Current Members
Director
Professor Birsen Donmez
Professor
Email: birsen.donmez@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416.978.7399
Office location: Room 315, 800 Bay St
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
Alia Galal
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: alia.galal@mail.utoronto.ca
Wei Zhang
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: weiw.zhang@utoronto.ca
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Graduate Students
Mark Wei
PhD Student
Email: mwei@mie.utoronto.ca
Mattea Powell
PhD Student
Email: mattea.powell@mail.utoronto.ca
Fan Wang
PhD Student
Email: fanw.wang@mail.utoronto.ca
PhD Student
PhD Student
PhD Student
MASc Student
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Alumni
Fellows & Visiting Scholars
Jiyao Wang
Visiting PhD Student
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) , P.R. China
Jinlei Shi
Visiting PhD Student
Zhejiang University, P.R. China
Yao Chen
Visiting PhD Student
Tongji University, P.R. China
Jinzhen Dou
Visiting PhD Student
Southeast University, P.R. China
Wenzhe Tang
Visiting PhD Student
Southeast University, P.R. China
Holland Vasquez
Post-doctoral Fellow
Zhuofan Liu
Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Lecturer
Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China
Xing (Jason) Tang
Visiting PhD Student
Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Southwest Jiaotong University Telecommunications, P.R. China
Vishnu Radhakrishnan
Visiting PhD Student
Current Position: PhD Student, Leeds University, UK
Peng-Wei Lin
Visiting PhD Student
Current Position: PhD Student, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei
Young Don Ko
Research Associate
David Dongsoon Min
Visiting Researcher
Managing Director/Head of Future Growth Division
HYUNDAI AUTOEVER Corp./HYUNDAI MOTORS group.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Ontario Tech University
Suzan Ayas
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Lab Lead & Postdoctoral Researcher
Senseable City Seoul
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Basar Demir
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Winnie Chen
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo
Junmin Du
Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Lecturer
Beihang University, School of Transportation Science & Engineering, P.R. China
Joseilo Pereirafilho
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Professor
Federal Technological University of Parana
Jing Feng
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Human Factors and Ergonomics Program
Department of Psychology
North Carolina State University
Nathan Lau
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech
Dengbo He
Post-doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Previous Graduate Students
Alia Galal
PhD (completed 2025)
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at HFASt Lab, University of Toronto
Yuanyuan Che
MEng (completed 2025)
Mavis (Siting) Chen
MEng (completed 2025)
Chloe (Mingke) Zhu
MEng (completed 2025)
Jianbai Niu
MEng (completed 2025)
Dina Kanaan
PhD (completed 2024)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ontario Tech University
Davide Gentile
PhD (completed 2024)
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at Cognitive Engineering Laboratory (CEL), University of Toronto
Suzan Ayas
PhD (completed 2023)
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher at Senseable City Seoul, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tselot Tessema
MASc (completed 2023)
Current Position: PhD student at Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Lab, University of Toronto
Ziquan Wang
MEng Student (completed 2021)
Current Position: PhD Student, Tsinghua University
Joelle Girgis
MASc Student (completed 2021)
Sr. Design Research/TD Bank
Dengbo He
PhD (completed 2020)
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at HFASt Lab, University of Toronto
Braden Joseph Hansma
MASc (completed 2020)
Nazli Eser Kaya
MASc (completed 2019)
Current Position: Engineer analyst in Human Factors and Computer Design, Kinetrics
Canmanie Teresa Ponnambalam
MASc (completed 2018)
Current Position: PhD student, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Martina Risteska
MASc (completed 2018)
Ahmed Zakir Mohamed Faizal
MEng (completed 2018)
Maryam Merrikhpour
PhD (completed 2017)
George Liu
MASc (transferred to PhD 2016)
Current Position: PhD student in the Netherlands
PhD (completed 2015)
Current Position: Human Factors Researcher, Apple Inc.
Pamela D’Addario
MASc (completed 2014)
Current Position: Project Engineer, MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists
Adrian Matheson
MASc (completed 2013)
Current Position: Royal Canadian Air Force
Liberty Hoekstra-Atwood
MASc (completed 2015)
Current Position: Human Factors Researcher, Battelle Memorial Institute
Mehdi Hoseinzadeh
PhD (completed 2023)
Current Position: Teaching Faculty, Ontario Tech University
Harshul Varma
MEng Student (completed 2021)
Analytics and financial engineering
Data Analyst and Advanced Analytics Assosciate/TD
Joey Chakraborty
MASc (completed 2020)
Current Position: User Experience Lead at Berkeley Lights Inc.
San Ha Kim
MEng (completed 2019)
Wayne Giang
PhD (completed 2018)
Current Position: Assistant Professor,University of Florida
Samantha Hopkins
MASc (completed 2018)
Current Position:Principal System Safety Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Neil Sokol
MASc (completed 2017)
Current Position: Human Factors Specialist, Healthcare Human Factors
Jeanne Xie
MASc (completed 2016)
Current Position: Human Factors Specialist, Healthcare Human Factors
Farzan Sasangohar
PhD (completed 2015)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Susana Marulanda
MASc (completed 2015)
Current Position: Human Factors Engineer, Ford Motor Company
Arsham Fatahi
MASc (completed 2013)
Current Position: Decision Support Analyst, Ornge Medical Transport
Zishu Liu
MASc (completed 2011)
Currently Position: Senior Analyst, Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc.
Previous Undergraduate Research Assistants
Rima El Bagoury
BASc student, Engineering Science
Leyla Rana Copty
BASc student, Engineering Science
Affie Fan
BASc student, Engineering Science
Selin Akin
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Audrey Wang
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Charlie (Cenyichao) Sun
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Rafael Simogiarto
BASc student, Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Ho
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Jayasree Sreeram
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Shabab Salam
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Yichen Mao
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
Yoonho Kim
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Zeina Shaltout
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Amanda Leiva
BSc Student, Psychology
Claire Zhang
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Charlie (Cenyichao) Sun
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Yihan (Christine) Wang
BSc student, Statistical Science focus on Cognitive Psychology
Cole Stotland
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Mohamed Abdelwahab
BASc student, Industrial Engineering
Ashna Jain
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Mansi Patel
BASc Student
Selena Lombardi
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Michael Lu
BASc Student
Margaux Roncière
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Shuran “Rayna” Tang
BSc Student, Psychology and Cognitive Science
Dahong “Steven” Zhang
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Shkhar Kumar
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Geoffrey Jiang
BASc Student, Engineering Science
XueGe Huang
HBSc Student, Mathematics and Statistics
George Su
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
Songhui “Chloe” Xu
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
Erry Guan
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
Wenyi Peng
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
Kaiyang “Bond” Chen
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Xiaonian “Sean” He
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Ana Medinac
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Nick Mirjalali
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Nicole Wongsoo
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Sowmya Tata
BASc Student, Engineering Science
David Belvedere
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Jaquelyn Monis Rodriguez
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Syed Tamzid
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Xiaoou “Bessie” Li
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
John Volpatti
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Guangkai Qiao
BASc Student, Electronic Engineering
Tanishq Singh
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Amir Ganiev
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Ryan Cheng
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Tianshu “Tina” Shen
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Yimamu Yilizhati “Elzat”
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
Tony Ye
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Sam Zhang
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Seif Hassan
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
Areeba Zakir
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Marcus Tan
BASc Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Emil Kerimov
BASc Student, Engineering Science
Faizan Rehmatullah
BASc Student, Industrial Engineering
Meining “Michelle” Ji
BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering