Associate Professor Suranga Nanayanakkara founded the "Augmented Human Lab" to explore ways of creating ‘enabling’ human-computer interfaces as natural extensions of our body, mind and behaviour. His experience in running a national science experiment project in Singapore and conducting design thinking workshops are directly relevant to the Kiwrious project. Suranga has drawn together a team of experts who share his vision to create a truly innovative and exciting project that will revolutionise the way young students engage with science. He is undoubtedly the driving force and mastermind.

Associate Professor Dawn Garbett is a teacher educator in the Faculty of Education and Social Work and honorary Queen of Kiwrious. She is passionate about making science relevant and authentic for all students. Kiwrious grabbed her attention from its inception. She has supported the development of resources and challenges on the Inquiry Editor. With this tool kit, students can investigate and inquire about questions that intrigue, concern, amaze and inspire them. Arise, creative scientists!

Sonia completed her Master of Engineering in Telecommunication Systems from ESIEE-Paris. She worked in five different countries for diverse international companies and spent 10 years in Silicon Valley, California working on inspiring projects in the semiconductor and consumer electronic field. Even though she was surrounded by innovation and technology for all those years, she has returned to New Zealand to share her passion for Science and to introduce all the exciting facets of the STEAM fields to young and curious minds. She founded the TestPod Ltd in 2014 and joined AHLAB in 2020 to be part of the Kiwrious project.

Yvonne has a ME (Engineering) from University of Auckland, BA (Industrial Design) from the National University of Singapore. She believes in creating products that have a tangible impact on users' lives. Before joining AHLab she worked as a product and UX designer in Tware, a haptic wearable technology startup making smart pressure jackets for individuals with sensory processing disorders. Her Masters research was on immersive technology for children’s learning. Yvonne is working offshore in Singapore and is the lead designer of Kiwrious.

Juanpa is a Firmware and Electronics Research Engineer in the Augmented Human Lab at SUTD University in Singapore. After three years, he joined the Think Tank Team in Samsung Research America, where he was exposed to cutting-edge technologies, perspectives and ideas that expanded all his boundaries and refined his competences and technical skills.

Finally, following his desire to challenge his perspectives once again and wanting to deepen in the understanding of the capabilities of human potential, he joined the augmented human Lab in the Bioengineering Institute of the University of Auckland in New Zealand where he is currently working as a Research Engineer and pursuing his Master's Degree.

Chamod grew up in Colombo. He completed his bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He joined the Augmented Human Lab at SUTD as a research intern in 2016 and is currently working as a Research Engineer while pursuing his master’s degree.

Haimo obtained his PhD in computer science from the NUS-HCI lab, National University of Singapore. His research interest is in human-computer interactions, and specifically in enhancing human experiences and capabilities in daily lives, through the use of wearable sensing and haptic technologies.

Sankha completed his bachelor degree in applied sciences from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2015. He is strongly passionate about AR, VR, MR, BCI, and also capable of learning and applying any kind of technology. After graduation, he has worked in a software company for 4 years. In that company, he has initiated an internal R&D unit and carried out several research projects related to augmented reality, mixed reality and BCI. Some of his spontaneous ideas and implementations have finally become mobile apps and new inventions. Also, he is known as a creative game developer who is inventing new methods for playing electronic games.

During his free time, he loves practising music, playing keyboard and writing new concepts.

Qin received the M.F.A. degree in information arts and design from Tsinghua University, China, in 2016. Her research interests include human-computer interaction, user experience, and interaction design. In recent two years, Qin is focused on HCI research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, Chengdu University of Information Technology, China. She is also the Lab director and leads the Interactive Media Studio.Qin grew up in Sichuan, China. In her spare time, she enjoys playing guitar and football.

Jiashuo graduated from Chengdu University and Information Technology with a bachelor degree in computer science in 2018, and is now a Master student in Augmented Human Lab, University of Auckland. During his college years, he joined the Interactive Media Studio and participated in some projects related to Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction, which is also his interest. In his spare time, Jiashuo loves music and games, especially Nintendo games.

Deviana is an educator who specializes in primary education and curriculum development. Her credentials include an MA in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University as well as a BA in (Developmental) Psychology and Criminology from the University of Melbourne. She is passionate about inclusive education and adopts a culturally responsive stance that reflects well within her work. Prior to joining the Augmented Human Lab (AHLab) of Auckland University's Bioengineering Institute, she taught in public schools across New York City. She currently assists the department through her involvement in Project Kiwrious, where she develops STEM-focused curriculum along with other student-teacher engagements. During her time off, Deviana enjoys hosting gatherings, travelling, Brazilian Jiujitsu and Dota2.

Andrew Reis is a software engineer and financial analyst who is currently completing a Masters of Engineering at the University of Auckland and working in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He has extensive experience working in the investment banking industry in Asia and North America and will be working in high-frequency trading as an AI and software engineer. His research interests include Affective Computing, Human-Computer Interaction and Deep Neural Networks.

Priya enjoys working with children to understand their ways of learning and to show the difference that good orchestration of technology brings to learning. Naturally she is excited to be part of the wonderful Kiwrious team with whom she shares her passion. She has a PhD at the intersection of education and human computer interaction and her work focussed on understanding learning with a broader view towards designing effective pedagogies and cutting edge environments. She currently works as an educational technology consultant with University College London on projects geared towards implementation of technology in classrooms. She is also the lead user experience researcher with British Airways Digital. But what she enjoys most is working with teams and design-led cultures that in many different ways challenge the world we live in.

Philipp M. Scholl is currently a visiting Research Fellow at the Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland. He also holds a position as an academic officer at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Before he worked at the University of Darmstadt, and University of Lancaster. Phil received his doctoral degree from the University of Freiburg, and a Diploma in Computer Science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He is a lecturer on Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture and Wearable Computing. Since 2012, Phil researches in the area of Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing with a focus on Activity Recognition from wearable computers, and human augmentation.

Fiona completed her Masters in Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship at the University Of Auckland Graduate School Of Management in 2020. An experienced creative thinker, she is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurial thinking. Fiona has led marketing, training and customer experience teams in the United Arab Emirates, India, Middle East and New Zealand. She now wishes to share her experience with Kiwrious to make science and technology accessible to the next generation, so they can create amazing discoveries to protect their future.

Alaeddin Nassani joined the Auckland Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland as a research fellow working at Augmented Human Lab and the Empathic Computing Lab. He has a background in software development and completed his PhD from the HITLabNZ at the University of Canterbury with a focus on human-computer interaction and augmented reality.

Elliott is a computer scientist with broad research interests including Mobile Sensing, Software Engineering, and Computer Networking. He is currently working as a research fellow in AHLab at The University of Auckland. During breaks, He loves exploring compilers, operating system kernels, and RISC-V CPUs.

Xinke is always looking to flex her empathy muscles into understanding people, and she is enthusiastic about crafting beautiful experiences with technology. She is currently an undergraduate student majoring in Industrial Design at zhejiang University in China. She has previously worked at NUS HCI Lab in the National University of Singapore as a research intern. And she also worked as a research intern at the data visualization group, State Key Lab of CAD&CG in China. She hopes her work at the Augmented Human Lab can help enable and empower the users in a natural way.