The People of Disney Research

Management

Jessica Hodgins

Vice President, Disney Research Council Operations
Director, Disney Research, Pittsburgh & Disney Research, Los Angeles

Markus Gross

Director
Disney Research, Zürich

Tony DeRose

Research Group Lead
Pixar Research Group

Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists and Research Engineers

David Baraff

Senior Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Paul Beardsley

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Thabo Beeler

Associate Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Bernd Bickel

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zurich

Derek Bradley

Associate Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Loren Carpenter

Senior Research Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Peter Carr

Research Engineer
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Stelian Coros

Associate Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

David DiFrancesco

Senior Research Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Tom Duff

Senior Research Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Kurt Fleischer

Senior Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Joshua Griffin

Research Scientist
Pittsburgh, PA

Alexander Hornung

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Hayley Iben

Simulation Research Engineer
Pixar Research Group

Ali Israr

Research Engineer
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Wojciech Jarosz

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Michael Kass

Senior Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Peter Kaufman

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Akhil Madhani

Senior Research Scientist
Walt Disney Imagineering / Disney Research, Los Angeles

Stefan Mangold

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Iain Matthews

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Mark Meyer

Senior Scientist
Pixar Research Group

Kenny Mitchell

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich -- (based in Edinburgh, Scotland)

Gunter Niemeyer

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Ivan Poupyrev

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Leonid Sigal

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Quinn Smithwick

Research Scientist
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Aljoscha Smolic

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Lanny Smoot

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Bob Sumner

Associate Director & Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Rasmus Tamstorf

Senior Research Scientist
WD Animation Studios Research

J.Rafael Tena

Research Engineer
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Bernhard Thomaszewski

Associate Research Scientist
Disney Research, Zürich

Katsu Yamane

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Jonathan Yedidia

Senior Research Scientist
Disney Research, Pittsburgh / Boston Office

Post Docs

Tunç Aydın

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Olivier Bau

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Pranav Bhounsule

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Giorgio Corbellini

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zurich

Rick Cory

Post Doc
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Nate Derbinsky

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh / Boston Office

Paulo Gotardo

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Anselm Grundhoefer

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zurich

Ralf Habel

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zurich

Yoshio Ishiguro

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

M. Emre Karagozler

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Jean-François Lalonde

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Patrick Lucey

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Umashankar Nagarajan

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Gioacchino Noris

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Jose Bento Ayres Pereira

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh / Boston Office

Steven Poulakos

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zurich

Yael Pritch

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Michalis Raptis

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Sumin Sohn

Sr Research Associate
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Nikolce Stefanoski

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Shinjiro Sueda

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh / Boston Office

Matthew Trotter

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Vladimir Vukadinovic

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Oliver Wang

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Peter Whitney

Post Doc
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Henning Zimmer

Post Doc
Disney Research, Zürich

Research Staff

Eric Brockmeyer

Research Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Spencer Diaz

Research Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Matt Glisson

Research Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Jared Goerner

Research Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Mk Haley

Research Producer
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Emily Harburg

Associate Research Manager
Disney Research, Pittsburgh / Boston Office

Jason Hintz-Llopis

Research Producer
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Jacqueline Kappes

Project Manager
Disney Research, Pittsburgh / Boston Office (based in Orlando)

Moshe Mahler

Artist / Modeler
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Maurizio Nitti

Lab Artist
Disney Research, Zürich

Maria Olivares

Research Producer / Manager, Technology Transfer
Disney Research, Zurich

Daniel Reetz

Research Scientist Associate
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Virginia Perry Smith

Research & Development Manager, Outreach and Projects
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Lab Associates

Matthew Alsup

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Katie Bassett

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Ruta Desai

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Mike Ferraco

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Ilyan Georgiev

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Zurich

Miguel A. Granados

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Sharon Hoosein

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Christopher Ioffreda

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

James (Jimmy) Krahe

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Christian Richardt

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Zurich

Alexander Rothera

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Kenneth Ryall

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Kaitlyn Schwalje

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Nataliya Shapovalova

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Rajinder Sodhi

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Elaine Soohoo

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Glendale

Yuri Suzuki

Lab Associate
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Administrative Staff

Andreas Baumann

IT Systems Administrator
Disney Research, Zürich

Linda Breu

Lab Coordinator
Disney Research, Zurich

Jean Chu

Project Coordinator
Pixar Research Group

Ada DeFanti

Lab Manager
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Susan Harden

Lab Coordinator
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Barbara Lamb

Lab Coordinator
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

America Ortiz

Senior Staff Assistant
Disney Research, Los Angeles

Jo Ana Parker

Lab Administrative Assistant
Disney Research, Pittsburgh

Stephan Veen

Manager, Operations & Finance
Disney Research, Zurich

Disney Research Alumni Page