Abdusselam Selami Cifter

Phd Researcher

Abdusselam Selami Cifter received his bachelor's degree in Industrial Product Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul/Turkiye. After working as a freelance designer, he became a research/teaching assistant in 2005 at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

In 2007 he received a Postgraduate Study Abroad Grant from the Turkish Board of Higher Education, and joined Brunel University's Human-Centered Design Institute as a PhD researcher. His PhD research investigates the product adaptation process from professional-use to the use of lay people, with a specific focus on home-use medical devices. Through the research, he has acquired essential skills in working with different types of users and obtained in-depth insights into lay user characteristics.

His other interests are Character Design and 2D Illustration.

Email: selami.cifter@gmail.com