Summary
Nynika Badam is a UX-focused product designer and graduate student in Human-Computer Interaction with eight years of cross-disciplinary experience blending visual design, front-end development, and user research. Currently a Graduate UX Design Intern at MathWorks and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, she’s building an AI-driven rehab coach that models physical therapist expertise—a signal of her interest in applied health tech. Her portfolio spans industry and nonprofit projects, from redesigning supplier-facing dashboards for Winrock International to mobile resource apps for homeless services, demonstrating a knack for translating complex workflows into intuitive interfaces. Comfortable teaching and mentoring, she’s also supported course development and led student cohorts, bringing clarity to collaborative projects. With a computer engineering background from UIUC and international study at KTH, she pairs technical fluency with human-centered rigor to deliver designs that are both usable and technically grounded.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Metea Valley
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Masters, Human Computer Interaction, Masters, Human Computer Interaction at University of Maryland
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, French, Telugu