Shirley Elprama is a researcher working at SMIT since 2011 after obtaining her master degree in Human Technology Interaction (Eindhoven, University of Technology, 2011). Her thesis was on privacy and place attachment of students in Eindhoven. Her research interests are broad and include human technology interaction, environmental and social psychology, and material culture.

Currently, she is working on the Telesurgery project. She is investigating current practices in the operating room for both minimal invasive procedures and robotic procedures by combining methods such as depth interviews with medical personnel and observations in the operating room,

Previously, she has worked on projects such as ICOCOON focusing on topics like as presence, privacy and trust.

She has experience with a range of different methods, for example: interview, observation, survey, usability testing, paper prototype and scenario.