Scientist
Ulrika Ferner
Member of Multimodal Interaction Lab
Ulrika Ferner has been a research assistant and PhD student in the Multimodal Interaction lab since February 2023. For the project “experience-based digital access to research in a natural history museum”, they cooperate with the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart to develop a variety of mixed-reality-applications to introduce visitors to the evolution and diversity of insects. The focus of this project lies primarily on creating a feeling of empathy with and emotional connections to the insects and using this change of perspective to emphasize their importance.
Ulrika Ferner studied Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.), Biology and Science Communication & Society (M.Sc.) at the universities of Heidelberg and Leiden (Netherlands). Prior to working at the IWM, they had a position as research assistant at the LIB Museum Koenig Bonn in the department for visitor and education research, developing a digital escape game on the topic of biodiversity.