Michelle Dong
⟡ Product designer making complex platforms intuitive for millions. Currently at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, shaping how 10M+ people experience Merlin Bird ID. Previously at Amazon Alexa.
eBird Track Editing
Led end-to-end mobile design for track editing, improving data quality for one of the world's largest participatory science projects. Released Spring 2025
Amazon Alexa
Designed a multimodal framework for collecting customer sentiment across Alexa's voice and screen experiences.
Merlin Places
Designing Merlin's first feature to help casual birders discover where to go birding. Released Spring 2026
Merlin Explore
Redesigned Merlin's Explore screen to handle location changes and search beyond default filters gracefully. Released Summer 2025 – Spring 2026
Coming soon
Merlin Places
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Led end-to-end design for Merlin's first feature suggesting nearby birding spots for a specific species, using curated eBird data. MVP released Spring 2026.
Released to 10M monthly active users, Android & iOS, April 2026