQF8 in Software Design and Development.




Teaching

Demonstrated in

  • CSC2033: Software Engineering Team Project [2021]
  • CSC3231: Graphics for Games [2020]
  • CSC3223: Graphics for Games [2020/21]


Publications

  • Articles

    • Margariti E, Vlachokyriakos V, Durrant A, Kirk D. . Architecture 2026, 6(2), 77.
    • Benthem de Grave R, Bull CN, Souza-Monteiro DM, Margariti E, McMurchy G, Hutchinson JW, Smeddinck JD. . JMIR 2024, 26, e45904.
    • Margariti EK, Ali R, Benthem de Grave R, Verweij D, Smeddinck J, Kirk D. . Frontiers in Computer Science 2021, 3, 673585.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Margariti E, Claisse C, Nabil S, Bridgens B, Durrant A, Kirk D. . In: ACM Designing Interactive Systems. 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark: Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Margariti E, Vlachokyriakos V, Durrant AC, Kirk D. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24). 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA.
    • Margariti E, Vlachokyriakos V, Kirk D. . In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23). 2023, Hamburg, Germany: ACM.
    • Margariti E, Rintel S, Murphy B, Sellen A. . In: CHI EA '22: Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA: ACM.
    • Margariti E, Kirk D. . In: Actuated Materials and Soft Robotics Strategies for Human-Computer Interaction Design: Workshop on Soft Robotics for HCI (ACM CHI'22 Conference). 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA: ACM.