Dr. Jomara Sandbulte is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science within the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. As a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher specializing in Health Informatics and Human-AI Collaboration, her work explores how digital technology supports individual health and well-being. Her research investigates how people share, collaborate, learn, and manage their daily lives through technology, driving innovation through an empathy-focused, iterative approach to design that ensures digital tools are intuitive, empowering, and accessible to all. 

Her research has shed important light on health informatics in HCI and design research, and it has appeared in leading computing venues including ACM CSCW, Pervasive Health, ASIS&T and iConference. Also, she has published at important journals such as International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI) and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS).

Prior to graduate school, she worked in industry as mobile developer and other solutions at Samsung Research, Latin America.

She holds a Ph.D. in Information Sciences and Technology from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), SP - Brazil.