Yingying (Samara) Ren leads the Geometric Computing and Digital Fabrication group at ISTA. We focus on research in digital fabrication, physics-based simulation, and computational inverse design. By leveraging geometric reasoning and numerical methods, we aim to create new structures and materials with applications in medical devices, architecture, soft robotics, and more.

Cristina did her PhD in laser micro- and nanofabrication at Johannes Kepler University Linz. Her role as a Research Engineer in Samara Ren’s Group is to maintain and customise experimental equipment in the Fabrication Lab (3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, robotic arms).