

Natalia Karhu
Doctoral Researcher
Tampere University
natalia.karhu [at] tuni.fi (natalia[dot]karhu[at]tuni[dot]fi)
About me
I am a doctoral researcher and teaching assistant in the field of Human-Technology Interaction, with a focus on accessibility, multimodal interaction, human augmentation, and wearable technology. I am a member of the Multimodal Interaction Research Group (MMIG), part of the TAUCHI Research Center.
Responsibilities
- Researcher in the Augmented Wearable Computing project, focused on human augmentation technologies for defense and industrial applications
- Researcher in the NewWorkTech project, studying accessible technologies to support people with disabilities in their work environments
- Teaching assistant in the master's degree courses HTI.241 - User Interface Design: Principles, Methods, and Tools and HTI.501 - Multimodal Interaction Techniques and Applications
Fields of expertise
- Human-technology interaction (HTI)
- Human-centered design (HCD)
- User experience (UX)
- Accessibility (A11y)
- Human augmentation
- Wearable technology