# Xiying Wang

> Staff UX Researcher @ Google | Innovation, 0-1

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/xiying

Curious about people, Xiying is currently working as a UX Researcher at Google. Prior to Google, she led the UX research at NewsBreak and built the UX research team.

## Work Experience
### Staff UX Researcher @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Head of UX Research @ News Break
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Sr. UX Researcher @ Neurotrack
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, CA

### Lead UX Researcher @ WorkSpan
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Foster City, California

### Postdoctoral UX Researcher @ Pennsylvania State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | State College, Pennsylvania Area
- Created, developed and taught IST 402 Emerging Technology: Mobile UX and Design
- Mentored 7 Ph.D. students in doing HCI research
- Managed 5 research assistants in doing UX research
- Conducted various UX research (qualitative and quantitative research) in the context of health, well-being, and community

### Web Designer and Webmaster @ ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Remote
- Designed and built CHI 2017 website: https://chi2017.acm.org/, the biggest international conference in UX community
- Developed CHI mini-web app: https://chi2017.acm.org/program/
- Both website and app were used by thousands of conference attendees worldwide

### UX Research Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 | Ithaca, New York Area
- Researched the user experience in the context of mobile technology and behavior change, identified key strategies to change people’s behavior and maintain user retention, designed mobile apps
- Advised over 600 students on web design and development for 4 years; mentored over 120 undergraduate students and 4 graduate students on HCI research and interaction design
- Designed, wireframed, and prototyped interactive web and mobile smart systems for New York State Electric and Gas Corp (this is a collaborative effort to test and deploy smart meters for residential areas in upstate NY. It is funded by the NSF in conjunction with the New York State Electric & Gas Corp (NYSEG), Cornell Cooperative Extension, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and several Cornell departments)

### UX Research Intern @ NPR
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Closely worked with NPR design team, used dscout and interviews (both in-person and remote) to investigated news consumption behavior
- Provided research and design insights for NPR digital products
- Designed a UX research toolkit, used by NPR design team

### UX Research Intern @ IBM
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Yorktown Heights, NY
- Built and evaluated a Lilypad Arduino wearable device to motivate health behavior change in a hot or noisy environment, the features of which were implemented into a B2B product
- Patented strategies for detecting and notifying potential hazards using sensing devices
- Designed the UI and interactions of an Andriod app (Hackathon)

### UX Research Intern @ Ericsson
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Ericsson, San Jose, CA
- Studied and tracked energy behaviors in commercial buildings, the findings of which contributed to the future vision of Ericsson on an enicient and smart network infrastructure of commercial buildings
- Designed and developed an interactive website for monitoring energy use
- Designed the UI and information architecture of a disaster notification mobile app

### Product Design Intern @ Wandou Labs
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Beijing, China
- Improved the information architecture and UX of an existing Wandoujia Android app and designed the 2.0 version, used by millions of Chinese users

### Associate Instructor @ Indiana University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Bloomington, Indiana Area
Associate instructor for courses Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction Design, Information Representation, and Design and Develop an Information System: taught user-centered research methods and helped students with interaction design projects

### Usability Analyst @ Apple Lab of Sun Yat-Sen University
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Guangzhou, China
- Designed, conducted, and analyzed usability tests


## Education
### Ph.D. in Information Science (Human-Computer Interaction), Minor in Communication
Cornell University

### M.S. in Information Science (Human-Computer Interaction)
Cornell University

### M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction / Design
Indiana University Bloomington

### Bachelor in Software Engineering
Sun Yat-sen University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xiyingwang
- Portfolio: http://www.xiyingwang.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13