I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Information Sciences at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , where I am advised by Dr. Michael B. Twidale. My research interests lie at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW, artificial intelligence, design research, and the learning sciences.

Recently interested and leaning towards sciences of writing and falsifiability of artificial intelligence.

Prior to doctoral studies at UIUC, I hold a master's degree in Informatics at College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University (Main campus; university park), where I was advised by Dr. John M. Carroll at The Collaboration and Innovation Laboratory (CIL) group on HCI, synergies, CSCW and design research. Also I studied under Frank Ritter, Xialong Zhang, and Kenneth Huang.

Charan Pushpanathan

Me and Macintosh '84

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Kumaraguru College of Technology. In between, I worked across user research, and interface design in the fintech and startup ecosystem, including roles at HDFC Bank and Freecharge, backed by (Axis Bank). I was also a founding designer at an angel-backed capital markets startup.

I am currently based in Champaign, Illinois.