Dr Sebastian Baez Lugo
Sebastian is a UX Researcher and Socio-Affective Neuroscientist. He holds a BSc in Experimental Psychology, an MA in Neuroscience, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Geneva. His multifaceted research experience spans academia, startups, and tech companies. His primary interest lies at the crossroads of emerging technologies, human behavior, and digital health.
At the Lab, Sebastian leads the UX research activities and supports the team as a psychology and human cognition expert. Sebastian also contributes to the EPFL+ECAL Lab’s educational efforts by teaching User Research methods and Academic tools.
Related projects
Scientific publications
Reflection, proactive guidance and microlearning: Evaluation of a conversational agent for food literacy.
Emily Groves, Sebastian Baez-Lugo, Gabriel Luthier, Andrea Rovescalli, Delphine Ribes, Nicolas Henchoz, and Margherita Motta. 2026. Reflection, proactive guidance and microlearning: Evaluation of a conversational agent for food literacy. In Proceedings of the 14th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–20.
NordiCHI 2026
Designing to Engage Stakeholders with Water Related Environmental Data: Preliminary Evaluation of a Digital Decision Support Prototype.
Côme Brocas, Romain Collaud, Sebastian Baez Lugo, and Nicolas Henchoz. 2026. Designing to engage stakeholders with water related environmental data: Preliminary evaluation of a digital decision support prototype [Poster presentation]. Regional Mountain Conference 2026, Obergurgl, Austria.
Regional Mountain Conference 2026