Hi, I'm Pranati.

I'm a master's student in Human-Computer Interaction at UT Austin. I have a bachelor's degree in Design from IIT Hyderabad, and I previously worked as a researcher at the IDeaS Lab at IISc.

My research sits at the intersection of cognitive science and design. I'm broadly interested in how people perceive information, make decisions under uncertainty, and engage with creative processes — and how we can build interfaces that support all three.

Outside of research, I spend time illustrating, reading across disciplines, and thinking about what it means for a designed thing to be truly intuitive versus merely usable.