Lei Zhang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the HCI group within the Computer Science Department at Princeton University, working with Andrés Monroy-Hernández. He recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, School of Information, where he was advised by Steve Oney and Anhong Guo. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, particularly in designing and building creativity support tools that enable end-users to craft immersive experiences in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). He invents novel content creation techniques and systems, and studies how they can enhance people's creativity, collaboration, and communication.

Lei’s work has been published at top-tier HCI venues including CHI, UIST, and CSCW. His first-authored papers have received a best paper award at CSCW 2022 and a best short paper award at VL/HCC 2019. Lei interned at Snap Research twice (Summer 2021 & 2022), working with Dr. Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Dr. Rajan Vaish, and Dr. Fannie Liu. He holds a BE in Software Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Outside of work, Lei is passionate about music production, skateboards, and 35mm film photography.

📢 Lei will join New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as a tenure-track assistant professor, starting Spring 2025. He will be recruiting students at all levels (post-docs, PhDs, masters, undergrads, and visitors) to work on exciting research projects. Please check out our join-us page for more details.

📩 raynez@princeton.edu