Lanyi Zhu
Mixed Methods UX Researcher | ex-PhD, Survey, Market, HCI, Behavior | open to W2 positions right now, willing to relocate
- Role
- Ux Researcher at Taro
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lanyi Zhu
My portfolio: A strong empathetic and proactive researcher moving from Social Science academia to UX Researcher / Behavioral Scientist to pursue greater social impact- 2+ years mixed methods UX Research in product, government, court and NGO setting - 8+ years end-to-end academic research on political behavior, legal institutions, public policy, data ethics and privacy.etc Solid research methods training in both quantitative and qualitative-Quant: R, Python, STATA, SPSS, Surveys, Regressions, Causal Inference, Econometrics, T-Tests / Z-Tests / ANOVA, A/B testing, Text Analysis (Topic Modeling, Sentiment Analysis), Field/Online Experiment-Qual: Usability Testing, In-Depth Interview, Focus Groups, Diary Studies, Journey Mapping, Ethnography, Field Studies, Card Sorting, Benchmark Testing, Log Analysis. Always being open-minded, passionate about understanding users\' needs, desires, behaviors and attitudes and identifying practical solutions to make product design and user experience better.
Experience
Ux Researcher
Oct 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
The first UX Researcher at Taro, worked closely with cross-functional partners of product managers, designers and software engineers to do mixed-method user-centered research to analyze user behavior, needs and attitudes, derive actionable insights and recommendations for product improvement -Improved matching experience and boosted the daily active user count by advocating for customers, identifying knowledge gaps in understanding user needs through end-to-end custom primary research design and execution, including in-depth interviews, surveys, analyzing and interpreting a mix of qualitative and quantitative data -Improved mobile app product decisions by examining existing insights, designing research studies on user attitudes and behavior, working closely with cross-functional partners of product managers, designers and software engineers -Communicated key business findings and suggestions to stakeholders in compelling and creative ways
Education
Tsinghua University
Juris Master (JD equivalent), Law
Nanjing Normal University
Bachelor's degree, Public Administration, Rank: 1/46, GPA: 3.93
University of Washington
Master's degree, Political Science, Communication in Digital Media (MCDM)
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