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 the intersection of software engineering and accessibility. I am passionate about inclusivity for minority groups, specifically 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


  • June 13th, 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! See you in NYC in July.

  • 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 journey here.