Dr Priyanka Chaurasia is a Lecturer in Data Analytics, with a B. Tech in Information Technology from the Harcourt Butler Technical University, India, in 2006 and a PhD in Computing and Information Engineering from Ulster University, UK, in 2013. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK and is a recipient of the Early Career Educator Excellence Award from Ulster University 2022. 

Before her PhD, she was with IBM India Software Labs, India, for three years as a staff software engineer. She has patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the area of signature verification and is a recipient of the IBM Invention Achievement Award in 2008. Post PhD, she has worked in different research associate positions at Ulster University for five years, including a three-year post at the Northern Ireland Connected Health Innovation Centre (CHIC). In July, 20218, she was appointed as a Lecturer at the School of Computing & Intelligent Systems, at Ulster University within the Human Centred Computing research group.  

She was the PI of the GCRF pump priming fund from the Department of Economy, Northern Ireland, and Co-PIs on a number of Interreg Europe projects. She is a member of UK & Ireland Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Society and the Indian Society for Lead Awareness & & Research (InSLAR). 

She has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed conferences and journals. Her paper, A duration-based online reminder system” published in the International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications has been selected by the journal’s editorial team as a Highly Commended Paper of 2014. The International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications Editorial Team was asked to nominate an Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended Papers. “A duration-based online reminder system” was chosen as a Highly Commended Paper as it is one of the most impressive pieces of work the team have seen throughout 2014. Her main research areas are assistive technology for measuring and motivating healthy behaviours, supporting ageing in place, digital health, data analytics, big data, and toxicology.