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Marianna Obrist is a Professor of Multisensory Interfaces at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), and Deputy Director (Digital Health) at the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering. She holds visiting roles as a Visiting Professor at the Material Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art, and previously at MIT CSAIL's HCI Engineering Group. Her research focuses on integrating touch, taste, and smell into human-computer interaction (HCI), with applications in VR, automotive systems, and healthcare/wellbeing. She co-founded OWidgets LTD, a spin-out company developing olfactory technologies exhibited at the World Economic Forum (2019–2020).
Prior roles include Professor of Multisensory Experiences at the University of Sussex and a Marie Curie Fellowship at Newcastle University. She is an inaugural member of the ACM Future of Computing Academy and a WEF Young Scientist (2017–2018). Her book Multisensory Experiences: Where the Senses Meet Technology summarizes her interdisciplinary work.
- Education: No explicit academic qualifications listed, but prior roles imply doctoral-level training in Engineering/Computer Science.
- Research Labs: UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering, Royal College of Art's Material Science Research Centre.
Awards: Highlighted awards include ACM recognition, WEF Young Scientist honors, and Marie Curie Fellowship. Her work bridges academia and industry, with a focus on sensory technologies for health and immersive experiences.
