I am a Lecturer and a Programme Lead in the School of Design and Informatics. My doctoral research developed and evaluated, in terms of ease-of-use and user preference, an interactive simulation and visualisation toolkit for cancer cell signalling pathways. My current research activity includes applications of AR/VR technology to non-gaming domains, cloud gaming and games for healthcare. I teach a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and supervise honours, masters and PhD projects developing mobile, AR and VR, and data visualisation applications.
I am currently the module leader for:
I also co-deliver:
n.merchant@abertay.ac.uk
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