Kathryn Masten is a creative catalyst in pursuit of making the world a better place through social informatics. She has 25+ years of experience in ICT and enjoys connecting people to resources including information, funding, services, or other people and institutions. She graduated from UNT with her PhD in Library and Information Science, and before that,...

Jacob explored and developed his skills as a visual artist and videographer / photographer at xREZ. He created our first lab videos https://vimeo.com/xrezlab/impact, https://vimeo.com/xrezlab/change, https://vimeo.com/xrezlab/unique, https://vimeo.com/xrezlab/projects, and assisted in developing the lab website – www.xrezlab.com. He earned his BFA in photography from UNT in 2014. For the opening of the new lab space in...

Before his time as a doctoral student at UNT, Ermir Bejo studied at the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy, Skidmore College, and the University of Louisville. A talented composer of both classical and electronic music, he researched cellular automata and composition at xREZ. Under the writing tab...

As a psychology major and honors student at UNT, Jeremy Deutsch assisted with 3D segmentation research at xREZ, which resulted in multiple publications, including Eliciting Tacit Expertise in 3D Volume Segmentation and Where Do Experts Look While Doing 3D Image Segmentation. After graduating magna cum laude in 2015, he transitioned from the...

While a lab member at xREZ, Gabe Vega worked on developing http://www.xrezlab.com/ and http://www.atlasinsilico.net/. As a new media art major, he contributed to our user experience research with an artistic perspective, working on projects such as rePhoto, and an initial video for Instrument One Antarctic Night. He graduated with his BFA from UNT in 2015. He...

Mike Tarlton is an interdisciplinary lab member blending math and physics. He analyzed data for the 800,000+ astronomical objects featured in the VR experience INSTRUMENT | One Antarctic Night. He graduated from UNT in 2017 with his degree in physics and went on to work as a data science researcher at...

One of the founding team members at xREZ  Rachel helped get the lab up and running. After graduating from UNT in 2014 with her bachelor’s degree in integrative studies, she translated her organizational expertise to become a certified wedding and event planner and starting her own business. Rachel’s highly interdisciplinary degree at UNT combines journalism, hospitality management and...

I Chen earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science at UNT. At xREZ he worked on data analysis and software for Instrument One Antarctic Night and  ATLAS in silico. He also worked on research in machine learning projects and big data analytics while at the lab. Always happy to help his labmates, he...

UNT art education masters graduate, Brittany Taylor has a passion for connecting kids to art through learning experiences. Through her work at xREZ, the Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Onstead Institute, Brittany developed the Crow 360° Pilot Program. Her goal was to create learning experience for K-12 students that brought...

xREZ alumni Anne Carlew contributed her expertise in neuropsychology to our 3D Segmentation research project. She received  her master’s in psychology and her doctorate in clinical psychology at UNT.  With six publications under her belt, Anne continues to pursue her passion for scientific research along with her clinical work. Her clinical focus...

xREZ alumna Julie Libersat is a successful artist and art educator. Her work explores the themes of home, spatial meaning, and disorientation. She graduated UNT with a master’s in new media and a master’s in art education. At xREZ Julie explored ideas and ultimately developed her ROAM artwork, for which she received a...

xREZ alumni, Gussan Jalil, generated unique artwork by experimenting with the combination of electricity and photographic media to create a collection of art pieces using static electricity on different types of light sensitive film. Also experimenting with 3D printing, he designed a prototype for a camera lens cleansing cap using FormLabs...

Max Parola is a recent alum of the xREZ Art + Science Lab. He’s also one of the first graduates from UNT’s new masters program in Interaction Design or IxD. Max’s interest in IxD design grew out of his passion for psychology and its numerous applications to designing game environments, particularly...

  A thought leader in user design and anthropology, and their applications to healthcare, Molly Beyer contributed to  an anthropological perspective to cognitive and perceptual research on 3D segmentation, while at xREZ. Molly graduated from UNT in 2019 having completed a highly interdisciplinary degree path. She holds an MS in Applied Cultural + Medical Anthropology, a...

xREZ Alumni Meghan Kajihara brought an anthropological and ethnographic perspective to research at xREZ including 3D Segmentation and VR user experience in From Being There to Feeling Real. Graduating from the University of North Texas in anthropology, Meghan now works at NewDay Services for Children and Families, a nonprofit organization working...