Researchers

Maria Cristina Barba graduated in Information Engineering at the University of Salento, Lecce in 2003. Her past research interests include the management of biomedical data and images in Grid computing environment. She worked for some years in Noemalife, an International Group in the clinical and hospital information systems market.

Actually she is working as a research fellow in AVRLab by developing virtual and augmented reality applications and geo-location based games. Her current research interest covers Virtual and Augmented Reality for medical applications.

Sofia Chiarello, after a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Heritage, graduated magna cum laude with a master's degree in European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society at the University of Salento, in a.y 2020/2021.

She is now a researcher at AVR Lab (Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory) of the Department of Engineering for Innovation of University of Salento and her current research interests concern the development of Virtual and Augmented Reality applications and 3D modeling for the enhancement and the fruition of cultural heritage.

Federica Faggiano, after a bachelor’s degree in Technologies for Cultural Heritage, graduated magna cum laude with a master's degree in European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society at the University of Salento in a.y. 2020/2021.

She is now a researcher at AVR Lab (Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory) of the Department of Engineering for Innovation of University of Salento.

Her current research interests concern the development of Virtual and Augmented Reality applications and 3D modeling for the enhancement and the fruition of cultural heritage.

Benito Luigi Nuzzo, after a bachelor’s degree in Technologies for Cultural Heritage, graduated magna cum laude with a master's degree in European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society at the University of Salento in a.y. 2020/2021.

He is now a researcher at AVR Lab (Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory) of the Department of Engineering for Innovation of University of Salento.

His current researcher interests concern modeling virtual environments for the development of a Virtual Reality application for art therapy and mindfulness and Mixed Reality applications for cultural heritage.

Giada Sumerano, after a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Heritage, graduated magna cum laude with a master's degree in European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society at the University of Salento, in a.y 2020/2021.

She is now a researcher at AVR Lab (Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory) of the Department of Engineering for Innovation of University of Salento and her current research interests concern in the development of Spatial Augmented Reality applications and 3D modeling for the fruition of cultural heritage.