HCI Researcher · Design Engineer · PhD
I study how people understand emerging tech — then design and build products for them.
Seven years across web3, healthcare, e-commerce and finance — from peer-reviewed HCI research to shipped AI interfaces, hardware and brand.
- 10+publications
- 30+citations
- 10+awards
Work
Research-informed products — from live AI and marketplace SaaS to phygital hardware and Web3 health data.
Mira
Finding secondhand fairly with a chat assistant
A chat-based assistant that searches secondhand marketplaces, judges a fair price, and watches for drops.
Sr. Design Engineer2025 — now
Evento
Redesigning an events marketplace for a B2B SaaS pivot
Led the redesign of an events marketplace through a full B2C → B2B SaaS pivot — 60+ user stories, custom design system.
UX/UI → Product Design Lead2022 — 2024
CipherPal
Giving users sovereignty over their health data
An encrypted, user-owned health-data companion for an anti-stress device — records on Polygon, shared on your terms.
HCI Researcher & Engineer2024 — 2025
InTempo
Turning rhythm into an anti-stress phygital experience
A rhythm-based anti-stress “phygital” game — tap the beat on your phone or a tactile case. Lexus Design Award finalist.
Product Designer2021 — now
Maya Labs
Making zero-knowledge image provenance usable
Sign, edit and verify image authorship on-chain — an MVP that makes zero-knowledge provenance usable.
Sr. UX / UI Designer2024 — now
Claire Health
Building a unified brand for a diagnostics platform
Brand and product for a diagnostics platform — web + mobile apps, email, and a partner-site redesign under one identity.
UX/UI · Branding2022
Taxi Courses
Teaching drivers safety through illustrated mobile learning
An illustrated mobile learning platform teaching drivers language, safety and traffic rules for a local municipality.
UX/UI Designer2021 — 2022
Research
My research informs what I build; my products test what I study. Peer-reviewed work on human-centred blockchain, wearables and emerging-tech adoption.
About
I’m Polina — an HCI researcher and design engineer with a PhD and roughly seven years shipping across web3, e-commerce, education, finance and healthcare. I like problems that don’t fit a template: new hardware, on-chain products, AI interfaces — where rigour and craft both matter.
I publish on how people adopt emerging technology, then design, prototype and code the interfaces that put those findings to work — from research and service design through to UI, 3D and brand.
Research
- 10+ peer-reviewed publications
- 30+ citations
Recognition
- InTempo — 10+ awards
- Lexus Design Award finalist
- ACM-W Grant by Google
Selected clients
- Dolce & Gabbana
- UniCredit
- LivePerson
Capabilities
- HCI Research & Evaluation
- AI Product Design & Engineering
- UX / UI & Design Systems
- Service Design & Prototyping
- Web3 · AR/VR · 3D