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The SIRIUS Lab at the University of Glasgow is a leading research group specializing in human-centered security, gaze-based interaction, and emerging ubiquitous technologies like VR, AR, and AI. Our interdisciplinary team investigates privacy, security, and safety threats posed or amplified by these technologies and develops innovative, human-centered solutions to mitigate them.

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Interns to join the team (see openings) !

Mohamed Khamis

Professor & Team Lead

Human-centered Security and Privacy, HCI

Hongxiang Yang

PhD student

Social Virtual Reality, Avatars

Yasmine Elfares

PhD student

Eye Tracking, Software Engineering, Gaze

Ohud Almalki

PhD student

Authentication, Virtual Reality

Ninelle Cherp

PhD student

Gaze-based Interaction, MobileHCI

Sara Alutaibi

PhD student

Safety, Extended Reality in Public Spaces

Junle Li

PhD student

Biometric Authentication, Virtual relaity

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Morad Elfleet

PhD student

AI Companions, Extended Reality

Abigail Petrsoric

PhD student

Pursuits, Improving Reading, Psychology

Anya Emmons

PhD student

Privacy, Augmented Reality

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    Alumni members

    Graduated PhD students and former Postdocs

    • Dr Florian Mathis – Former PhD student (2019-2023). Now Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, Switzerland.
    • Dr Yasmeen Abdrabou – Former PhD student (2019-2023). now Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.
    • Dr Joseph O’Hagan – Former PhD student (2019-2023). Now Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Glasgow, UK.
    • Dr Norah Alotaibi – Former PhD student (2020-2024). Now Assistant Professor at Taif University, Saudi Arabia.
    • Dr Robin Bretin – Former PhD student (2020-2024). Now Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Vienna, Austria.
    • Prof. Dr Karola Marky – Former postdoc (2021-2023). Now Associate Professor at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
    • Dr Md Shafiqul Islam – Former postdoc (2021-2024). Now KTP Associate at Check4Cancer, UK.
    • Dr Pejman Saeghe – Former postdoc (2022-2023). Now Lecturer at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
    • Dr Shaun Macdonald – Former postdoc (2022-2023). Now Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Glasgow, UK.
    • Dr Martina Ruocco – Former postdoc (2023-2024). Now Senior ML Engineer at LRQA, UK.
    • Dr Maheshya Weerasinghe – Former postdoc (2023-2024). Now Assistant Professor at University of Primorska, Slovenia.
    • Mr Andras Bodrogai – Former Research Software Engineer (2023-2024). Now Software Engineer at Siemens Digital Industries Software, UK.
    • Dr Noora Alsakar – Former PhD student (2021-2025). Now Assistnt Professor at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Damam, Saudi Arabia.
    • Dr Habiba Farzand – Former PhD student (2021-2025). Now Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bristol, UK.
    • Dr Melvin Abraham – Former PhD student (2021-2025). Now Postdoctoral Fellow at Abertay University, UK.
    • Dr Cristina Fiani – Former PhD student (2022-2026). Now Emerging Tech Analyst at Sony Interactive Entertainment, UK.
    • Dr Omar Namnakani – Former PhD student (2022-2026). Now Assistant Professor at the Islamic University of Madinah, Medina, Saudi Arabia.

    Former interns, undergraduate and MSc students

    Interns

    • Florian Mathis, Summer 2019
    • Nicolae Marton, Summer 2019
    • Paul Bekaert, Summer 2021
    • Jolie Bonner, Summer 2021
    • Morgan Bierey, Summer 2021

    MSc students

    • 2025, Guojian Zhang, MSc
    • 2025, Hanzhi Zhang, MSc
    • 2025, Bofeng Li, MSc
    • 2025, Bingyu Wang, MSc
    • 2024/2025, Mohamed Farzwan, Level 5 SE
    • 2024, Haoran TANG, MSc
    • 2024, Menzexi Lyu, MSc
    • 2024, Binglong Wang, MSc
    • 2023, Mark Turner, MSci
    • 2023, Vasu Agarwal, MSc
    • 2023, Lyuyang Qin, MSc
    • 2023, Yukun Yuan, MSc
    • 2023, Xiaoxie Na, MSc
    • 2023, Zhao Wang, MSc
    • 2023, Zihan Bai, MSc
    • 2022, Penpicha Sinrattanavong, MSc
    • 2022, Damilare Omomuwagun, MSc
    • 2022, Raju Kalidindi Ramana Krishnam, MSc
    • 2022, Kanyaphat Wiruchsilpa, MSc
    • 2022 (December), Chenbing Li, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Marija Mumm, Level 5 SE
    • 2021-2022, Shao Wenyu, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Arijeet Ghosh, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Konstantinos Tsoumanis, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Yazhuo Huang, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Jingwen Feng, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Zhaonian Xu, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Chi Zhang, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Yan Yan, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Liuzhizi Yin, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Yuzhe Cao, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Shravanth Paturi, MSc
    • 2021-2022, Aiden Meikle, MSci
    • 2021, Quentin Deligny, MSci
    • 2019-2020, Dominik Bladek, MSci
    • 2020, Lucio Wang, MSc
    • 2020, Wang Xinghe, MSc
    • 2020 (May), Bladek Dominik, MSc
    • 2019, Misahael Fernandez, MSc
    • 2019, Kinshuk Bhardwaj, MSc
    • 2019, Amol Meshram, MSc
    • 2019, Tobias Jonathan Randall-Paley, MSc
    • 2018-2019, Borislav Hristov, MSci

    Level 4/BSc students

    • 2025-2026, Camilla Cummins, Level 4
    • 2025-2026, Pippa Hamilton, Level 4
    • 2024-2025, Ninelle Cherp, Level 4
    • 2024-2025, Connor Kevin Fallon, Level 4
    • 2022-2023, Sajan Suthakaran , Level 4
    • 2022-2023, Usmaan Karim, Level 4
    • 2022-2023, Kyle Buchanan, Level 4
    • 2022-2023, Matilda Bradley, Level 4
    • 2022-2023, David Al Baiaty , Level 4
    • 2021-2022, Calum Firth, Level 4
    • 2019-2020, James Park, Level 4
    • 2019-2020, Andreas Klitis, Level 4