Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
(2025-01)
- Designed interfaces for VR-based monitoring environments integrating real-time wearable sensor data, computer vision outputs, and behavioural analytics translating raw multi-channel data streams into clear, actionable visual interfaces for non-technical users.
- Led end-to-end UX process: contextual research with users, interface concept, iterative wireframing and prototyping in Figma, and structured usability evaluation.
- Collaborated with engineering and data teams to ensure design specifications were technically feasible and accurately implemented in the final systems.
- Designed and delivered a studio course in UI/UX design, Figma prototyping, 3D modelling, and digital experience design for students.
Co-Founder & Creative Director - Leap Interactive - Dubai, UAE · India · KSA
(2021-01)
- Led UX strategy and visual design for 20+ client-facing digital products and large-scale interactive installations across the UAE, India, and KSA – working directly with corporate and industrial clients to translate complex operational briefs into intuitive user experiences.
- Established and maintained a design system and component library used across multiple concurrent client projects, ensuring visual consistency and design-to-development handoff efficiency.
- Managed cross-functional delivery teams (designers, developers, engineers, fabricators) in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
- Presented design proposals, prototypes, and iterative updates directly to C-suite stakeholders at client organisations.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of British Columbia Okanagan - Kelowna, Canada
(2023-03 - 2024-05)
- Designed interactive interfaces and haptic feedback systems for VR environments, running iterative design cycles validated through structured usability studies with 40+ participants.
- Produced design specifications, annotated wireframes, and interaction guidelines as handoff artefacts for the engineering development team.
- Supervised 8 student design projects through full UX cycles from user research through concept, prototype, and evaluation.
Principal Research Scientist - National Centre for Assistive Health Technology, IIT Delhi - New Delhi, India
(2022-03 - 2023-02)
- Amazon Alexa India: Led UX research partnership with Amazon to investigate how voice interface features could better serve blind and visually impaired users. Designed research protocols, conducted usability workshops with field users across multiple sites, and delivered structured findings that directly influenced Alexa's accessibility feature roadmap for the Indian market.
- Designed and built a public Experience Zone for assistive technologies – responsible for full UX: user journey, interface design, wayfinding, and interactive installation. Visited by 1,000+ users in the first quarter of operation.
- Managed a team of four UX researchers and designers; led weekly design reviews and provided structured critique and direction.
UX Research Consultant - World Health Organization – South East Asia Regional Office - New Delhi, India
(2022-01 - 2022-02)
- Conducted large-scale stakeholder research across India; multi-site workshops, structured interviews, and surveys with government agencies, clinicians, NGOs, and end users to map complex operational processes and identify design opportunities.
- Synthesised distributed qualitative data into structured journey maps, use-case scenarios, and a national roadmap document co-published with WHO India and the United Nations.
Doctoral Researcher – Creative Media - City University of Hong Kong - Kowloon, Hong Kong
(2017-09 - 2022-04)
- Designed, prototyped, and user-tested five interactive wearable devices across four multi-year projects, each following a full design cycle: contextual user research, concept generation, iterative prototyping, structured usability evaluation, and design refinement.
- Conducted sustained user research with blind and visually impaired communities across Hong Kong, UK, and India – participatory design sessions, field observation, semi-structured interviews, and heuristic evaluations.
- Developed expertise in designing for non-standard user groups and environments where conventional interface assumptions do not apply – directly transferable to industrial and field operator contexts.
Project Scientist & Designer - Assistive Technologies Group, IIT Delhi - New Delhi, India
(2015-08 - 2017-07)
- Designed and evaluated assistive interfaces and devices for users with visual and motor impairments in collaboration with engineers, clinical specialists, and domain experts – an early exposure to complex, multi-stakeholder industrial design environments.
- Ran a digital fabrication studio supporting 15+ concurrent product development projects; trained 30+ researchers in hands-on prototyping methods.
