Our Credentials.
Academic publications by our team.
Research is our passion.
Our team includes academics and researchers who continue to work at the forefront of sensory science, human-computer interaction, and neuroscience. Below is a selection of the work and publications which they have authored and co-authored.
Selected publications
Emanuela Maggioni
CEO/CTO & Co-Founder
- Besevli, C., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., Mathur, S., Beganovic, S., Boak, D., Schieck, A., Lechner, M., Maggioni, E., Philpott, C., & Obrist, M. (2026). Digital Intervention for Smell Training: A Real-World Study on Engagement, Adherence, and Behavioural Dynamics. Rhinology Journal. DOI: 10.4193/Rhin25.290.
- Dawes, C., Xue, J., Brianza, G., Cornelio, P., Montano Murillo, R., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2024). ScentHaptics: Augmenting the Haptic Experiences of Digital Mid-Air Textiles with Scent. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 47-56).
- Hopper, R., Popa, D., Maggioni, E. et al. (2024). Multi-channel portable odor delivery device for self-administered and rapid smell testing. Communications Engineering, 3(1), 141.
- Beşevli, C., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., Shabanova, N., Mathur, S., Lechner, M., … & Obrist, M. (2024). Smell above all: envisioning smell-centred future worlds. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2530-2544).
- Cornelio, P., Vi, C. T., Brianza, G., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2023). Smell and taste-based interactions enabled through advances in digital technology. Handbook of Human Computer Interaction (pp. 1–31). Springer International Publishing
- Beşevli, C., Dawes, C., Brianza, G., Fatah Gen. Schieck, A., Boak, D., Philpott, C., … & Obrist, M. (2023). Nose gym: An interactive smell training solution. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).
- Cornelio, P., Vi, C. T., Brianza, G., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2023). Smell and taste-based interactions enabled through advances in digital technology. Handbook of Human Computer Interaction (pp. 1–31). Springer International Publishing
- Beşevli, C., Dawes, C., Brianza, G., Fatah Gen. Schieck, A., Boak, D., Philpott, C., … & Obrist, M. (2023). Nose gym: An interactive smell training solution. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).
- Cornelio, P., Dawes, C., Maggioni, E., Bernardo, F., Schwalk, M., Mai, M., … & Obrist, M. (2022). Virtually tasty: An investigation of the effect of ambient lighting and 3D-shaped taste stimuli on taste perception in virtual reality. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 30, 100626.
- Brianza, G., Benjamin, J., Cornelio, P., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2022). QuintEssence: a probe study to explore the power of smell on emotions, memories, and body image in daily life. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 29(6), 1-33.
- Desai, N., Maggioni, E., Obrist, M., & Orlu, M. (2022). Scent-delivery devices as a digital healthcare tool for olfactory training: A pilot focus group study in Parkinson’s disease patients. Digital Health, 8, 20552076221129061.
- Pizzoli, S. F. M., Monzani, D., Mazzocco, K., Maggioni, E., & Pravettoni, G. (2022). The power of odor persuasion: The incorporation of olfactory cues in virtual environments for personalised relaxation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(3), 652-661.
- Brianza, G., Cornelio, P., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2021). Sniff before you act: exploration of scent-feature associations for designing future interactions. In IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 281-301). Springer International Publishing.
- Dozio, N., Maggioni, E., Pittera, D., Gallace, A., & Obrist, M. (2021). Corrigendum: May I Smell Your Attention: Exploration of Smell and Sound for Visuospatial Attention in Virtual Reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 749419.
- Dozio, N., Maggioni, E., Pittera, D., Gallace, A., & Obrist, M. (2021). May I smell your attention: Exploration of smell and sound for visuospatial attention in virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 671470.
- Risso, P., Maggioni, E., & Gallace, A. (2021). A preliminary study on the effect of gender‐matched odours on the evaluation of emotional, cognitive and aesthetic characteristics of faces. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 36(4), 436-445.
- Brooks, J., Lopes, P., Amores, J., Maggioni, E., Matsukura, H., Obrist, M., … & Ranasinghe, N. (2021). Smell, Taste, and Temperature Interfaces. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6). ACM.
- Cornelio, P., Maggioni, E., Brianza, G., Subramanian, S., & Obrist, M. (2020). SmellControl: the study of sense of agency in smell. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 470-480).
- Maggioni, E., Cobden, R., Dmitrenko, D., Hornbæk, K., & Obrist, M. (2020). SMELL SPACE: mapping out the olfactory design space for novel interactions. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 27(5), 1-26.
- Vi, C. T., Marzo, A., Memoli, G., Maggioni, E., Ablart, D., Yeomans, M., & Obrist, M. (2020). LeviSense: A platform for the multisensory integration in levitating food and insights into its effect on flavour perception. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 139, 102428.
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., Brianza, G., Holthausen, B. E., Walker, B. N., & Obrist, M. (2020). Caroma therapy: pleasant scents promote safer driving, better mood, and improved well-being in angry drivers. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).
- Trotta, R., Hajas, D., Camargo-Molina, J. E., Cobden, R., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2020). Communicating cosmology with multisensory metaphorical experiences. Journal Of Science Communications, 19(2), 1-17.
- Maggioni, E., Cobden, R., & Obrist, M. (2019). OWidgets: A toolkit to enable smell-based experience design. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 130, 248-260.
- Brianza, G., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Maggioni, E., Pittera, D., Bianchi-Berthouze, N., & Obrist, M. (2019). As light as your scent: effects of smell and sound on body image perception. In IFIP Conference On Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 179-202). Springer International Publishing.
- Metatla, O., Maggioni, E., Cullen, C., & Obrist, M. (2019). “Like Popcorn” Crossmodal Correspondences Between Scents, 3D Shapes and Emotions in Children. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2019). Towards a framework for validating the matching between notifications and scents in olfactory in-car interaction. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6).
- Wintersberger, P., Dmitrenko, D., Schartmüller, C., Frison, A. K., Maggioni, E., Obrist, M., & Riener, A. (2019). S(C)ENTINEL: monitoring automated vehicles with olfactory reliability displays. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 538-546).
- Risso, P., Maggioni, E., Etzi, R., & Gallace, A. (2019). The effect of the tactile attributes of a container on mineral water perception. Beverages, 5(1), 23.
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2018). I smell trouble: using multiple scents to convey driving-relevant information. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 234-238).
- Maggioni, E., Cobden, R., Dmitrenko, D., & Obrist, M. (2018). Smell-O-Message: integration of olfactory notifications into a messaging application to improve users’ performance. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 45-54).
- Rinaldi, L., Maggioni, E., Olivero, N., Maravita, A., & Girelli, L. (2018). Smelling the space around us: Odor pleasantness shifts visuospatial attention in humans. Emotion, 18(7), 971.
- Gatti, E., Calzolari, E., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2018). Emotional ratings and skin conductance response to visual, auditory and haptic stimuli. Scientific Data, 5(1), 1-12.
- Cornelio Martinez, P. I., Maggioni, E., Hornbæk, K., Obrist, M., & Subramanian, S. (2018). Beyond the Libet clock: modality variants for agency measurements. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-14).
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2017). OSpace: towards a systematic exploration of olfactory interaction spaces. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (pp. 171-180).
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., Vi, C. T., & Obrist, M. (2017). What did I sniff? Mapping scents onto driving-related messages. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (pp. 154-163).
- Knoeferle, K., Li, J., Maggioni, E., & Spence, C. (2017). What drives sound symbolism? Different acoustic cues underlie sound-size and sound-shape mappings. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 5562.
- Maggioni, E., Agostinelli, E., & Obrist, M. (2017). Measuring the added value of haptic feedback. In 2017 9th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
- Obrist, M., Gatti, E., Maggioni, E., Vi, C. T., & Velasco, C. (2017). Multisensory experiences in HCI. IEEE MultiMedia, 24(2), 9-13.
- Maggioni, E., Risso, P., Olivero, N., & Gallace, A. (2015). The effect of a container’s weight on the perception of mineral water. Journal of Sensory Studies, 30(5), 395-403.
- Risso, P., Maggioni, E., Olivero, N., & Gallace, A. (2015). The association between the colour of a container and the liquid inside: An experimental study on consumers’ perception, expectations and choices regarding mineral water. Food Quality and Preference, 44, 17-25.
- Maggioni, E. (2015). The Smell of Emotions: Olfactory Influences on Emotions and Consumer Behaviour.
- Rinaldi, L., Maggioni, E., Olivero, N., Maravita, A., & Girelli, L. (2015). Pleasantness smells like a spatial boundary: Odor pleasantness shifts visuospatial attention in humans. In International Convention of Psychological Science.
- Risso, P., Maggioni, E., & Gallace, A. (2015). The effect of pseudo-word labels on the evaluation of mineral water. In IMRF 2015-Pisa 13th–16th June 2015 abstract book.
- Risso, P., Maggioni, E., Olivero, N., & Gallace, A. (2014). The effect of coloured plastic glasses on people’s perception, expectation and choice of mineral water. In 15th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF).
- Maggioni, E., Risso, P., Olivero, N., & Gallace, A. (2015). The effect of a container’s weight on the perception of mineral water. Journal of Sensory Studies, 30(5), 395-403.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., Gatti, E., Velasco, C., & Spence, C. (2014). Ambient scent cue increases positive emotions and willingness to consume scent-related products. In Society for Consumer Psychology Conference.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E. (2013). Misure neurofisiologiche e di atteggiamento implicito per la spiegazione degli effetti dell’odore su emozioni e acquisto d’impulso. Psicologia dei Consumi. McGraw-Hill.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., Batty, M. (2013). La Consumer Experience delle Retail Technologies: Il Caso di Sainsbury’s. Psicologia dei Consumi (pp. 557-558). McGraw-Hill.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2013). Il comportamento passato, l’obbligo morale e il disimpegno sociale nella spiegazione della pirateria digitale. Psicologia dei Consumi. McGraw-Hill.
- Olivero, N., & Maggioni, E. (2013). Marketing olfattivo: Dal laboratorio al punto vendita. Il caso di Puro Gusto, Autogrill. Psicologia dei Consumi (pp. 551–552). McGraw-Hill.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., Gatti, E., Velasco, C., & Spence, C. (2013). Priming, arousal e riduzione dei tempi di reazione delle fragranze alimentari. In Annual Conference of Italian Association of Psychology (AIP).
- Maggioni, E., Olivero, N., & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2012). To share or not to share? Digital skills and the need for approval of the ‘download culture’ members. In 5th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Child and Teen Consumption.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2012). Moral obligation and moral disengagement in the explanation of digital piracy. In Annual Conference of Italian Association of Psychology (AIP).
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., Chamorro Premuzic, T. (2012). Le determinanti socio-psicologiche della Pirateria on-line. In L’impatto giuridico e socio-economico dei consumi digitali: evidenze empiriche e indicazioni di policy.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E., Mariani, M. (2011). ‘Cultura del Download’ e ‘Disimpegno Morale’ nella spiegazione della Pirateria di Contenuti Digitali. In Annual Conference of Italian Association of Psychology.
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E. (2011). Il ruolo delle fragranze ad impatto emotivo nell’acquisto a basso coinvolgimento. In Annual Conference of Italian Association of Psychology (AIP).
- Olivero, N., Maggioni, E. (2011). The Impact of Scent on consumers’ mood, product evaluation and purchase intentions. In Recent Advances in Retail and Service Sciences.
Marianna Obrist
CSO & Co-Founder
- Besevli, C., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., Mathur, S., Beganovic, S., Boak, D., Schieck, A., Lechner, M., Maggioni, E., Philpott, C., & Obrist, M. (2026). Digital Intervention for Smell Training: A Real-World Study on Engagement, Adherence, and Behavioural Dynamics. Rhinology Journal. DOI: 10.4193/Rhin25.290.
- Abdalla, Y., Gatti, E., Orlu, M., & Obrist, M. (2025). Sensory-driven micro-interventions for improved health and wellbeing. Digital Health, 11, https://doi.org/10.1177/ 20552076251408522.
- Philpott, C. M., Hummel, T., Parma, V., Lechner, M., Boak, D., & Obrist, M. (2025). The Need to Promote Olfactory Health in Public Health Agendas Across the Globe. Clinical Otolaryngology, Nov 24. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.70056.
- Beşevli, C., Marques, A., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., & Obrist, M. (2025). Flipping Perspectives: Visualising Digital Smell Training. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2006-2018).
- Velasco, C. & Obrist, M. (2025). Multisensory Experiences: Where the Senses Meet Technology (2nd edn.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-888670-9.
- Velasco, C. & Obrist, M. (2025). Multisensory Experiences: Where the Senses Meet Technology (2nd edn.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-888670-9.
- Obrist, M., & Velasco, C. (2025). Multisensory experiences: Formation, realization, and responsibilities. Communications of the ACM, 68(4), 50-59.
- Zhong, S., Gatti, E., Hardwick, J., Ribul, M., Cho, Y., & Obrist, M. (2025). LLM-mediated domain-specific voice agents: the case of TextileBot. Behaviour & Information Technology, 1-33.
- Zhong, S., Zhou, Z., Dawes, C., Brianz, G., & Obrist, M. (2024). Sniff AI: Is My’Spicy’Your’Spicy’? Exploring LLM’s Perceptual Alignment with Human Smell Experiences. arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.06950.
- Dawes, C., Xue, J., Brianza, G., Cornelio, P., Montano Murillo, R., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2024). ScentHaptics: Augmenting the Haptic Experiences of Digital Mid-Air Textiles with Scent. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 47-56).
- Zhong, S., Gatti, E., Cho, Y., & Obrist, M. (2024). Feeling textiles through ai: An exploration into multimodal language models and human perception alignment. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 33-37).
- Hopper, R., Popa, D., Maggioni, E., Patel, D., Obrist, M., Landis, B. N., … & Udrea, F. (2024). Multi-channel portable odor delivery device for self-administered and rapid smell testing. Communications Engineering, 3(1), 141.
- Beşevli, C., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., Shabanova, N., Mathur, S., Lechner, M., … & Obrist, M. (2024). Smell above all: envisioning smell-centred future worlds. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2530-2544).
- Zhong, S., Gatti, E., Cho, Y., & Obrist, M. (2024). Exploring Human-AI Perception Alignment in Sensory Experiences: Do LLMs Understand Textile Hand?. arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.06587.
- Vi, C. T., Obrist, M., & Yeomans, M. R. (2024). The role of novel taste and smell delivery devices in facilitating multisensory and eating behaviour research. In Smell, Taste, Eat: The Role of the Chemical Senses in Eating Behaviour (pp. 29-42). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Cornelio, P., Vi, C. T., Brianza, G., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2023). Smell and taste-based interactions enabled through advances in digital technology. In Handbook of Human Computer Interaction (pp. 1-31). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Beşevli, C., Dawes, C., Brianza, G., Fatah Gen. Schieck, A., Boak, D., Philpott, C., … & Obrist, M. (2023). Nose gym: An interactive smell training solution. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).
- Brooks, J., Lopes, P., Obrist, M., Amores Fernandez, J., & Kaye, J. (2023). Third wave or winter? The past and future of smell in HCI. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).
- Brianza, G., Benjamin, J., Cornelio, P., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2022). QuintEssence: a probe study to explore the power of smell on emotions, memories, and body image in daily life. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 29(6), 1-33.
- Desai, N., Maggioni, E., Obrist, M., & Orlu, M. (2022). Scent-delivery devices as a digital healthcare tool for olfactory training: A pilot focus group study in Parkinson’s disease patients. Digital Health, 8, 20552076221129061.
- Mehrotra, S., Brocker, A., Obrist, M., & Borchers, J. (2022). The scent of collaboration: Exploring the effect of smell on social interactions. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (pp. 1-7).
- Dozio, N., Maggioni, E., Pittera, D., Gallace, A., & Obrist, M. (2021). May I smell your attention: Exploration of smell and sound for visuospatial attention in virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 671470.
- Cornelio, P., Maggioni, E., Brianza, G., Subramanian, S., & Obrist, M. (2020). SmellControl: the study of sense of agency in smell. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 470-480).
- Velasco, C., & Obrist, M. (2025). Multisensory experiences: Where the senses meet technology. Oxford University Press.
- Maggioni, E., Cobden, R., Dmitrenko, D., Hornbæk, K., & Obrist, M. (2020). SMELL SPACE: mapping out the olfactory design space for novel interactions. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 27(5), 1-26.
- Maggioni, E., Cobden, R., & Obrist, M. (2019). OWidgets: A toolkit to enable smell-based experience design. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 130, 248-260.
- Brianza, G., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Maggioni, E., Pittera, D., Bianchi-Berthouze, N., & Obrist, M. (2019). As light as your scent: effects of smell and sound on body image perception. In IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 179-202). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2018). I smell trouble: using multiple scents to convey driving-relevant information. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 234-238).
- Maggioni, E., Cobden, R., Dmitrenko, D., & Obrist, M. (2018). Smell-O-Message: integration of olfactory notifications into a messaging application to improve users’ performance. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 45-54).
- Spence, C., Obrist, M., Velasco, C., & Ranasinghe, N. (2017). Digitizing the chemical senses: Possibilities & pitfalls. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 107, 62-74.
- Dmitrenko, D., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2017). OSpace: towards a systematic exploration of olfactory interaction spaces. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (pp. 171-180).
- Obrist, M., Gatti, E., Maggioni, E., Vi, C. T., & Velasco, C. (2017). Multisensory experiences in HCI. IEEE MultiMedia, 24(2), 9-13.
- Obrist, M., Velasco, C., Vi, C., Ranasinghe, N., Israr, A., Cheok, A., … & Gopalakrishnakone, P. (2016). Sensing the future of HCI: Touch, taste, and smell user interfaces. Interactions, 23(5), 40-49
- Obrist, M., Velasco, C., Vi, C. T., Ranasinghe, N., Israr, A., Cheok, A. D., … & Gopalakrishnakone, P. (2016). Touch, taste, & smell user interfaces: The future of multisensory HCI. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3285-3292).
- Obrist, M., Tuch, A. N., & Hornbaek, K. (2014). Opportunities for odor: experiences with smell and implications for technology. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 2843-2852).
- Vermeeren, A. P., Law, E. L. C., Roto, V., Obrist, M., Hoonhout, J., & Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, K. (2010). User experience evaluation methods: current state and development needs. In Proceedings of the 6th Nordic conference on human-computer interaction: Extending boundaries (pp. 521-530).
Elena Calzolari
Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience
- Hadi, Z., Mahmud, M., Calzolari, E., Chepisheva, M., Zimmerman, K. A., Tahtis, V., … & Seemungal, B. M. (2025). Balance recovery and its link to vestibular agnosia in traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal behavioural and neuro-imaging study. Journal of Neurology, 272(2), 132.
- Hadi, Z., Mahmud, M., Pondeca, Y., Calzolari, E., Chepisheva, M., Smith, R. M., … & Seemungal, B. M. (2022). The human brain networks mediating the vestibular sensation of self-motion. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 443, 120458.
- Albini, F., Pisoni, A., Salvatore, A., Calzolari, E., Casati, C., Marzoli, S. B., … & Vallar, G. (2022). Aftereffects to Prism Exposure without Adaptation: A Single Case Study. Brain Sciences, 12(4), 480.
- Calzolari, E., Chepisheva, M., Smith, R. M., Mahmud, M., Hellyer, P. J., Tahtis, V., … & Seemungal, B. M. (2021). Vestibular agnosia in traumatic brain injury and its link to imbalance. Brain, 144(1), 128-143.
- Longo, M. R., Amoruso, E., Calzolari, E., Ben Yehuda, M., Haggard, P., & Azañón, E. (2020). Anisotropies of tactile distance perception on the face. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82(7), 3636-3647.
- Fortis, P., Ronchi, R., Velardo, V., Calzolari, E., Banco, E., Algeri, L., … & Vallar, G. (2020). A home-based prism adaptation training for neglect patients. Cortex, 122, 61-80.
- Ronchi, R., Rossi, I., Calzolari, E., Bolognini, N., & Vallar, G. (2019). Exploring prism exposure after hemispheric damage: Reduced aftereffects following left-sided lesions. Cortex, 120, 611-628.
- Gatti, E., Calzolari, E., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2018). Emotional ratings and skin conductance response to visual, auditory and haptic stimuli. Scientific Data, 5(1), 1-12.
- Sargeant, M., Sykes, E., Saviour, M., Sawhney, A., Calzolari, E., Arthur, J., … & Seemungal, B. M. (2018). The utility of the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool in hospitalized traumatic brain injury patients. Journal of Concussion, 2, 2059700218808121.
- Vallar, G., & Calzolari, E. (2018). Unilateral spatial neglect after posterior parietal damage. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 151, 287-312.
- Calzolari, E., Albini, F., Bolognini, N., & Vallar, G. (2017). Multisensory and modality-specific influences on adaptation to optical prisms. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 568.
- Calzolari, E., Azañón, E., Danvers, M., Vallar, G., & Longo, M. R. (2017). Adaptation aftereffects reveal that tactile distance is a basic somatosensory feature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(17), 4555-4560.
- Calzolari, E., Gallace, A., Moseley, G. L., & Vallar, G. (2016). Effect of prism adaptation on thermoregulatory control in humans. Behavioural Brain Research, 296, 339-350.
- Calzolari, E., Bolognini, N., Casati, C., Marzoli, S. B., & Vallar, G. (2015). Restoring abnormal aftereffects of prismatic adaptation through neuromodulation. Neuropsychologia, 74, 162-169.
- Fortis, P., Ronchi, R., Calzolari, E., Gallucci, M., & Vallar, G. (2013). Exploring the effects of ecological activities during exposure to optical prisms in healthy individuals. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 29.
Christopher Dawes
Researcher & Future Leader Fellow
- Besevli, C., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., Mathur, S., Beganovic, S., Boak, D., Schieck, A., Lechner, M., Maggioni, E., Philpott, C., & Obrist, M. (2026). Digital Intervention for Smell Training: A Real-World Study on Engagement, Adherence, and Behavioural Dynamics. Rhinology Journal. DOI: 10.4193/Rhin25.290.
- Beşevli, C., Marques, A., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., & Obrist, M. (2025). Flipping Perspectives: Visualising Digital Smell Training. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2006-2018).
- O’Nascimento, R., Petreca, B., Morrow, R., Dawes, C., Ribul, M., Rahatekar, S., & Baurley, S. (2025). Biofibre explorer: An augmented reality (AR) tool to promote circularity through material knowledge.
- Halid, A. B., Baurley, S., Boons, F., Ceschin, F., Charnley, F., Cummings, B., … & Zayas-Garin, E. (2025). Human behaviour and the circular economy: Social, behavioural, and cultural dimensions of the circular economy transition.
- Zhong, S., Zhou, Z., Dawes, C., Brianz, G., & Obrist, M. (2024). Sniff AI: Is My ‘Spicy’ Your ‘Spicy’? Exploring LLM’s Perceptual Alignment with Human Smell Experiences. arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.06950.
- Niewiadomski, R., Bertran, F. A., Dawes, C., Obrist, M., & Mancini, M. (2024). First Multimodal Banquet: Exploring Innovative Technology for Commensality and Human-Food Interaction (CoFI2024). In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 690-693).
- Shin, H., Dawes, C., Xue, J., & Obrist, M. (2024). How does red taste?: Exploring how colour-taste associations affect our experience of food In Real Life and Extended Reality. In Companion Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 134-137).
- Dawes, C., Xue, J., Brianza, G., Cornelio, P., Montano Murillo, R., Maggioni, E., & Obrist, M. (2024). ScentHaptics: Augmenting the Haptic Experiences of Digital Mid-Air Textiles with Scent. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 47-56).
- Carter, A., Beşevli, C., Dawes, C., & Obrist, M. (2024). Scent and Space: Navigating Smell Interactions in Public, Private, and Virtual Spaces. Interactions, 31(6), 38-43.
- Dawes, C., McGreal, S. J., Marwaha, S., Prados, J., Reheis, A., Dumitrescu, A., … & O’Tuathaigh, C. (2024). Overshadowing and salience attribution in relation to cannabis use. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 37, 100315.
- Beşevli, C., Brianza, G., Dawes, C., Shabanova, N., Mathur, S., Lechner, M., … & Obrist, M. (2024). Smell above all: envisioning smell-centred future worlds. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2530-2544).
- Xue, J., Montano Murillo, R., Dawes, C., Frier, W., Cornelio, P., & Obrist, M. (2024). Fabsound: audio-tactile and affective fabric experiences through mid-air haptics. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-17).
- Obrist, M., Bertran, F. A., Makam, N., Kim, S., Dawes, C., Marti, P., … & Wang, Y. (2024). Grand challenges in human-food interaction. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 183, 103197.
- Dawes, C., Beganovic, S., Schwalk, M., Mai, M., Pawlizak, S., Zhang, J., … & Obrist, M. (2023). Reality bites: highlighting the potential discrepancies between multisensory taste perception in extended and physical reality. Frontiers in Computer Science, 5, 1268849.
- Carter, A. R., Obrist, M., Dawes, C., Dix, A., Pearson, J., Jones, M., … & Beşevli, C. (2023). Scent InContext: Design and development around smell in public and private spaces. In Companion Publication of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 138-141).
- Xue, J., Petreca, B. B., Dawes, C., & Obrist, M. (2023). FabTouch: A tool to enable communication and design of tactile and affective fabric experiences. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 1-16).
- Besevli, C., Dawes, C., Brianza, G., Ava Fatah gen. Schieck, Boak, D., Philpott, C., … & Obrist, M. (2023). Nose Gym: An Interactive Smell Training Solution. In CHI Extended Abstracts (pp. 464-1).
- Cornelio, P., Dawes, C., Maggioni, E., Bernardo, F., Schwalk, M., Mai, M., … & Obrist, M. (2022). Virtually tasty: An investigation of the effect of ambient lighting and 3D-shaped taste stimuli on taste perception in virtual reality. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 30, 100626.
- Dawes, C., Quinn, D., Bickerdike, A., O’Neill, C., Granger, K. T., Pereira, S. C., … & Moran, P. M. (2022). Latent inhibition, aberrant salience, and schizotypy traits in cannabis users. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 28, 100235.
- Dawes, C., Bickerdike, A., O’Neill, C., Carneiro Pereira, S., Waddington, J. L., Moran, P. M., & O’Tuathaigh, C. M. (2021). Cannabis use, schizotypy and Kamin blocking performance. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 633476.
- Dawes, C., Danielmeier, C., Haselgrove, M., & Moran, P. M. (2021). High schizotypy predicts emotion recognition independently of negative affect. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 738344.
- O’Tuathaigh, C. M., Dawes, C., Bickerdike, A., Duggan, E., O’Neill, C., Waddington, J. L., & Moran, P. M. (2020). Does cannabis use predict psychometric schizotypy via aberrant salience?. Schizophrenia Research, 220, 194-200.
- Lopez-Fernandez, O., Griffiths, M. D., Kuss, D. J., Dawes, C., Pontes, H. M., Justice, L., … & Billieux, J. (2019). Cross-cultural validation of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale in four forms and eight languages. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22(7), 451-464.
- Lopez-Fernandez, O., Kuss, D. J., Pontes, H. M., Griffiths, M. D., Dawes, C., Justice, L. V., … & Billieux, J. (2018). Measurement invariance of the short version of the problematic mobile phone use questionnaire (PMPUQ-SV) across eight languages. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1213.
- Mathur, N., Dawes, C., & Moran, P. M. (2019). Olfactory threshold selectively predicts positive psychometric schizotypy. Schizophrenia Research, 209, 80-87.
Fahad Zia
AI / ML Lead
- Zia, M. F., & Kalidass, S. H. (2024). Web Phishing Net (WPN): A scalable machine learning approach for real-time phishing campaign detection. In 2024 4th Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference (ICSC) (pp. 206-213). IEEE.
- Zia, M. F., Kalidass, S. H., & Roscoe, J. F. (2023). SANTA: Semi-supervised adversarial network threat and anomaly detection system. In Artificial Intelligence XL: SGAI 2023 (pp. 335–349). Springer.
Richard Hopper
Senior Hardware Engineer
- Hopper, R., Popa, D., Maggioni, E., Patel, D., Obrist, M., Landis, B. N., Hsieh, J. W., & Udrea, F. (2024). Multi-channel portable odor delivery device for self-administered and rapid smell testing. Communications Engineering, 3, Article 1.
- Hopper, R., Popa, D., Udrea, F., Ali, S. Z., & Stanley-Marbell, P. (2022). Miniaturized thermal acoustic gas sensor based on a CMOS microhotplate and MEMS microphone. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1–6.
- Popa, D., Hopper, R., Ali, S. Z., Cole, M. T., Fan, Y., Veigang-Radulescu, V. P., Chikkaraddy, R., Nallala, J., Xing, Y., Alexander-Webber, J., & Hofmann, S. (2021). A highly stable, nanotube-enhanced, CMOS-MEMS thermal emitter for mid-IR gas sensing. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1–7.
- Hopper, R., Popa, D., Tsoutsouras, V., Udrea, F., & Stanley-Marbell, P. (2020). Miniaturized thermal acoustic gas sensor based on a CMOS microhotplate and MEMS microphone. Proceedings, 56(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020056003
- Zuliani, C., Hopper, R., Musto, M., De Luca, A., Falco, C., & Udrea, F. (2019, June). A CMOS-based thermo-electrocatalytic gas sensor for selective and low-level detection of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. In 2019 20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems & Eurosensors XXXIII (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXXIII) (pp. 322–325). IEEE.
- De Luca, A., Ali, S. Z., Hopper, R. H., Boual, S., Gardner, J. W., & Udrea, F. (2017, January). Filterless non-dispersive infra-red gas detection: A proof of concept. In 2017 IEEE 30th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). IEEE.
Chowdhury, M. F., Hopper, R., Ali, S. Z., Gardner, J. W., & Udrea, F. (2016). MEMS infrared emitter and detector for capnography applications. Procedia Engineering, 168, 1204–1207. - Pusch, A., De Luca, A., Oh, S. S., Wuestner, S., Roschuk, T., Chen, Y., Boual, S., Ali, Z., Phillips, C. C., Hong, M., Maier, S. A., Udrea, F., Hopper, R. H., & Hess, O. (2015). A highly efficient CMOS nanoplasmonic crystal enhanced slow-wave thermal emitter improves infrared gas-sensing devices. Scientific Reports, 5.
- De Luca, A., Cole, M. T., Hopper, R. H., Boual, S., Warner, J. H., Robertson, A. R., Ali, S. Z., Udrea, F., Gardner, J. W., & Milne, W. I. (2015). Enhanced spectroscopic gas sensors using in-situ grown carbon nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters, 106(19), Article 194101.