Suraj Sood is an augmented cognition researcher with a decade of experience in human-computer interaction. He completed his Bachelor of Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara, majoring in Psychology and Philosophy, and his Doctorate of Philosophy at the University of West Georgia in Psychology: Consciousness & Society. He has served as a session chair for Human-Computer Interaction International Conference’s Augmented Cognition in 2019, 2021, and 2022. He has been on Augmented Cognition’s Program Board since 2019. His research in HCI focuses on theory-building and simulation, drawing from psychology, philosophy, and computer science.