Summary
Rose Cooper is a tech lead and UX research scientist with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience and over a decade of research experience bridging experimental psychology, neuroimaging, and applied UX for AR and wearable input technologies. At Meta Reality Labs she leads a small team delivering quantitative, multi-method studies to improve novel interaction performance and user learning, translating complex behavioral and neural data into actionable product insights. Her background spans academic postdocs and industry research, giving her a rare mix of rigorous experimental design, neuroimaging expertise, and pragmatic product-minded execution. Known for managing cross-functional projects and long-term research strategies, she also brings peer-reviewed scholarship and mentoring experience to fast-moving teams. An avid problem-solver, she deliberately seeks challenges that sharpen creative, data-driven thinking about human experience in emerging interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology, First Class Honours at University of Nottingham
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), PSYCHOLOGY, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), PSYCHOLOGY at University of Cambridge
University College London