Veronica Pimenova

Veronica Pimenova

pimenova [at] umich [dot] edu

📍 Ann Arbor, MI

Hi, I'm Veronica! 🙂

I am a PhD student at the University of Michigan (Rackham Merit Fellow), advised by Venkatesh Potluri and Dhruv (DJ) Jain. Before starting at Michigan, I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where I was advised by Andrew Begel and received a Judith A. Resnik Award HM.

My research focuses on human factors of software engineering. I am interested in combining psychology theories (eg. co-presence, cognitive load) with empirical software engineering to better support developer productivity and well-being, particularly for developers with disabilities.

I frequently collaborate with researchers at other universities and in industry, most recently with Microsoft Research. Read more about my work with MSR here: (Generative AI for Software Engineering) and (Generative AI for Design).

Recent News: I was featured in Microsoft Research’s 2025 New Future of Work Report (see page 64).

Theory of vibe coding experience