Kaylee Ives is a Research Assistant on the User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) team for the Public Safety and Communications Research (PSCR) Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She recently graduated with her master’s in psychology from Arizona State University. Although she is interested in many psychological topics, Kaylee is particularly interested in exploring how perception and human-environmental interactions can be applied to technological research and development. She hopes to explore her interests while gaining research experience and foundational knowledge related to user experience.