Senior research fellow
Robotics Research Group (University of Hertfordshire),
Permanent position involving multiple projects

Robot House manager
Robotics Research Group (University of Hertfordshire),
Additional role

Research fellow
Adaptive Systems Research Group (University of Hertfordshire),
Permanent position involving EPSRC Strategic Equipment Grant Robot House 2.0 and other projects

Post-doctoral researcher
Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) and Applied Informatics (Bielefeld University),
Large-scale project Cognitive service robotics apartment

Full-time researcher
Applied Informatics (Bielefeld University) and Collaborative Research Cluster 673 Alignment in Communication,
Project Interaction space

Visiting lecturer
School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science (University of Hertfordshire)

Research assistant
Applied Informatics (Bielefeld University),
Flobi - A reconfigurable, anthropomorphic robot head; Exploration of Robust Bi-Manual Interaction (ERBI); Deutsche Service-Robotik-Initiative (DESIRE)

Student tutor
Faculty of Technology (Bielefeld University)

Human Activity Detection in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios
Doctoral project supervision

Activity Monitoring in Industrial and Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios
Doctoral project supervision

Human-Robot Interactions - Effects of Agency, Autonomy and Embodiment on User Trust
Doctoral project supervision

End-user personalisation of social/companion robot for long-term engagement
Doctoral project supervision

Human Activity Detection in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios
Doctoral project supervision

Human Activity Detection in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios
Doctoral project supervision

Goal-driven competitive behaviors as an intelligent home control
M.Sc. project (half-year) supervision and thesis examination

Analysing Human-Human Behaviour in Shared Space for Improving Human-Robot Interaction
M.Sc. project (half-year) supervision and thesis examination

Automatisches Akquirieren Visueller Training Sets für Erkennungsalgorithmen
B.Sc. project (three-month) supervision and thesis examination

An Online Stereo Calibration System for Humanoid Robots demonstrated on the iCub Platform
M.Sc. project (half-year) supervision and thesis examination

Digital Healthcare Technology for Motor Recovery of Stroke Patients in Physical Therapy
Doctoral thesis examination and viva,
University of Reading

Smart wheelchairs: Semantic mapping and prediction of user intention within unconstrained environments
Doctoral thesis examination and viva,
Aberystwyth University

Autonomous Decision-Making based on Biological Adaptive Processes for Intelligent Social Robots
Doctoral thesis expert report,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Module lead (M.Sc. Computer Science online)
Data Structures and Algorithms 1,
University of Hertfordshire

Lectures and tutorials (M.Sc. Computer Science)
Legal and Ethical Practice Exercise,
University of Hertfordshire

Robotics and AI specialist - module design, lectures, tutorials, expert drop-ins, marking (M.Sc. Computer Science)
Advanced Research Topics in Computer Science,
University of Hertfordshire

Guest Lectures (Occupational Therapy Degree Apprenticeships)
Contemporary Practice,
University of Hertfordshire

Seminar conception and lead, marking (M.Sc.)
Social robotics (2015), Applied speech processing (2012), Vision for 3D - 3D for vision (2011), Image-based tracking methods (2011),
Bielefeld University

Tutorial lead, marking (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
Pattern recognition (2011 & 2012), Computer vision (2011), Image processing (2005 & 2006), Project development I & II (2005 & 2006), Applied basic Unix (2005), Algorithms & data structures I & II (2004 & 2005),
Bielefeld University

IEEE ROMAN Reviewer Award ($100)
International Conference on Human-Robot Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

Researcher Skill Up! Award (£487)
University of Hertfordshire

Best paper: Theory & Methods (nominee)
International Conference on Human-Robot interaction (HRI),
Stockholm, Sweden

Best late breaking report (nominee)
International Conference on Human-Robot interaction (HRI),
Stockholm, Sweden

Researcher Skill Up! Award (£350)
University of Hertfordshire

Vice-Chancellors Award: Team of the year (3 x nominee)
University of Hertfordshire

Best paper award
International Conference on Performance, Safety and Robustness in Complex Systems and Applications (PESARO),
Valencia, Spain

Best student paper award
International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR),
Singapore

Best graduation degree (Intelligent systems)
Faculty of Technology (Bielefeld University)

Socially Assistive Robots and the UH Robot House (invited speaker)
Engineering Design Conference
Coventry, UK

Frontiers in Humanoid Interaction (invited speaker)
J-DAI Workshop: Exploring joint actions from both human and robot perspectives for Human-Robot Interaction,
International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)
Online

Behaviour adaption and learning in assistive robots (panel member)
The 8th Workshop on Behavior Adaptation and Learning for Assistive Robotics (BAILAR),
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Pasadena, USA

Socially credible robots (guest speaker)
University of Denver,
Summer Seminar
Online

Navigating International Scientific Connections (guest speaker)
IEEE Young Professionals,
Networking Event at IEEE RO-MAN 2024
Pasadena, USA

Socially credible robots (invited talk)
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust,
This is Us Week
Harlow, UK

Socially credible robot companions (conference keynote)
International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics,
ICIPRoB 2024
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Socially credible robots (guest speaker)
University of Hertfordshire,
Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography research seminar series
Hatfield, UK

Academic peer review - process and best practices (guest speaker)
University of Naples Federico II,
PRISCA lab and PERSEO network research seminar
Online

Socially credible robots (guest speaker)
University of Hertfordshire,
Agriculture, food and veterinary sciences lunchtime seminar series
Online

Socially credible robots (invited talk)
Refsnes Gods,
Human Interactive Robotics in Healthcare (HIRo) project meeting
Moss, Norway

Robot House - Home to human-robot interaction (guest speaker)
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg,
Advanced Topics in AI and Robotics Seminar
Online

How AI-driven technology can help solve issues facing global food security (panel member)
Times Higher Education,
THE Campus round table discussion
Online

Human-robot interaction research at Robot House (invited talk)
Heriot-Watt University,
Interaction Lab, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Edinburgh, UK

Human-robot interaction research at Robot House (guest speaker)
National Health Service (NHS),
Graduate management trainee scheme IAG
Online

Human-robot interaction research at Robot House (invited talk)
University of Oslo,
Multimodal Elderly Care Systems (MECS) project closing
Oslo, Norway

The Cognitive Service Robotics Apartment - Interaction Concepts (guest speaker)
University of Hertfordshire,
Computer Science Research Colloquium
Hatfield, UK

The Cognitive Service Robotics Apartment - Interaction Concepts (invited talk)
Workshop Multicentric Interaction with Smart Homes and Home Robots,
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
Bielefeld, Germany

Co-editor of a research topic (Failures and Repairs in Human-Robot Communication)
Frontiers in Robotics and AI,
Frontiers

Co-editor of a special issue (Curiosity in Human-Robot Interaction)
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics,
De Gruyter

Associate editor
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics,
Springer

Associate editor
International Journal of Social Robotics,
Springer

Associate editor (Human Robot/Machine Interaction)
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems,
Sage Publishing

Editorial board member
Interaction Studies,
John Benjamins Publishing Company

Co-editor of a special issue (The road to successful HRI: trust, acceptance, ethics, social signals and AI)
International Journal of Social Robotics Volume 16, Issue 6,
Springer

Associate editor
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Associate editor
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Associate editor
International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)

Associate editor (Track 4: Biometrics and Human-Computer Interaction)
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)

Co-editor of a special issue (Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction)
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics Volume 12, Issue 1,
De Gruiter

Co-editor of a special issue (Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Robot Interaction)
International Journal of Social Robotics Volume 13, Issue 8,
Springer

Co-editor of a special issue (Social Cues in Robot Interaction, Trust and Acceptance)
Interaction Studies Volume 20, Issue 3,
John Benjamins Publishing Company

Programme chair
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
Swansea, UK

Workshop co-organiser
Fluidity in Human-Agent Interaction,
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
Swansea, UK

Sponsoring chair and publicity co-chair
International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)
Odense, Denmark

Special session organiser
AI-Powered Social and Assistive Robotics,
International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE)
St Albans, UK

Workshop series co-organiser (7 iterations)
Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction,
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

Publicity chair
International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)
Doha, Qatar

Special session organiser
Cognitive Architectures for Personalized Assistive Robots,
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Busan, Korea

Special session organiser
Humanoid Robots in Healthcare: exploring real world applications,
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Busan, Korea

Workshop co-organiser
Working with Troubles and Failures in Conversation Between Humans and Robots,
Conversational User Interfaces (CUI)
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Two-stage workshop co-organiser
Working with Trouble and Failures in Conversation between Humans and Robots,
Charting the Current Limits and Developing Future Directions of Speech Interfaces in Robotics (UK-RAS Pump Priming Activity)
Online & Hatfield, UK

Co-organizer and programme committee member
UK-RAS Conference for PhD and Early-Career Researchers (UKRAS22)
Aberystwyth, UK

Special session organiser
Theory of Mind for social HRI,
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Naples, Italy

Special session organiser
Exploring social credibility and trust in HRI,
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Naples, Italy

General chair
UK-RAS Conference for PhD and Early-Career Researchers (UKRAS21)
Online (Hatfield, UK)

Host and organiser
Robot House 2.0 academic launch event
Hatfield, UK

Publication chair
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
Bielefeld, Germany

Workshop co-organiser
Multicentric Interaction with Smart Homes and Home Robots,
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
Bielefeld, Germany

Main workshop organiser
Embodied Interaction with Smart Environments,
International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI)
Tokyo, Japan

Track organiser and tutor
Interaction Strategies in the Peripersonal Space,
Summer School Verbal and non-verbal interaction
Bielefeld, Germany

Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
Institution of Engineering and Technology

ACM (Member)
Accociation for Computing Machinery

Peer Review College (Member)
EPSRC

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
AdvanceHE

IEEE P3108: Recommended Practice for Human-Robot Interaction Design of Human Subject Studies (Co-chair subgroup study design)
Project/Task Group,
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

EPSRC UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (UK-RAS) Network (Network committee member)
Representative of the University of Hertfordshire

IEEE Young Professionals (Member)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Proposals: EPSRC (Fellowships, New Investigator Awards), NWO Talent Programme "Vici", Royal Academy of Engineering (Fellowships)

Doctoral theses: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Aberystwyth University, University of Reading

Journals: Paladyn - Journal of Behavioral Robotics (4), International Journal of Social Robotics (30), Interaction Studies (3), MDPI Robotics (2), Robotics and Automation Letters (5), User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (2), International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (1), Frontiers in Robotics and AI (1)

Conferences: Conference on Human Factors in Computing (1), International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (4), International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (10), Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (1), International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (1), International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (8), UK-RAS Conference for PhD and Early-Career Researchers (7), International Conference on Social Robotics (7), International Conference on Development and Learning (1), International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (1)

Book chapters: TU Wien Academic Press

Exhibitions: Automatica (Munich, 2010 & 2012), RoboDays (Odense, 2009), CEBIT (Hanover, 2008), CEREALS (Duxford, 2022), Robotics & Automation (Birmingham 2024)

VVV RobotCub (Summer School)
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Sestri Levante, Italy

Structure of Cognitive Motion (Summer School)
Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)
Bielefeld, Germany

Human-Robot Interaction (Winter School)
FP6 Project Cognitive Robot Companion (COGNIRON)
Lausanne, Switzerland