Dr. Michelle Lui is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in Educational Technology. She received a Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development from CTL in 2015. Since then, she has held two postdoctoral fellowships, first at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2015-17) and then at the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Institute of Communication, Culture and Information Technology (2018-2022). Her research centers on designing and evaluating digital learning technologies for developing deep understandings and collaborative scientific practices, with a focus on immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR). Her interdisciplinary design and research work draws from over a decade of industry and academic experience in digital media design, education, computing, and media studies.