Veronica Pimenova

Veronica Pimenova

pimenova [at] umich [dot] edu

📍 Ann Arbor, MI


Hi, I'm Veronica (she/her)! 🙂

I am a first-year PhD student at the University of Michigan, advised by Venkatesh Potluri and Druv (DJ) Jain. Before starting at Michigan, I recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where I was advised by Andrew Begel.

My research focuses on human factors of software engineering, with a focus on accessibility and developer productivity. I am passionate about inclusivity for minority groups, especially women and people with disabilities.

🌟 My mission is to understand and identify pain points in developer's lived experiences, build tool-based solutions, and ensure the long-term implementation of such tools. 🌟

Research News


  • August 15th, 2025 - Welcome to University of Michigan PhD program!

    • Veronica and Ellie at Michigan Stadium

  • July 31st, 2025 - My poster paper on the autoethnogrphic analysis of a professional with chronic illness and ADHD got accepted to ASSETS 2025! 🎉


  • July 29th, 2025 - Carnegie Mellon VariAbility Lab summer send off. Thank you for 3 years of research!

    • VariAbility Lab 2025 Summer BBQ

  • June 26th, 2025 - I received a scholarship to attend and present my work on "Enhancing Learning Platforms for Individuals with ADHD in XR Education" from Cornell University at the 2025 XR Access Symposium!

    • Veronica 2025 XR access poster

  • May 15th, 2025 - Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! I gave a talk at CMU GAAD 2025.

    • Veronica GAAD presentation

  • May 12th, 2025 - I just graduated (with honors) from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems!

    • Veronica CMU graduation


  • April 8th, 2025 - I won an Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship! 🎉

  • March 28th, 2025 - I am featured on CMU News!

    • Veronica in the TCS Building

  • February 26th, 2025 - I gave a talk at SIGCSE at the AccessComputing event!

    • Veronica SIGCSE AccessComputing Talk

  • January 14th, 2025 - My abstract on Enhancing Learning Platforms for Individuals with ADHD got accepted to NCUR 2025! 🎉

  • December 9th, 2024 - I led NAPE in a talk at CMU Access lunch.

    • NAPE Access Lunch presentation

  • November 28th, 2024 - Happy Thanksgiving from the VariAbility Lab!!

    • VariAbility Lab Thanksgiving

  • October 20th, 2024 - I did a presentation at OurCS where I worked in collaboration with CMU's CyLab (Lorrie Cranor). Earlier in the week I also attended a fully-funded MIT Media Lab workshop at UIST 2024.

    • The dean of CMU School of Computer Science watched my presentation.
    Veronica with CS dean

  • September 28th, 2024 - I was a guest lecturer to 200+ attendees at Carnegie Mellon's family weekend.

    • Veronica giving a talk

  • September 13th, 2024 - I was a guest lecturer at Carnegie Mellon's 67-200 course on my accessibility work.

  • August 8th, 2024 - I was accepted to ACM SIGASSETS 2024 as an SV. 🎉

  • July 25th, 2024 - I received a scholarship from Carnegie Mellon Information System's Inclusion Committee to attend the 2024 Tapia Conference in San Diego, CA.

  • June 6th, 2024 - I received a scholarship from Cornell University and Meta Reality Labs to attend the XR Access Symposium on June 6-7 in New York City.

  • May 8th, 2024 - I presented at Carnegie Mellon's 2024 Meeting of the Minds and received a fellowship from Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Research to continue this work through fall 2024.


Read more about my academic and research origin story/journey here.