Short bio

Gennari is senior RTD, tenure-track Associate Professor. She obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2002, Amsterdam Univeristy. She was  post-doc with the ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” fellowship for talented young researchers, at CWI, Amsterdam, in 2002, then at FBK-irst, Trento, in 2003. She co-authored more than 100 international papers. Gennari authored and managed several projects, e.g., TERENCE (2010-2013). Therein she had the roles of S&T coordinator, WP leader, and PI. This project received excellence marks from the European Commission. She is also the Scientific Assistant of the IxD&A HCI journal, chair of the international series of mis4TEL conferences for HCI and technology enhanced learning, and she is regularly invited to review articles for top HCI conferences and journals.

Main Research Areas

Human Computer Interaction
Interaction Design
Tangible Design
Making
Technology Enhanced Learning