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Design + Science + Technology

Hello! I am a UX designer with over 14 years of experience in biotech industry to improve human health by creating digital solutions for customers. 

 

By interpreting user needs, understanding domain & workflows and incorporating technical constraints, I lead project teams to a successful product release & use.

User & stakeholder interviews

Personas & user journeys

 Design thinking workshops

Sketches, wireframes and high fidelity mockups

User needs & business requirements analysis

Post-release surveys & metrics

Highlights

2019 - 2024

Sr. Principal UX Designer

  • Lead UX designer for a data modeling and projection platform to connect scattered research data across different systems.

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  • Recruited and mentored a co-op student to develop accessible data analysis color palettes.

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  • UX liaison for the internal design system to reflect design & product team needs.

2010 - 2019

Sr. UX Designer

  • Lead UX designer for web applications for research scientists in the drug discovery process.​

    • Lab Informatics

    • Cancer Genomics

    • Multi Parametric Data Analysis with Machine Learning

    • High Content Imaging / Screening Analysis

    • Lab Automation

    • Next Generation Sequencing

Education

2019

UXQB®

  • Certified professional for usability and user experience

    • ​Foundation level

2006 - 2010

Rhode Island School of Design

Brown University

MIT

Boston University

  • BFA in Industrial Design

    • design thinking methods

    • user & market research

    • iterations, prototyping, typography and visual design

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  • Entrepreneurship and product design & development

    • Collaboration with engineering and business students

    • Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • Web development

    • Boston University

Tools

Figma, Miro, Sketch, Adobe, Microsoft, HTML, CSS

Work samples

Image grid UI

Web application for quickly reviewing thousands of microscopic images in a streamlined process for imaging specialists.

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Automated data analysis UI 

A self service web tool for research scientists to run large and complex data analysis independently without writing code. 

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In vivo study management and data capture UI

A new solution for generating and working with in vivo data efficiently and precisely for in vivo scientists in vivarium. 

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