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Career

· Assistant Professor, Aalto University2024–
· Postdoctoral Researcher, Universität der Bundeswehr München2022–
· Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg2021–2022
· Visiting PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University2019–2019
· Master thesis researcher, IFSTTAR Site de Lyon-Bron2017–2017
· PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, University of Luxembourg2017–2021
· PhD Student, University of Luxembourg2017–2021
· Master's Degree in Humanities and Social Sciences, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon2015–2017

Publications (26)

Acceptability and Acceptance of Autonomous Mobility on Demand: The Impact of an Immersive Experience
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2018
118
cited
A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Methods and Risk Representation in Usable Privacy and Security Research
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact. · 2021
58
cited
How Acceptable Is This? How User Experience Factors Can Broaden our Understanding of The Acceptance of Privacy Trade-offs
Computers in Human Behavior · 2020
52
cited
Security - Visible, Yet Unseen?
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2019
35
cited
The Framework of Security-Enhancing Friction: How UX Can Help Users Behave More Securely
New Security Paradigms Workshop · 2020
33
cited
The Influence of Context on Response to Spear-Phishing Attacks: an In-Situ Deception Study
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2023
33
cited
The Effects of Group Discussion and Role-playing Training on Self-efficacy, Support-seeking, and Reporting Phishing Emails: Evidence from a Mixed-design Experiment
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2024
24
cited
Do persuasive designs make smartphones more addictive? - A mixed-methods study on Chinese university students
Computers in Human Behavior Reports · 2021
17
cited
User Experience Design for E-Voting: How mental models align with security mechanisms
arXiv.org · 2019
17
cited
Making Encryption Feel Secure: Investigating how Descriptions of Encryption Impact Perceived Security
2020 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW) · 2020
12
cited
“We Need a Big Revolution in Email Advertising”: Users’ Perception of Persuasion in Permission-based Advertising Emails
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2023
11
cited
Complex, but in a good way? How to represent encryption to non-experts through text and visuals – Evidence from expert co-creation and a vignette experiment
Computers in Human Behavior Reports · 2021
9
cited
Running out of time(rs): effects of scarcity cues on perceived task load, perceived benevolence and user experience on e-commerce sites
Behavior and Information Technology · 2023
9
cited
The effects of privacy-non-invasive interventions on cheating prevention and user experience in unproctored online assessments: An empirical study
Comput. Educ. · 2023
8
cited
An (Un)Necessary Evil - Users' (Un)Certainty about Smartphone App Permissions and Implications for Privacy Engineering
2022 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW) · 2022
6
cited
Human-centered Behavioral and Physiological Security
New Security Paradigms Workshop · 2023
6
cited
What Motivates and Discourages Employees in Phishing Interventions: An Exploration of Expectancy-Value Theory
SOUPS @ USENIX Security Symposium · 2024
6
cited
Analysing the Influence of Loss-Gain Framing on Data Disclosure Behaviour: A Study on the Use Case of App Permission Requests
European Symposium on Usable Security · 2023
2
cited
Balancing The Perception of Cheating Detection, Privacy and Fairness: A Mixed-Methods Study of Visual Data Obfuscation in Remote Proctoring
European Symposium on Usable Security · 2024
1
cited
Beyond Deterrence: A Systematic Review of the Role of Autonomous Motivation in Organizational Security Behavior Studies
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2025
1
cited
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