Dr. Franceli L. Cibrian is an Assistant Professor at the Fowler School of Engineering at Chapman University in Orange, California. She belongs to the Nacional Science System from Mexico, given by Conacyt. She did her postdoctoral training in the STAR lab of Dr. Gillian Hayes at UC Irvine. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE) in Mexico, where she worked under the supervision of Dr. Monica Tentori. She has a background in computer system engineering and a minor in software engineering. Her research interests focus on the design, development, and evaluation of ubiquitous interactive technology to support the development of children, particularly children with special needs. She has experience in human-computer interaction and interaction design, with a specific focus on interactive surfaces and educational and therapeutic interventions for children. She has also done research stays at the Design Lab at UC San Diego under the supervision of Dr. Nadir Weibel and in the UCL Interaction Center at University College London (UCL) under the supervision of Dr. Nadia Berthouze.
