Resume
Industry
Work Experience
2023 Summer
User Experience Researcher
Google | Internship
• Executed foundational and usability studies on YouTube Recommendations experiences integrating conversational UI and Generative AI capabilities.
• Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to design, test, and iterate on prototype features.
• Delivered actionable insights and strategic recommendations across multiple internal platforms.
2022 Summer
Behavioral Scientist
Skillprint - Startup | Internship
• Executed experimental interventions aimed at enhancing mood and well-being.
• Led all phases of the research cycle, including scoping, literature review, experimental design, data collection, analysis, and data visualization in R.
• Presented findings and design recommendations through a deck to cross-functional teams, including engineers, designers, and executives.
22' Jan - 22’ May
User Experience Researcher
Google Area 120 | Part-time
• Led a team of researchers to explore and enhance teens’ well-being during digital interactions.
• Uncovered user needs, behaviors, and attitudes through 12 semi-structured interviews and a week-long diary study conducted via Qualtrics.
• Translated qualitative insights into actionable outcomes by designing and implementing a follow-up quantitative survey.
2020 - 2021
Research Scientist
North Bay Healthcare - Non-Profit | Part-time
• Collaboratively designed and implemented a month-long well-being intervention, paired with daily surveys, for 300 healthcare workers and primary care patients to enhance well-being and reduce loneliness.
• Analyzed data using t-tests, multilevel modeling, latent growth curve modeling, lagged analyses, and contextual analysis in R to identify key mechanisms of change.
• Presented findings to a cross-functional team, including physicians, and authored a first-author manuscript based on the results.
Academic
Work Experience
2016 - 2017
Research Assistant
Stanford University, CA, USA
Mind and Body Lab & Dweck‑Walton Lab | PIs: Alia Crum & Greg Walton
• Contributed to the execution of multiple mindset studies, including one that identified how provider warmth and competence shape patients’ perceptions, motivation, and healing outcomes.
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• Expanded participant recruitment efforts, substantially increasing sample size and diversity across studies.
2015 - 2016
Research Assistant
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Language and Cognitive Development Lab | PI: Mahesh Srinivasan
• Conducted research on the relationship between mind and language, focusing on how humans create meaning and utilize knowledge.
• Led studies on cognitive flexibility and exploratory thinking to examine their roles in learning and adaptation.
• Investigated time perception and metaphor use to uncover their influence on thought and communication.
2012-2013
Research Assistant
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Speech Acquisition and Perception Lab | PI: Nuria Sebastian Galles
• Investigated the relationship between speech perception and production in both native and foreign languages.
• Employed behavioral perception and production tasks, event-related potentials (ERPs), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to examine underlying neural mechanisms.
2012 Summer
Research Assistant
Claremont Graduate University, CA, USA
Center for Neuroeconomics Studies | PI: Paul Zak
• Conducted a 4-hour experimental study examining the interaction between oxytocin levels and trust-related neural activity using EEG and electrode techniques to understand human decision-making.
• Recruited participants and performed behavioral, physiological, and video data analyses.
• Drew and processed blood samples as a trained phlebotomist.