Jiangnan Xu (she/her) is a Computer Science Ph.D. student in the Niantic Geo Game Media Research Lab at RIT, NY, USA. 

 

Her research falls under the HCI and UX fields. Specifically, it focuses on exploring the natures and possibilities between humans and the physical environment in this digital era through AR technology. In particular, she is looking at how AR technology and gamification systems could co-evolve the way people interact with each other in hybrid spaces. 
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Jiangnan has an interdisciplinary background in UX Research, Design, and Computer information. She holds an MSc (Distinction) from the University of Edinburgh, UK, majoring in Design Informatics. Her thesis is Distiction awarded, about web UX of data visualization tool online collection, designed and implemented a website for data visualization tool browsing and searching. In her undergraduate study, she was awarded the 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Fellowship by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and studied at ZJUT, China, and ABK, Stuttgart, Germany. 
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Jiangnan is from Hangzhou, China, and studied and worked in Germany, the UK, and the US. She is experienced with cross-cultural and multi-functional communication, collaboration, data analysis, and technical writing.

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Also, Jiangnan has a cat and a dog who provide mental support ;).