Research Associate

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Managing Director

Iris Backfisch develops and organizes the operational workflows and projects in agreement with the co-directors and steering board of TüCeDE. In addition, she is the contact person for young scientists and public relations.

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Research Associate, research area Innovative Educational Technologies Department

Elizabeth Bear evaluates the design and effectiveness of AI-enhanced educational technologies, with a focus on young learners in real classroom settings. Her research draws upon interdisciplinary perspectives, including computational linguistics, education sciences, and psychology. 

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Coordination of the research area Innovative Educational Technologies Department

Sara Becker’s research interests include the investigation of innovative educational technologies for adaptive learning, especially in STEM education. To this end, she takes into account both the product and process perspective by incorporating innovative technological measurement approaches (e.g., log files, eye tracking).

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Coordination of the research area Software Development
Stephen Bodnar investigates how advanced technologies such as AI and Large Language Models can enhance instruction by providing topically personalised practice materials and developing voice-interactive learning assistants for children. His work integrates learning outcomes, learning behaviour, and subjective learning experiences to identify instructional approaches that are both effective and meaningful for students.

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Caitlin Kirby explores the impacts of various educational technologies on student affect, learning outcomes, and behavior. Her current focus is on adaptive and artificially intelligent tutoring systems, particularly in higher education. 

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Research Associate, Department of Transfer and Professionalization

Marcel Capparozza focuses on teacher professional learning, high-quality instructional materials, clearinghouse websites, OER and educational curriculum materials to develop adaptive, accessible, and evidence-based resources for practice using qualitative and quantitative methods.

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Petra Ebert is responsible for the administrative processes in TüCeDE. As part of the management board, she is also responsible for public relations.

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Head of the Transfer and Professionalization Department

Thérése Eder uses eye tracking and findings from basic research to investigate how adaptive learning can be supported on an individual basis. Her focus is on transferring scientific knowledge into educational practice in order to reduce social disparities and promote educational equity.

therese.ederspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

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Deputy Coordination of the Innovative Educational Technologies Department 

Pauline Frick researches how different modalities such as text and images influence learning processes and how innovative educational technologies can used to support the cognitive processes of understanding. In interdisciplinary, co-constructive teams, she develops adaptive, evidence-based learning environments. She aims to bridge the gap between academic research and educational practice and fostering sustainable innovation in learning environments.

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Visiting researcher

Sergii Galetskyi researches how digital education and innovative university teaching—particularly when comparing Germany and Ukraine—can enhance accessibility, inclusivity, and resilience, while also developing evidence-based strategies, policy recommendations, and practical guidelines for sustainable, globally connected higher education.

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Head of the Software Development Department

Marc Halfmann researches how virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) can contribute to adaptive and action-oriented learning environments through didactically sound, evidence-based applications. He develops and tests VR/MR applications in authentic school contexts.

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Research associate, Innovative Educational Technologies Department

Ting-Yu Liu researches the potential of innovative educational technologies and uses data-driven approaches to develop practical and scientifically sound adaptive learning systems that effectively support learners. She is particularly interested in adaptive learning aids and Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).

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Research associate

José Carlos G. Ocampo investigates how teachers and students use AI-enabled chatbots in schools. His research interests include the use of technology to improve teaching and learning processes (e.g., the benefits of assessment platforms) and investigating how individual differences (e.g., gender, performance, assessment experience) influence peer feedback processes. 

carlos.ocampo@uni-tuebingen.de

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Research associate, Research Area Transfer and Professional Development

Martí Quixal's research has two main areas: First, he develops and evaluates AI-enhanced instructional technologies such as adaptive, intelligent tutoring systems and investigates their affordances in a school context (e.g., in the fAIrChat project). Second, in the lernen:digital project, he researches co-constructive transfer activities to more closely link research knowledge and school practice.

marti.quixalspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

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Managing Director 

Anneke Schmidt designs and organizes operational workflows and projects in close consultation with the TüCeDE management. She is the contact person for projects at the interface of science, educational practice, and administration.

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Research Associate, Innovative Educational Technologies Department 

Luisa Wellert researches how intelligent tutorial systems (ITS) and LLM-based tutors based on artificial intelligence can support the design of adaptive learning environments. By combining different perspectives from learning science, teacher practice, and machine learning, she pursues an interdisciplinary approach to developing adaptive technology tools that foster sustainable learning and educational equity.

luisa.wellertspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

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