Selected Work
Research-led UX projects focused on behavioural insight, decision-making, onboarding, accessibility, and interaction clarity.
Projects range from conceptual product design to data-informed UX analysis, with a strong focus on process, structure, and user understanding.
Current projects
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Jan·12·2026
Writing
Dec·16·2025
Urban Heat
Oct·06·2025
Methods
process
My approach focuses on understanding behaviour before designing interfaces.
Rather than starting with screens, I begin by identifying where people feel confused, overwhelmed, uncertain, or disconnected within a product experience.
From there, the process becomes one of simplifying structure, clarifying decisions, and reducing unnecessary friction.
principles
- understanding before designing
- research as structured observation
- systems over screens
- clarity over complexity
- accessibility as foundation, not feature
- journeys as friction mapping
- prototypes as visible hypotheses
We’re open to collaboration.
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Our method.
User Research
Principal Investigator
Urban heat, Field methods, Open data
Problem Definition
Research Assistant
Sensors, Data cleaning, Field logistics
Prototype
MSc Student
Environmental justice, Interviews, Mapping
Journey Mapping
PhD Researcher
Water access, Community research, GIS
Design Thinking
Postdoctoral Fellow
Coastal change, Risk, Mixed methods
Design Recommendation
Network
Partnerships, Coauthorship, Shared datasets
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