Maria Jose (Marisé) Galvez Trigo

Maria Jose (Marisé) Galvez Trigo is originally from Toledo, Spain, although she’s lived in different parts of Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. She is currently a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, and part of the Human-centred Computing (HCC) Research Section and its Subgroup in Computational and Human-centred Robotics. She has previously worked as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science at the University of Lincoln and as Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. Her main interests are in Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction and applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in those areas, with accessibility and co-design/participatory research as key aspects of her research.

Marisé is part of the National Software Academy (NSA), where she leads the MSc module Agile Software Development, and she is Deputy Director of Equality Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) at the School of Computer Science and Informatics. She is Co-Investigator and member of the Executive board in the UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems (UK-RAS) network and part of the management team for EMPOWER, a support network for current and aspiring Principal Investigators that identify as women at Cardiff University.

She has been heavily involved in initiatives, both in Spain and the UK, giving more visibility to the role of women in Science.