UX Researcher & Designer

open to new roles

I study how people think and decide, then design products they trust.

I run the research, then design the flows and prototypes. I bring a neuroscience lens to how people decide and a business lens to what the company needs. UMich M.S. ’26.

Selected Work

What I run

What I run

(01)

Discovery

Semi-structured and expert interviews, digital ethnography, survey design, competitive analysis, literature review.

(02)

Synthesis

Cross-method findings, affinity mapping, translating what people said into requirements a team can build against.

(03)

Evaluation

Moderated usability testing, preference testing, heuristic evaluation, then refining what the testing exposed.

(04)

Communication

Research walkthroughs and stakeholder reviews that make the reasoning behind decisions reviewable.

About Nikita

I studied neuroscience at UT Austin, with a business minor, and ran study sessions for all 150 participants in an emotion-and-memory lab at Dell Medical School. That led me to one question: how does the way a mind works shape the way it uses a product? I pursued it in legal tech, retail, and automotive during my M.S. at the University of Michigan School of Information, and I bring it to any product where trust and decisions matter.

More about me

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Nikita Mahuli

Nikita Mahuli

Nikita Mahuli

UX Researcher & Designer

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