MBCLab Postdoctoral Fellow Alumni

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the MBClab in 2019-2022  and was funded by Dr. Barnett-Cowan's Early Researcher Award and UW Trailblazer Award and co-supervised by Dr. Jennifer Boger, Dr. Shi Cao, and Dr. Laura Middleton. Working with a large interdisciplinary team I led the team to co-design and build video games that incorporate exercise and use sensors to get real-time info on cognitive and physiological functions for older adults living in the community and long-term care in partnership with the company VR Vision. Currently I am a UX Research Scientist at J& F Alliance Group.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-e-mu%C3%B1oz-johnhci-27979454/

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the MBClab in 2017-2019  and was funded by Oculus Research/Facebook/Meta Reality Labs to study motion sickness in virtual reality. Following this I secured an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship to assess motion sickness on moving base vehicle simulators. I was also supported by an award from McGill University's Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives/NeuroSphere Initiative.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweech/

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the MBCLab and the Games Institute in 2017-2018 where I assessed the role of narrative on immersion and sickness in virtual reality. I then served as a Lecturer with the Royal Military College and Laurentian University prior to working at VPixx Technologies as a Staff Scientist.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-kenny-331192104/

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the MBCLab in 2016-2017 where I assessed the role of the cortex on postural perturbations and and sickness in virtual reality funded by Dr. Barnett-Cowan's Facebook Distinguished Professor Award. I then served as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Bill McIlroy.

https://uwaterloo.ca/neuroscience-mobility-balance-lab/profiles/jessy-parokaran-varghese