My research concerns the acquisition and measurement of professional software developer skills. I am also interested in research on broader abilities, expertise in general, motivation, and team performance. Thus, from a product-process-resource perspective, I focus on the latter (even though "resource" is a horrific term for developers).
My goal is to understand what it takes to become a highly-skilled software development professional, ideally from an individual differences perspective. I approach this problem top-down: start with the end goal (i.e., what is an expert and how do you measure it?) and then build stepping stones towards this goal. Each step should have research-based tools and analytics available so that individuals can track what works for them.
I teach topics related to research methods and prefer supervision that involves quantitative data and, possibly, some intervention.