PhD Students (Alumni) - Persuasive Technology Lab

External Collaborators / PhD Students (Alumni)

Lahari Goswami

19 June 202517 March 2026 - by Mauro Cherubini

I am a Research Scientist in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the Persuasive Technology Lab in the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where I also earned my PhD degree in Information Systems. My research lies at the intersection of HCI and programming learning. I …

PhD Students (Alumni)

Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga

23 February 202231 May 2023 - by Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga

I create persuasive tech. My goal is to understand what motivates individuals to chase their objectives. Particularly, I support people to improve or change their behavior with temporary technology support. …

I am a first-year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Mauro Cherubini and co-supervised by Professor Kevin Huguenin in the Department of Information Systems, HEC Lausanne. My doctoral research centers on the effects of cyberbullying among marginalized communities such as young and less privileged people. I hold a Master's degree in Information Technology from University Utara Malaysia and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems from the University of East London. My Master’s thesis investigates the factors that determine the use of e-government systems in Higher Education institutions in Nigeria. I started my career as a primary school teacher (2013) and rose to the level of Assistant Lecturer from State to Federal University in Nigeria, where I tutored both undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as Management Information Systems, E-Business, and Computer Applications.

PhD Students (Alumni)

Sadiq Aliyu

27 February 202117 March 2026 - by Sadiq Aliyu

I am a PhD student in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Lausanne, under the supervision of Professor Mauro Cherubini. My PhD research tackles the next frontier …

External Collaborators / PhD Students (Alumni)

Pooja Rao

18 September 202017 March 2026 - by Mauro Cherubini

I am a PhD student under the co-supervision of Prof. Mauro Cherubini and Prof. Dinesh Babu Jayagopi from IIIT Bangalore. My research interests lie in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction …

External Collaborators / PhD Students (Alumni)

Alessandro Silacci

22 July 202017 March 2026 - by Mauro Cherubini

I obtained a master of science in engineering degree at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, where I specialised in complex information systems. I mostly worked around data …