Jialin Deng is an HCI researcher, designer and art practitioner. Her research explores future radical interfaces combining comestible and computational materials. Jialin's work blends arts, science, and gastrophysics, within interaction design for multimodal computing and cross sensory experiences.​ 

         Jialin has a background in the creative industries, working at the intersection of media arts and interactive technologies. She completed a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction at Monash University in Australia and a Master’s in Narrative Environments at the University of the Arts London. Her projects have been exhibited at London Design Festival and Science Gallery Melbourne, and covered by media outlets such as FRAME, Forbes, Dezeen, and ABC Radio National. She has been invited to speak at London Design Festival 2015, TEDxGuangzhou 2019, the Dagstuhl Seminar (Eat-IT) in Germany 2022, and SIGCHI-Melbourne 2022 and 2024. Jialin's also served as a guest editor for special issues for the International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, and the International Journal of Food Design.