I am a researcher and senior lecturer with over two decades of experience in Information Science and Digital Humanities. I explore the flow of information in natural and artificial systems, including the intersection of digital and human communication. I am particularly interested in interactions that lead to knowledge creation, looking at information acquisition, storage, encoding, decoding, analysis and dissemination processes across different systems and domains.
My work looks specifically at problem solving through data ontology and design theory, including Computational-, Systems-, and Design Thinking, and Human-, and Humanity-Centered Design applied in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Extended Reality (XR), Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
I specialise in the development of these advanced digital applications for research in Human Evolution and Archaeology, with particular focus on Rock Art, one of the oldest repositories of human memory and a testament to human interaction with the environment and other peoples. In 2012 I founded The Global Rock Art Database (RAD), the world’s first centralized platform for the collection, analysis and dissemination of global rock art information, which I led as Director and Head of Research and Development until 2024.
My works have been published in a wide range of prestigious technological and archaeological journals such as the Journal on Computing in Cultural Heritage, Journal of Archaeological Science and Advances in Archaeological Practice. My technological contributions have been listed by the CIPA Cultural Heritage Documentation Ontology Task Group, International Council on Monuments and Sites, for its Ontology and Web Technologies contributions to Cultural Heritage along with The British Museum’s ResearchSpace and Getty Conservation Institute’s Arches project. RAD further received notable mentions in Rock Art Research, as a valuable resource for education and research.
