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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• First researcher for shopping/savings app with 6MM+ downloads and 1MM+ active monthly users. Recruited more than 1k users as internal testers to test pre-released versions of the app.• Part of biggest app release to date that included the following new features: product collections, filtering and nearby deals. • Designed, recruited for and conducted various types of user research studies (including diary studies, contextual inquiries, in-depth interviewing, remote and lab-based usability testing) for products at all stages of the development cycle. This included creating wireframes and mockups for testing. Analyzed results and communicated actionable suggestions to team leaders. • Worked closely with design, product, engineering, marketing and content teams to provide actionable insights.

• Designed and conducted various types of user research studies (including in-depth interviewing, usability inspections, remote and lab-based usability testing and surveys). Analyzed results and communicated actionable suggestions to team leaders. • Worked cross-functionally with engineering, design, community and product development teams on both pre-released and released products. • Augmented conversion rates for released products by triangulating results from remote and on-site usability studies with funnel analyses via KISSmetrics.

Champaign, Il, Us

• Designed and executed research studies examining the neurobiology of learning and memory, analyzed large data sets with SAS and reported findings in peer-reviewed journals. Research resulted in 5 first-author publications.• Supervised and mentored undergraduate students with their research studies and honors theses.

Champaign, Il, Us

Taught Psychology 311: Techniques of Biological Psychology. • Lectured and ran a three-hour laboratory session each week for undergraduate students that emphasized: (1) common research techniques used in experimental psychology and (2) how to plan, conduct, analyze and effectively report scientific findings. Responsibilities included: planning lectures and writing exams. • Received excellent feedback from students, and recognized on the ‘List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students’ in 2011.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Adviser: Dr. Elisabeth Murray, Chief of the Section on Neurobiology of Learning and Memory in the Laboratory of Neuropsychology• Researched the neuronal correlates of behavioral flexibility and emotions. Research resulted in a co-authored publication in Nature Neuroscience.

New York, Ny, Us

Adviser: Dr. Kenneth Carr, Professor of Psychiatry and Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology• Researched the neurobiology of drug addiction and ingestive behavior, collected and analyzed data with SPSS and co-authored papers in peer-reviewed journals. Research resulted in 4 co-authored publications.

Phd, Psychology / Behavioral Neuroscience

Ma, Psychology

Bs, Psychology