Dr. Stella Parisi is a lecturer in the MSc in Strategic Product Design Programme at the International Hellenic University, where she teaches Human Factors and Ergonomics (since 2021) and HCI, Design and User Experience (since 2024). She holds a Ph.D. in Ergonomics from the National Technical University of Athens, an MSc in Strategic Product Design from the International Hellenic University, and a BSc in Applied Informatics from the University of Macedonia. Her research focuses on human factors and ergonomics, particularly in maritime transportation, critical infrastructure protection, qualitative research for knowledge elicitation, and cognition in interaction design. She is also a post-doctoral researcher at CERTH, Greece, and has contributed to national and European R&D projects. Dr. Parisi has published in peer-reviewed conferences and journals and is a member of ACM SIGCHI, HFES Europe, and the Interaction Design Foundation.