Alessandro Iop

Alessandro Iop is a researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, specializing in the application of extended reality technologies to medical education and neurosurgical training. His work bridges computer science, human-computer interaction, and clinical medicine with significant contributions to virtual reality applications in healthcare.

He earned his MSc in Interactive Media Technology with a Visual Media track from KTH and previously worked as a research engineer in Extended Reality for neurosurgical education at Karolinska University Hospital. This clinical experience directly informs his current research trajectory at the university.

Dr. Iop's research focuses on several key areas including depth perception in virtual environments for minimally invasive procedures, objective performance metrics for surgical simulations, and systematic evaluations of extended reality applications in medical training. His work also explores social interactions with virtual agents and multimodal perception of emotions, demonstrating breadth across human-computer interaction domains.

His publication record from 2020-2024 shows a clear evolution from fundamental perception studies toward clinically relevant applications, with recent work concentrating on neurosurgical training systems. The interdisciplinary nature of his research connects computer science with practical medical education needs.

At KTH, Dr. Iop contributes to academic instruction as an assistant for Advanced Graphics and Interaction (DH2413), Advanced Topics in Visualization and Computer Graphics (DD2470), and Information Visualization (DH2321) courses, and serves as a teacher for Degree Projects in Computer Science and Engineering specializing in Interactive Media Technology (DA232X).