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Visiting Switzerland
Hikes, glacial lakes, and mountain huts.
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Figma's Dev Mode
A browser inspector for your Figma design file.
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Beyond Audio
Towards a Design Space of Headphones as a Site for Interaction and Sensing
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Visiting Italy
Hikes, and mountain huts.
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Kaleidoscope
A Reflective Documentation Tool for a User Interface Design Course
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Escapement
A Tool for Interactive Prototyping with Video via Sensor-Mediated Abstraction of Time
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Puppeteering for Animators
Preprint of puppet project.
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Creative and Motivational Strategies
Click for C&C '22 paper PDF.
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Towards Creative Version Control
Click for CSCW '22 paper PDF.
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Multi-Device Usage Patterns
Click for CHI '22 paper PDF.
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Friendscope
Click for CSCW '22 paper PDF.
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Kaleidoscope
An online artist's desk for CS160.
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AirConstellations
Click for UIST '21 paper PDF.
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Technology-Mediated Theatre
Click for DIS '21 paper PDF.
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Conversations with Actuators
Click for TEI'19 paper PDF.
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Cross-country Yosemite
Cross-country skiing to the gift shop.
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Guardians of History
Click for DIS'18 paper PDF.
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AlterWear
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Visiting Sweden
Cross-country skiing to mountain huts.
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HäirIÖ
Click for TEI'18 paper PDF.
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E.O. 9066
A found object puppetry production about the internment of American citizens during WW2, by Lunatique Fantastique.
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Illumination Aesthetics
Click for CHI'17 paper PDF.
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Qbadge
A wacky arduino project I was lucky enough to do at Qualcomm. Click for more info.
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Lightning Cloud
The first step towards creating a little ambient weather indicator...
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Wearable Sparkle
I wondered if I could create a better framework for interacting by wearing an eye-catching piece of electronic jewelry...
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InfraRed Receiver
A very simple IR receiver. A lightweight way to add “remote control” to any project.
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Photo Wall
House decorations with my Dad's photography.
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sketchboard
Critical Making class project
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adVenture
Critical Making class project
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24 Second Food + Fitness
Critical Making class project
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Flying Trapeze
I still train circus skills!
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Emil of Lonneberga
Bay Area Children's Theatre production
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Wonderland
A Circus adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
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Chicken Stock
Lunatique Fantastique Production
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Pratfalls and Rising Stars
Clown Conservatory Production
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GitHub
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fresh open-source repos of code
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cli for a blackboard learn installation
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open-remote
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open a git repo's remote host website from your shell
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connect4.pl
connect 4 AI in perl <i>(forgive me)</i>
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Demo Videos
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(mostly) working video demos
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Romeo and Juliet (A Musical Comedy)
Directed by Felicity HunzekerHesed
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The Good Person of Szechuan
Woman's Will production
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We visited Switzerland! <a href="https://www.molecule.github.io/trips/switzerland/">Check out our trip report here</a>
9 Sept 2025
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Here's <a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-dev-mode/">one of the projects I'm working on at Figma.</a> We're helping developers and designers collaborate
20 June 2023
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Holy cow we bought a house.
7 Nov 2022
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Started work as a Researcher at <a href="https://www.figma.com/">Figma!</a>
26 Sept 2022
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I am very excited to share that I've graduated with my PhD!
13 May 2022
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<a href="src/papers/2022-cc-creative-strategies.pdf">Our paper about creative and motivational strategies used by experts across diverse fields</a> won the Best Paper award at C&C!!
29 Apr 2022
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Got my 12th outstanding review recognition. 3 DIS review cycles in a row babyyyy.
21 Apr 2022
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Oh dang, the creative practice paper was finally accepted! More info about this C&C paper coming soon...
29 Mar 2022
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Humbled to announce I won an Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for teaching in CS61a!
23 Mar 2022
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A paper led by the amazing Irene Yuan (a fellow intern at MSR) got accepted to CHI! Well-deserved kudos to Irene and glad I could play a tiny role in getting it across the finish line :)
08 Feb 2022
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<a href="/post/conference-submission-notes/">Submitted another updated version of our creative practice paper to Creativity and Cognition.</a> Crossing fingers...5th time's the charm?
24 Jan 2022
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Really excited to teach CS61A! <a href="/post/teaching/">My teaching page is here.</a>
18 Jan 2022
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Our paper about version control systems in creative practice was finally accepted! Only took 5 tries... (PDF link coming soon)
17 Dec 2021
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Proud to share <a href="https://twitter.com/FakePaperclips/status/1461776272854454274?s=20">I now have 8 outstanding reviews.</a>
15 Dec 2021
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Excited to share that <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.08460">my paper about compelling remote experiences on camera glasses was accepted to CSCW!</a>
29 Nov 2021
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Loved my MSR internship! So grateful to get to work with so many amazing people.
30 Aug 2021
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Started my second internship at Microsoft. Beyond thrilled to be back.
17 May 2021
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I passed my Qualifying exam! Officially a PhD candidate. <a href="/src/img/quals-committee.png">Huge thanks to the helpful members of my committee!!!</a>
7 May 2021
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<a href="/src/papers/2021-dis-theatre.pdf">My first first-author paper (about incorporating technology into theatre) was accepted to DIS 2021!!</a>
9 Apr 2021
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I just learned I've received <a href="https://twitter.com/FakePaperclips/status/1370131214430924803?s=20">recognition for writing three excellent reviews???</a> Why is this information <a href="https://new.precisionconference.com/reviewing_history">so hidden on the PCS website??</a>
11 Mar 2021
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In the last week I've submitted 7 papers to 4 different conferences. DIS(4), IMWUT(1), Frontiers(1), C&C(1).
22 Feb 2021
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Spent the last 3 months writing and polishing 5 papers for DIS and IMWUT. So proud!!
11 Feb 2021
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All our CHI papers were rejected, BUT we got some fantastic, thorough, thoughtful reviews!
12 Dec 2020
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Check out this flawless <a href="https://i.imgur.com/tMIbxeY.png">CHI rebuttal.</a> Happy Thanksgiving!
26 Nov 2020
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Submitted 3 papers to CHI! Then we had a <a href="https://imgur.com/a/lqXhJha">Zoom lab celebration!</a>
17 Sep 2020
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Celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary with a <a href="https://imgur.com/a/tLYiwfV">handshake.</a> Classic.
9 Sep 2020
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Extremely depressed about global climate change. Wildfires here in California are intense.
7 Sep 2020
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Oh, wow, MSR is a magical place.
14 Jul 2020
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First day as a remote intern "at" Microsoft!
1 Jun 2020
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DIS paper rejected :( We kinda expected this, and have big plans for CHI.
9 Apr 2020
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Very lucky to be able to work from home starting today! Stay safe during this Coronavirus pandemic.
13 Mar 2020
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This semester I'm so excited to be teaching Critical Making alongside my advisor Eric Paulos!!!
1 Feb 2020
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Submitted an AWESOME paper to DIS with my co-researcher Sarah. So so so excited, probably the most I've loved a project.
31 Jan 2020
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Matt and I got <a href="https://imgur.com/jNIUP2o">married :)</a>
9 Sep 2019
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Happy to be back in Berkeley and finished with my Snap internship. If you have any questions about working with Snap, reach out!
26 Aug 2019
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I'm updating notes about our awesome stay in Santa Monica <a href="/trips/santa-monica/">here</a> for anyone curious
12 May 2019
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Our Santa Monica apartment looks out over the original muscle beach!
11 May 2019
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<a href="/src/img/lab-et-al-2019-may.jpeg">Last lab get-together</a> before we all scatter for the summer
8 May 2019
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ONE WEEK until we move to Santa Monica for the summer!! Also just resubmitted our twice-rejected paper to ISWC!
3 May 2019
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My semester is done! Finishing the show with Stan Lai and Sandra Woodall was a fantastic and transformative experience. I treasure everything I learned from the process.
30 Apr 2019
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Aaaand our paper was rejected again :( Got some excellent input on the reviews, though, so trying again at ISWC.
27 Mar 2019
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Looks like I'll be working at Snap Research this summer! I'm sooo excited to dig into and expand their awesome work with AR.
15 Feb 2019
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I won the <a href="http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/2956/molly-nicholas-receives-snap-fellowship">Snap Research fellowship!!</a> I'm truly flabbergasted and so honoured.
4 Feb 2019
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I'm a finalist for the Snap fellowship!!! So excited and honoured!!!
31 Jan 2019
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Joined a theatre class where we work on a production with the amazing Stan Lai.
22 Jan 2019
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Submitted a significantly reworked version of our CHI reject paper to DIS.
15 Jan 2019
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Just got back from a <a href="/trips/yosemite-glacier-point-ski-trip/">spectacular cross-country ski trip to Glacier Point in Yosemite!</a>
25 Dec 2018
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All 6 of the papers submitted from our lab were rejected from CHI! Our worst year ever but of course grad school is a marathon not a sprint so onward to the next thing :)
14 Dec 2018
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<a href="/src/img/lab-group-pic-bubblewrap.jpeg">Enjoying being a part of the Hybrid Ecologies Lab</a> :)
6 Dec 2018
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Our work on creating a conversational profile for actuators that was previously not accepted to UIST was just accepted to TEI!
20 Nov 2018
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Collecting various helpful <a href="post/Rebuttal-Advice/">pieces of advice for writing rebuttals here</a>.
17 Nov 2018
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Happy to celebrate with the wonderful people of <a href="https://www.arcsfoundation.org/">ARCS</a>! So grateful for the support.
6 Nov 2018
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Major congrats to <a href="/src/img/dj-wedding.jpg">my brother and JieHan</a> on the start of their marriage! Perfect day for the start of a perfect union. Also I <a href="/src/img/dj-wedding-action.jpg">photograph</a> weddings <a href="/src/img/dj-wedding-photog.jpg">now</a>. Contact for rates ;)
1 Nov 2018
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Proud of the <a href="https://imgur.com/a/W6gdv0h">visual graphic design I just created for my nerdy reddit hobby.</a> Here's the <a href="https://i.imgur.com/PwaTnrc.png">final version.</a>
27 Oct 2018
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Enjoyed contributing to the Graduate Pathways to STEM mentoring program. Fun working with my three personable and accomplished mentees.
13 Oct 2018
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Finished writing up my <a href="/post/nsf-grfp-application-advice/">NSF-GRFP application advice tips</a> just in time to participate in the department-organized panel about the process.
24 Sep 2018
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Submitted my first first-author paper! <a href="https://i.imgur.com/XAFRi0k.jpg">Had fun out celebrating with some folks from Bjoern's lab.</a>
21 Sep 2018
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So enjoyed meeting my mentees in the LAGSES fellowship workshop. Reading lots of good NSF GRFP drafts...
18 Sep 2018
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Pushing hard for CHI...Excited and happy but will be relieved when Sept. 21 has passed!
12 Sep 2018
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Excited for my AR/VR class and my Questioning New Media class this semester!
29 Aug 2018
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Matt and I are pleased to announce our engagement :)
20 Aug 2018
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Working on lots of projects but having a tough time because I spend so much time recovering from migraines.
10 Aug 2018
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Getting ready for a long vacation in Hawai'i! Kayaking, snorkeling, seeing the Na Pali coast with my honey love.
11 May 2018
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Really enjoyed presenting our latest projects to the enthusiastic audience at the ARCS Symposium.
7 May 2018
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Amazing time at CHI - check out my <a href="https://molecule.github.io/post/chi2018-trip-report/">CHI 2018 trip report!</a>
30 Apr 2018
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So excited to present <a href="http://www.hybrid-ecologies.org/projects/24-alterwear">our latest work on battery-free dynamic clothing and accessories</a> here at <a href="https://chi2018.acm.org/">CHI</a> in Montreal!
20 Apr 2018
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Absolutely flabbergasted to announce that I won the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=245024&org=NSF&from=news">NSF GRFP Fellowship!!!</a>
3 Apr 2018
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Enjoyed an extra week in Sweden seeing the Northern Lights, dog-sledding, and cross-country skiing to an amazing remote mountain hut. <a href="https://molecule.github.io/trips/northern-lights-in-northern-sweden/">Trip report here.</a>
28 Mar 2018
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The project page for our <a href="https://tei.acm.org/2018/">TEI 2018</a> paper <a href="https://molecule.github.io/project/hairio/">Häiriö</a> is up! As is our <a href="https://www.instructables.com/id/HairIO-Hair-As-Interactive-Material/">Instructable</a> :) Hooray for Open Source!
19 Mar 2018
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Arrived in Sweden! Brrrr! Excited for our presentation and demo at <a href="https://tei.acm.org/2018/">TEI.</a>
16 Mar 2018
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Honoured to be funded by the amazing <a href="http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/">Berkeley Center for New Media</a> to present at TEI and CHI!
6 Mar 2018
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My <a href="http://cearto.com/projects/guardians">class project</a> in collaboration with <a href="http://cearto.com/">César</a>, Sarah, Eric, and Richard was accepted to DIS 2018!
5 Mar 2018
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SO excited about my Information Visualization and Needs and Usability Assessment classes this semester!!
22 Jan 2018
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Taking a well-deserved break! No email or work-related projects for me :) See you in the spring!
15 Dec 2017
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Our latest project conditionally accepted to CHI 2018!
11 Dec 2017
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Enjoyed the <a href="https://swarmlab.eecs.berkeley.edu/">SWARM Lab</a> retreat
11 Nov 2017
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Our latest project conditionally accepted to TEI 2018!
19 Oct 2017
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26 Aug 2017
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Paper rejected from UIST :(
22 May 2017
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<a href="https://molecule.github.io/project/illumination-aesthetics/">Our paper</a> won a Best Paper Award at CHI!!!
07 May 2017
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Illumination Aesthetics, work on exposing light as a material, was accepted to CHI 2017!
16 Jan 2017
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Joined the <a href="http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/academics/27/designated-emphasis-program">Designated Emphasis in New Media program</a>
11 Nov 2016
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Excited to pursue my Ph.D. at UC Berkeley working with Eric Paulos!
12 April 2016

molly jane nicholas, phd

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Molly Jane Nicholas is a system builder who is passionate about drawing from research literature, best practice, and user feedback to design usable and compelling interfaces. She then evaluates the systems she has built using a variety of mixed methods approaches across qualitative and quantitative research methods. In addition to her engineering background, she is experienced with a range of research methods including contextual inquiry, in-depth interviews and survey research. During her Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction, she was honoured to be supported by the NSF GRFP and the ARCS foundation. Previously, she worked for two years as a Software Engineer at Qualcomm, where she developed FIRST Robotics’ new robotics platform. Since then, she has enjoyed research internships at Microsoft and Snap (reach out if you have questions!). She has also been a dancer, worked as a puppeteer with Liebe Wetzel's Lunatique Fantastique, and trained circus arts at the Clown Conservatory. Molly Jane received her Ph.D. in 2022 from the University of California, Berkeley, and her B.A. in 2014 from the University of California, Berkeley with a double major in Computer Science and Cognitive Science.

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