Resume
Summary
A Product Designer with a background in the Life Sciences and Virology. For the last 4 years I have been creating tools and resources for virologists applying a creative and analytical approach to present complex data in functional interfaces that can be easily understood.
Work experience
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Product Designer, Subject Matter Expert
Dec 2018 - Now
- Initiated user research and usability testing; conducted over 100+ user interviews
- Create user flows, wireframes and prototypes based on user research
- Created 100+ different visualizations of virus-related data
- Successfully launched 4 website redesigns; produced design deliverables of 2 new large scale digital products
- Build and maintain tools for viral genome analysis
- Content management and curation of database for NCBI Virus resources
Computercraft Corporation
Subject Matter Expert, Data Curator
Jul 2010 - Dec 2018
- Content management and curation of database for virus-related resources
- Build and maintain 4+ tools for viral genome analysis
- Communication management and community outreach
- Hand-coded (CSS and HTML) landing and help documentation pages for 4 virus-related resources
- Maintain help documentation for 4 virus-related resources
- Co-author of 7 scientific publications about virus-related resources
Blood Systems Research Institute (UCSF affiliate)
Postdoctoral Scientist
Oct 2007- Jun 2009
- Identify and characterize novel viruses in human and animal plasma and stoolsamples using sequence independent and shotgun and 454 sequencing
- First author of 3 scientific publications and co-author of 2 scientific publications
Oklahoma State University
Postdoctoral Scientist
Oct 2005 - Aug 2007
- Study of biodiversity and ecology of plant-associated viruses in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
- Deliver research at scientific conferences and meetings
- Co-author of one scientific publication
Education
Glasgow Caledonian University
UX Design Institute | Glasgow, UK
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
- Professional Diploma in UX Design
- Professional Certificate in Visual Design
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Biology Department | Moscow, Russia
Sep 2000 - Nov 2004
Skills and Tools
Competitive analysis
User research
Affinity mapping
Product strategy
Content writing
Prototyping
Wireframing
Product design
Design thinking
HTML & CSS
Figma
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Illustrator
Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Confluence
Miro
Mural
