Meet our Team
HART team

Willeke van Vught
MSc, Medior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Knowledge representation and logical reasoning, requirement engineering, end-user experiments.
"'Most of my work is focusing on observing, predicting and directing team members in hybrid teams."
"'Most of my work is focusing on observing, predicting and directing team members in hybrid teams."

Jan van Erp
Prof. dr., Principal Scientist, Full Professor
Expertises: Human Computer Interaction, Multisensory Integration, Human Robot Interaction, Applied Neuroscience
"I believe that technology should support our performance, safety, well-being and our strive for happiness. Therefore I work on Human-Technology Symbiosis.”
"I believe that technology should support our performance, safety, well-being and our strive for happiness. Therefore I work on Human-Technology Symbiosis.”

Karel van den Bosch
Ph.D., Senior Researcher
Expertises: Human-Machine Learning; Meaningful Human Control
"I develop and evaluate environments and methods that enable human and AI team partners to learn about the task, themselves and each other."
"I develop and evaluate environments and methods that enable human and AI team partners to learn about the task, themselves and each other."

Emma van Zoelen
PhD Candidate, TU Delft & TNO
Expertises: Human-centered AI, AI and Design, Human-Agent Collaboration
"I research and design fluent collaborations between humans and AI systems, to empower both in using their unique qualities."
"I research and design fluent collaborations between humans and AI systems, to empower both in using their unique qualities."

Martijn van Emmerik
PhD, Senior Project Manager
Expertises: Project management, (Driving) Simulators, Validity, Fidelity
“Faciliting the smooth execution of our projects”
“Faciliting the smooth execution of our projects”

Tjeerd Schoonderwoerd
MSc, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Empirical research, Explainable AI
“I design AI that takes into account the socio-cognitive requirements and effects of human-AI collaboration.”
“I design AI that takes into account the socio-cognitive requirements and effects of human-AI collaboration.”

Ivana Akrum
MSc, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Modelling, Human-Machine Interaction
"I hope to contribute to a society where our AI technologies are made and implemented with the people’s interests and needs at heart.”
"I hope to contribute to a society where our AI technologies are made and implemented with the people’s interests and needs at heart.”

Valentina Maccatrozzo
MSC, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: UX research, recommender system, user modeling, semantic web technologies
"Combining AI and psychological theories to allow machines to better understand users.”
"Combining AI and psychological theories to allow machines to better understand users.”

Anthia Solaki
Dr., Medior Scientist Specialist
Expertises: Formal Logic, Knowledge Representation, Psychology of Reasoning, Human-centered AI
"I use formal methods and empirical findings to enable applications for intelligent interaction in human-AI teams"
"I use formal methods and empirical findings to enable applications for intelligent interaction in human-AI teams"

Liv Ziegfeld
MSc, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Human-centered design, Cognitive Engineering
“I’m motivated to improve human-machine collaboration by taking a human-centered approach and by harnessing the strengths of each agent to reach common goals.”
“I’m motivated to improve human-machine collaboration by taking a human-centered approach and by harnessing the strengths of each agent to reach common goals.”

Jurriaan van Diggelen
Dr., Senior Research Scientist
Expertises: Human Machine Teaming, Meaningful Human Control
“I design and implement AI-enabled systems that team up with human professionals in safety critical domains.”
“I design and implement AI-enabled systems that team up with human professionals in safety critical domains.”

Sabine Verdult
MSc, Junior Scientist Cognitive Engineering & Artificial Intelligence
Socio-technical systems & evaluation; meaningful human control; cognitive engineering
"My research focuses on (beyond-)human capabilities linked to state of the art technology. I am privileged to carry out such research in safety critical domains."
"My research focuses on (beyond-)human capabilities linked to state of the art technology. I am privileged to carry out such research in safety critical domains."

Mark Neerincx
Prof. Dr., Principal Scientist
Expertises: Cognitive engineering, social AI, human-agent/robot symbiosis
"My research focuses on the socio-cognitive engineering of artificial, virtual or physical, agents (ePartners) that show social, cognitive and affective behaviors to enhance performance, resilience, health and/or wellbeing."
"My research focuses on the socio-cognitive engineering of artificial, virtual or physical, agents (ePartners) that show social, cognitive and affective behaviors to enhance performance, resilience, health and/or wellbeing."

Jasper van der Waa
MSc., Medior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Explainable AI, Rapid Prototyping
"I develop solutions that help users understand their systems and use them appropriately."
"I develop solutions that help users understand their systems and use them appropriately."

Mark van Koningsveld
MSc, Scientist Innovator
Expertise: Design thinking, Sensory Augmentation, Wearable Tech
"I create interventions to better understand participants’ relation to interfaces and AI agents"
"I create interventions to better understand participants’ relation to interfaces and AI agents"

Birgit van der Stigchel
MSC, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Artificial Intelligence, (Social) Robotics, Human-agent interaction
"I like to discover how people and machines can work together in the most optimal way. What does the collaboration of humans and machines look like and what are the desires of people when working with AI systems?"
"I like to discover how people and machines can work together in the most optimal way. What does the collaboration of humans and machines look like and what are the desires of people when working with AI systems?"

Tycho Brug
MSc, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Interactive robotics, Biomechatronics, Human-machine teaming, Project management
"I’m driven to connect people in order to create impact in the field of interactive robotics”
"I’m driven to connect people in order to create impact in the field of interactive robotics”

Tjalling Haije
MSc, Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertises: Human-agent interaction, Rapid Concept Prototyping
“I specialize in transforming fundamental HART research into concrete prototypes.”
“I specialize in transforming fundamental HART research into concrete prototypes.”

Sjoerd Berning
MSC Junior Scientist Innovator
Expertise: Explainable AI, Ecological Interface Design, Manning & Automation
“I like to contribute to appropriate adoption of automation in which human and machine work together as a team.”
“I like to contribute to appropriate adoption of automation in which human and machine work together as a team.”