Maria Christofi is a PhD Candidate at the Microsoft Computer Games and Emerging Technologies Research Lab (GET Lab) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts. She holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science (2014) from the University of Cyprus and a M.Sc. in Design and Development of Computer Games and Interactive Technologies (2015) from the Cyprus University of Technology and the University of Cyprus. Her research interests include Virtual Reality, video
games, body ownership illusions and psychology.