Dr. Kavous Salehzadeh Niksirat (کاووس صالح زاده نیک سیرت) is a Postdoctoral Fellow (Scientist) at the SPRING Lab, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI‐SP), Germany (link to the profile page). He holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from Kochi University of Technology, Japan, and brings extensive postdoctoral research experience from the University of Lausanne and EPFL, Switzerland.
His research focuses on user-centered privacy solutions in social media and wearable technologies, leveraging empirical HCI methods and participatory design. A significant part of his work explores interdependent privacy—how individuals’ privacy is shaped by the actions and decisions of others in shared digital environments. He also investigates digital health interventions, particularly in mental well-being and digital contact tracing. His work reflects a strong commitment to research integrity, ethics, and transparency—values for which he actively advocates within the HCI community.
An active contributor to prestigious venues like CHI, CSCW, and PETS, Dr. Niksirat has received several distinctions, including Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards.
For more information visit his personal website: https://member.acm.org/~kavous
