DRA. María Gárgoles Navas

She holds a PhD in Fine Arts, awarded cum laude with International Mention, from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). She is an ANECA-accredited lecturer and Coordinator of the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Graphic Creation at UDIT. She completed her doctoral thesis under an FPU predoctoral contract funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (UCM), a Master’s Degree in Research in Art and Creation (UCM), and a Master’s Degree in Teacher Training (UCM). She has worked at institutions such as the Complutense Institute for International Studies and the Reina Sofía Museum.

Her research experience focuses on embodied cognition processes that emerge during virtual experiences. In particular, her work explores user experience (UX) in multimedia applications and virtual environments, including VR, AR and MR. She has carried out research at centres such as the Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre at the University of Aveiro. She has also participated in nationally and internationally funded projects and is the author of several book chapters and articles published in indexed journals. She has presented her work at national and international conferences.