Shaida A.

Shaida A. is a User Experience Research Scientist at Meta, specializing in visual perception and human factors research. With over seven years of experience studying human behavior and cognition, they served as a Teaching Assistant and Doctoral Student at UC Irvine, where they applied psychological metrics and developed automated data analysis pipelines. Prior to their doctoral studies, Shaida worked as a Laboratory Manager and Undergraduate Research Assistant, overseeing research operations and collaborating on biological experiments. They hold a PhD in Cognitive Science from UC Irvine.