Laura Moradbakhti
Dr Laura Moradbakhti will establish and lead a group on the research topic of ‘AI and digital assistance systems in healthcare’ as part of the PROFuture funding programme. In cooperation with the Health Office Lippe, she is conducting research as a tandem postdoc on the topic of ‘Artificial intelligence for digital assistance systems to improve health literacy in the population‘.
Previously, Dr Moradbakhti was a senior project manager for UX research at TARGOBANK and a postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Mental Health Lab at RWTH Aachen University Hospital and the Wellbeing Technologies Lab at the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London.
Her research focuses on digital health and wellbeing, digital assistance systems, human-technology interaction, technology acceptance, technology design to support psychological needs, AI ethics and social robotics.
Room: CIIT EG 3.6
2014-2017: BSc in Applied Psychology, Durham University
2017-2018: Lloyds Banking Group Clients & Markets Graduate Programme
2018: Internship in the Affective Neuropsychology Research Group at Bielefeld University
2018–2019: MSc in Social Cognition: Research and Applications, University College London (UCL)
2019–2020: Intern in pre-development for autonomous driving at AUDI AG
2020–2022: Research associate and PhD at the Robopsychology Lab at Johannes Kepler University Linz
2023: Doctorate from Johannes Kepler University Linz
2022–2023: Research associate at the Wellbeing Technologies Lab at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London
2023–2025: Postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Mental Health Lab, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
2025: Senior Project Manager, UX Research at Targobank
Since 2026: Group leader & postdoctoral researcher ‘AI and Digital Assistance Systems in Healthcare’ in cooperation with the District Lippe Health Office