About
I'm a UX researcher based in London with a PhD in Media, Arts and Technology from Queen Mary University of London. I'm most interested in how people behave when they interact with technology, especially people whose needs are often left out of the design process, such as people with aphasia and other language disabilities.
I run research end to end, from interviews, co-design and usability testing to statistical and qualitative analysis, and I also prototype and build: in React, Python and with machine learning tools. My work has taken me from BBC R&D and product teams in Indonesia to inclusive data visualisation research at City St George's, University of London.
Experience
Oct 2024 – Present
Researcher in Inclusive Data Visualisation, City St George's, University of London
Plan and run co-design workshops with 9 participants with aphasia and developmental language disorder, using visual and non-verbal methods. Combine interviews, co-design and usability testing, and synthesise findings with journey mapping and Framework Analysis into design recommendations, conference talks and journal papers.
Jan – Oct 2024
Teaching Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
Designed and delivered the Figma and React curriculum for the Graphic User Interface module, teaching research, prototyping, usability and concept testing to 400+ students. Recruited and led a team of demonstrators, and supervised undergraduate research projects.
Jan 2023 – Oct 2024
Associate Lecturer, University of the Arts London
Co-taught Computational Inequality on the MA Internet Equalities, and Personalisation and Machine Learning on the MA DSAI.
Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
Usability Testing Consultant, Queen Mary University of London
Tested a staging application ahead of release and delivered design recommendations that shaped pre-launch improvements.
Jul – Aug 2022
User Experience Researcher, Queen Mary University of London
Ran usability testing, interviews and surveys to support product and prototype development, and presented findings that shaped feature prioritisation.
Apr – Sep 2019
Advanced Placement Project Intern, BBC Research & Development
Designed and ran a remote field study of an interactive podcast player, analysed results in R, and co-authored a white paper that informed whether the project continued.
Jun – Sep 2018
Innovation Consultant, Design Team, Traveloka, Indonesia
Led generative research, including interviews and contextual research, for a major travel platform, and turned findings into feature recommendations adopted by design teams.
Dec 2017 – Jun 2018
Senior Product Consultant and Interaction Designer, Kofera, Indonesia
Worked with engineering, marketing, finance and operations to ground new features in user research. Built wireframes and prototypes and tested them with customers before implementation.
Projects
Hackathon, 2026 (in progress)
Aphasia Annotate
A multimodal agent that helps speech-language therapists annotate gesture and aphasic speech from video, and asks when it isn't sure instead of guessing.
Languages: JavaScript
Hackathon, Oct 2026
Transcribing Code-Switched Indonesian–Javanese Speech
A speech recognition model kept transcribing Javanese conversations in Cyrillic and Chinese script. Reading its mistakes, rather than reaching for a bigger model, cut the error rate from 79% to 35%.
Languages: Python, Bash
Industry, Apr – Sep 2019
Enhanced Podcasts at BBC R&D
A remote field study of an audio-visual podcast player, testing whether images, transcripts and chapters help or get in the way in everyday listening.
Languages: R
Personal, 2026
Corn Planting Predictor for Java
An AI tool that turns weather forecasts into plain-language planting advice for smallholder corn farmers in Java, Indonesia.
Languages: JavaScript, HTML
Personal, Mar 2026
London Cherry Blossom Map
A map of where and when cherry blossoms are blooming across London, built quickly with AI and checked against what people were posting in real time.
Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Research
PhD, 2018 – 2025
Designing Movement-Based Meditation
My PhD research and development at Queen Mary University of London. Across three studies, I explored, co-designed and evaluated movement-based interaction for meditation, built in the browser with pose estimation.
Languages: JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Current research, Oct 2024 – Present
Inclusive Data Visualisation
Co-designing data visualisation with people with aphasia and developmental language disorder, to understand what makes charts accessible to them.
PhD, [To add: dates]
PhD Study 1: Pilot Study of Movement-Based Interaction
Explored movement-based interaction with early participants to find out what worked, what didn't, and which questions mattered.
PhD,
PhD Study 2: Co-Design with Experts
Worked with experts to turn pilot findings into design requirements for the system.
PhD,
PhD Study 3: Development and Evaluation
Built the movement-based interaction in the browser, using PoseNet for real-time pose estimation and React for the interface, then evaluated the finished system with participants to test whether the design met the needs identified in the earlier studies.
Languages: JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Publications
2026
Supporting Focus in Data Visualization Design: Lessons Learned from People with Language Disabilities
Proceedings of EuroVis 2026
2026
Accessibility and Experience of Data Visualization for Adults with Language Disability (opens in a new tab)
International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC) 2026, abstract
2025
Experiencing Data Visualization with Language Disability (opens in a new tab)
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 46(2), 20–29
2022
Interaction Design Study for Movement-based Meditation Applications (opens in a new tab)
35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2022)
2019
Enhanced Podcast Interaction: User Experience Design for Audio-Visual Podcasts (opens in a new tab)
BBC R&D White Paper WHP 389
Education and honours
2018 – 2025
PhD in Media, Arts and Technology
Centre for Doctoral Training, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
2013 – 2015
MS in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience
GPA 3.9
2006 – 2011
BSc in Biology
Honours and scholarships
2018 – 2023
Media, Arts and Technology CDT Scholarship
2013 – 2015
Fulbright Scholarship