Carli Ochs is passionate about understanding how technology shapes and affects social interaction, loneliness, and well-being. She joined the Media Use & Effects Team at the IKMZ in September 2025. Before that, she received a Postdoctoral Mobility Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), which enabled her to conduct research at the Happy Tech Lab at Georgetown University. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Fribourg.