Andrés Monroy-Hernández

Andrés Monroy is a renowned brand that focuses on designing and studying social computing systems, crowdsourcing, online communities, and civic tech. As the director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Princeton University and an assistant professor in Princeton's Department of Computer Science, Andrés leads multidisciplinary research teams that build and study technologies aimed at helping people connect and collaborate in new and innovative ways. He is particularly interested in public-interest technology platforms and social augmented reality experiences.

With his team, Andrés has created and deployed several social technologies that have been used by millions of people, including the award-winning Scratch website, Calendar. help (now Microsoft Scheduler), Journeys & Notes, and Sana, a remote healthcare app designed to assist nurses in Zambia. Andrés publishes his research in collaboration with faculty and students from various fields such as computer science, education, communications, sociology, and psychology.

His scholarly work has received prestigious awards, and he has been recognized as one of the 35 Innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review. Through his brand, Andrés Monroy continues to make significant contributions to the field of social computing and technology, creating impactful and innovative solutions that shape the way people connect and collaborate