Shital Desai

Experienced Interaction Designer, Design Researcher and user experience designer developing inclusive design solutions, services and technologies for people (including children, older adults and people with cognitive impairment) using design thinking and systems thinking methods, resulting in 10+ completed projects and 7+ publications.

Experience in developing partnerships with industry, research organisations, funding bodies and users with an objective of identifying future research directions, Knowledge Transfer (KT) and developing solutions using user centred approach, resulting in 5+ grants and 2 commercialised products.

Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to understand, interpret, and communicate complex qualitative data as evidenced by over 10 national and international research presentations and over 8 years of didactic teaching and mentoring experience.