Scientific employee

Department of General Psychology: Cognition
Department of Human-Centered Computing and Cognitive Science
Faculty for Computer Science

University of Duisburg-Essen
Forsthausweg 2
47057 Duisburg
Germany

verena.staab[at]uni-due.de
verena.staab[at]cognition-ude.de

Research focus

  • Mental Workload in context of human-machine-interaction
  • User Experience Design & Research, Usability
  • Human-robot-collaboration

Scientific Degrees

10/2020 - 09/2022

M.Sc.
University of Duisburg-Essen, Applied Cognitive and Media Science (Focus: Psychology), Duisburg
09/2016 - 03/2020

B.Sc.
FH Bielefeld: University of Applied Sciences, Business Psychology, Bielefeld

Professional Career

Since 09/2023 Research Fellow
Schotte Automotive GmbH & Co KG

Since 10/2022

Research Fellow in the CoboTank Project
General Psychology: Cognition (Prof. Dr. M. Brand), University of Duisburg-Essen
03/2022 - 09/2022

Student Assistant
General Psychology: Cognition (Prof. Dr. M. Brand), University of Duisburg-Essen

10/2021 - 02/2022

Working Student in the field of User Experience Research
C&A Retail GmbH, Düsseldorf

04/2017 - 12/2021 Honorary Worker in the field of Occupational Health Management
Stadt Wuppertal
09/2020 - 08/2021 Working Student in the field of Consumer Behaviour and Strategic Research
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf
01/2020 - 07/2020 Internship in the field of User Experience Management
OTTO GmbH, Hamburg
02/2019 - 01/2020 Internship and Bachelor’s degree candidate in the fields of Brand Management and Consumer Insights
Tchibo GmbH, Hamburg
2016 - 2019 Various internships and working student in the field of Marketing
e.g. Deloitte GmbH, Alba Moda GmbH and WZ Media GmbH

Selected Publications (IF = impact factor 2020, if available)

1. Vasile, L., Seitz, B., Staab, V., Liebherr, M., Däsch, C., & Schramm, D. (2023). Influences of personal driving styles and experienced system characteristics on driving style preferences in automated driving. Applied Sciences13(15), 8855. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158855