Sophie Stellmach

Dr. Sophie Stellmach is an Interaction Design & Science Lead at Microsoft’s Mixed Reality team where she explores entirely new ways to engage with and blend our virtual and physical realities in products such as Microsoft HoloLens. Being an avid eye tracking researcher for over a decade, she was heavily involved in the development of gaze-​based interaction techniques for HoloLens 2. With her PhD from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, and a strong research background in Human-Computer Interaction, she bridges the gap between Software and Hardware Development to innovative User Interface, Human-centered and Multimodal Interaction Design.