director
dr. lauren buck
Assistant Professor of Games
University of Utah
Dr. Lauren Buck is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Games at the University of Utah and also holds Adjunct Assistant Professor appointments in the Kahlert School of Computing and the Department of Psychology. She earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Samford University (2015), followed by an M.S. (2020) and Ph.D. (2021) in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Graphics. From 2022 to 2024, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.
Dr. Buck currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics and ACM Transactions on Applied Perception.
You can access her curriculum vitae here.
Collaborators
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Dr. Sarah Creem-Regehr
Professor of Psychology
University of Utah -

Dr. Jeanine Stefanucci
Professor of Psychology
University of Utah
Current Students
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Kaylee Lai
Games
Research Associate
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Divith Reddy
Games
Research Associate
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Keita Katanuma
Games
MEAE, 2028
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Om Soni
Games
MEAE, 2028
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Sungkyun Kim
Computer Science
BS, 2026 -

Jas Sandhu
Computer Science
BS, 2026 -

Nico Schembri
Computer Science
BS, 2026
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Ashley Buzard
Psychology
PhD -

Maisha Orthy
Psychology
PhD
Join the Lab / Opportunities
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A NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:
We’re always excited to work with talented, passionate people. Openings change frequently, so please get in touch, but do not directly send your CV. Prospective PhD students can currently apply either through the Kahlert School of Computing or the Department of Psychology.



