I am a researcher at the Human Media Interaction Group, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Currently I am working on the evaluation of presence support in distant collaboration within AMIDA project. I have recently completed my PhD research within Bsik project BioRange on the situational awareness support to enhance co-located teams in multidisplay environment. BioRange is a research activity of the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC). My supervisors are prof.dr.ir. Anton Nijholt, dr. Betsy van Dijk (University of Twente), and prof.dr. Gerrit van der Veer (Open University of Netherlands). We were woking in close collaboration with the MicroArray Department / Integrative Bioinformatics Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I am also a guest researcher at the VU University Amsterdam.

My main research interests within Human-Computer Interaction are:
decision making support in multi-display/control room environments, computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), analysis and design of complex interactive systems, situational awareness, and ubiquitous computing.

In 2005, I received the post-masters degree in interaction design from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), the Netherlands. Two years of the User-System Interaction Design program gave me the great hands-on experience with User-Centered Design in very inspiring interdisciplinary environment. I carried out my graduation project at the User Centered Engineering Group for the Department of Industrial Design (TU/e), as part of the EU-funded CHIL project. I worked on the visual attention feedback service to facilitate small groups during meetings. I also hold bachelors (2001) and masters (2003) degree in computer science from the National University of 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy', Ukraine. Originally I come from Kyiv, Ukraine. You can find more about Ukraine in » Links