Alejandra Rodriguez Vega, Ph.D
I am a UX Researcher at Google focused on Gemini translating user feedback into actionable insights to optimize the end-to-end AI user experience.
Areas of Expertise
Generative AI & Conversational UX:
Advanced expertise in mapping mental models, trust dynamics, and first-time feature adoption across multimodal, voice, and canvas AI interfaces.
Spatial Computing & Hardware Integration:
Deep experience evaluating 3D spatial environments, human factors, and software-hardware interplay under variable real-world conditions.
Mixed-Methods & Longitudinal Strategy:
Proficient in parallel qualitative and quantitative tracks, specializing in scaled diary studies, unmoderated testing, survey design, and deep-dive interviewing.
Cross-Functional Alignment & Strategic Impact:
Skilled at bringing engineering, design, and executive leadership into synthesis, translating nuanced human behavior into concrete product roadmaps and strategic guidelines.
Selected Work
Research Skills
Research Methods
Survey Design & Analysis, User Interviews, Usability Testing,
Diary Studies, Ethnographic Field Studies, Cultural Probes,
Focus Groups, Rapid Testing, Literature Reviews, Stakeholder Workshops,
A/B Testing, Collaborative & Speculative Design, Design Fiction,
Rapid Prototyping, Thematic Analysis, Affinity Diagrams, Card Sorting.
Publications
Modeling procedural justice in public engagements with pipeline infrastructure: a coupled infrastructure systems approach to examining participatory environmental governance
Designing to Elicit Future Affective Potential: Café 2057
Dream Drone: Crowd-based Storytelling as a Tool for Design Reflection.
Exploring Collaborative Design Through Storytelling and Ideation
A Study of Solar Cooking: Exploring Climate-Resilient Food Preparation and Opportunities for HCI
Drogon, the Thermal-Sensing Drone: Exploring Aerial Imagery as a Tool for Citizen Science Research
😃 Oh, hello.
Feel free to reach out for collaborations or just a friendly hello at rdzva.ale@gmail.com