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About Me
Ali Geris

I am an Associate Professor in Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey. Currently, I am conducting postdoctoral research at Lund University, Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Department of Design Sciences, Sweden, funded by the TÜBİTAK 2219 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.

I also serve as the Vice Coordinator of the Digital Transformation Coordinatorship at MCBU and am an active researcher at the MCBU Extended Reality Laboratory (XRLab). Previously, I also served as a Co-Founder and Board Member of Extensa Digital Solutions Inc. (ExtensaDS).

My research focuses on Virtual Reality (VR), Extended Reality (XR), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Educational Technology, and Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Model integration in immersive learning environments.

  • Title: Associate Professor, Ph.D.
  • Affiliation: Manisa Celal Bayar University
  • Postdoc: Lund University, Sweden
  • Membership: IEEE Computer Society


Academic Positions
2026 - Present
Associate Professor

Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Education, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies.

2025 - 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher

Lund University, Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Department of Design Sciences, Sweden (TÜBİTAK 2219 Scholar).

2023 - Present
Vice Coordinator

Manisa Celal Bayar University, Digital Transformation Coordinatorship.

2022 - 2026
Co-Founder & Board Member

Extensa Digital Solutions Inc.

2022 & 2023
Visiting Researcher

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Centre for Intelligent Systems & IVAR Lab, Estonia.

2014 - 2026
Research Assistant

Manisa Celal Bayar University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies.

2015 - 2017
Research Assistant

Marmara University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies.

Education
2024 - Present
M.Sc. / M.Eng. in Computer Engineering

Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Engineering.

2016 - 2021
Ph.D. in CEIT

Marmara University, Institute of Educational Sciences.

Dissertation: Design, Development and Evaluation of Educational Virtual Reality Environment: A Case of IoT Education

2014 - 2016
M.Ed. in CEIT

Marmara University, Institute of Educational Sciences.

Thesis: Review of Educational Software Evaluation Tools

2009 - 2013
B.Ed. in CEIT

Necmettin Erbakan University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies.

Honors & Memberships
2025
Best Paper Award

18th International Computer and Instructional Technologies Symposium (ICITS 2025).

2025 - Present
Member

IEEE Computer Society.

2025 - 2026
TÜBİTAK 2219 Fellowship

International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme.

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