Michael Nebeling

Michael Nebeling is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information (UMSI), leading the Information Interaction Lab. His research focuses on Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (XR) interfaces, emphasizing usability, accessibility, and privacy. He co-directs the HCI seminar series in the Michigan Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) group and teaches AR/VR courses (SI 559/659). Nebeling has held roles such as UIST 2026 General Co-Chair and CHI 2026 Subcommittee Co-Chair. He pioneered the Extended Reality for Everybody Coursera specialization and the XR MOOC series. His work includes projects like XRDirector, MRAT, and 360proto, addressing challenges in XR design and tool development. Awards include the Disney Research Faculty Award, Mozilla Research Award, and Epic MegaGrant. He advises the student-led Alternate Reality Initiative (ARI) and collaborates with industry partners like Meta, Epic, and Disney.

Education: PhD in Computer Science from ETH Zurich (2015), Postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute (2016).

Research Themes: XR toolkits, privacy/security in AR/VR, inclusive design, educational applications, and ethical considerations in mixed reality. Over 90 publications in venues like CHI, UIST, and ACM Transactions on CHI.

Awards: Disney Research Faculty Award (2018), Mozilla Research Award (2018), Epic MegaGrant (2019), Meta Reality Labs Gift (2020). Recognized with Best Paper Awards at CHI and UIST.