Dr Alejandra Mery Keitel

Dr Alejandra Mery Keitel is an Industrial Designer from the Metropolitan University of Technology (UTEM), Chile, PhD in Interaction Design from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), and a casual academic with several tertiary education institutions in Australia. Alejandra holds 25 years of experience both in professional and academic contexts, specialising in interactive technologies, experience design, and innovation.

In academia, Alejandra has demonstrated competence in the development of teaching strategies and learning goals through her teaching and lesson-planning expertise. Her teaching experience includes Interaction Design, Human-Centred Design, Research Methodologies, Product Design, and Entrepreneurial Innovation, among many others, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Alejandra has highly developed qualitative research skills and a demonstrated ability to conceptualise and develop integrated solutions.

While holding this research position at ProteinLab, Alejandra was awarded a competitive governmental scholarship in 2008 to undertake her doctoral studies at UTS. Her research led to the publishing of her Doctoral Thesis 'Human-Computer Interaction in Museums as Public Spaces: A Research of the Impact of Interactive Technologies on visitors' Experiences' in 2012.

Alejandra is a creative, energetic, rigorous and highly motivated professional with a particular interest in teamwork and collaborative environments. One of her greatest strengths is fluid interpersonal communication, leading to a comprehensive social and cultural awareness, the building of empathic and trustful relationships and the facilitation of both professional and academic enjoyable work and study environments.

Alejandra is passionate about 'designing professionals', providing students with a meaningful and enhanced learning experience for their future, within a supportive, diverse and rich academic culture.