Hello, I'm Lev, a behavioural scientist with an academic background in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. My current work is focused on augmenting human agency by using Generative AI to help people think more clearly and act more intentionally, particularly in workplace collaboration. I'm also exploring the broader impacts of Generative AI on cognition, people, and workflows. I work in the Tools for Thought team at Microsoft Research in Cambridge UK.

Previously, I worked as a Research Advisor at the Behavioural Insights Team, where I specialised in the design, implementation, and analysis of experiments across health, social care, and education. For example, I worked on a successful national-scale field RCT to increase COVID-19 vaccinations in a cohort of ~2.3 million people.

I have a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Oxford, and have also previously dabbled in science communication and policy research.

I am most excited by the intersection of behavioural science, technology, design, and social innovation. Use the list below to explore my past projects. Email me at lev.tankelevitch@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter/X, Bluesky, or LinkedIn.

Generative AI's impact on people and work

Tankelevitch, L., Glassman, E. L., He, J., Kazemitabaar, M., Kittur, A., Lee, M., Palani, S., Sarkar, A., Ramos, G., Rogers, Y., & Subramonyam, H. (2025). Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI. CHI EA 2025.

Lee, H.-P., Sarkar, A., Tankelevitch, L., Drosos, I., Rintel, S., Banks, R., & Wilson, N. (2025). The impact of generative AI on critical thinking: Self-reported reductions in cognitive effort and confidence effects from a survey of knowledge workers. CHI 2025.

Kreijkes, P., ..., Tankelevitch, L., & Oates, T. (2025). Effects of LLM use and note-taking on reading comprehension and memory: A randomised experiment in secondary schools. SSRN preprint.

Contributed research: Jaffe, S., Shah, N. P., Butler, J., Farach, A., Cambon, A., Hecht, B., Schwarz, M., & Teevan, J. (2024). Generative AI in Real-World Workplaces: The Second Microsoft Report on AI and Productivity Research. Microsoft.

Butler, J., ..., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Le, V. (2024). Microsoft New Future of Work Report 2024. Microsoft.

Simkute, A., Kewenig, V., Sellen, A., Rintel, S., & Tankelevitch, L. (2024). The New Calculator? Practices, Norms, and Implications of Generative AI in Higher Education. arXiv preprint.

Tankelevitch, L., Kewenig, V., Simkute, A., Scott, A. E., Sarkar, A., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). The metacognitive demands and opportunities of generative AI. CHI 2024. Best Paper Award.

Simkute, A., Tankelevitch, L., Kewenig, V., Scott, A. E., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). Ironies of Generative AI: Understanding and mitigating productivity loss in human-ai interaction. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Drosos, I., Sarkar, A., Xu, X., Negreanu, C., Rintel, S., & Tankelevitch, L. (2024). "It's like a rubber duck that talks back": Understanding Generative AI-Assisted Data Analysis Workflows through a Participatory Prompting Study. CHIWORK 2024

Butler, J., ..., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Teevan, J. (2023). Microsoft New Future of Work Report 2023. Microsoft.

AI-assisted collaboration

Vanukuru, R., Panda, P., Chen, X., Scott, A. E., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2025). Designing Interfaces that Support Temporal Work Across Meetings with Generative AI. DIS 2025.

Scott, A. E., Tankelevitch, L., Panda, P., Vanukuru, R., Chen, X., & Rintel, S. (2025). What Does Success Look Like? Catalyzing Meeting Intentionality with AI-Assisted Prospective Reflection. CHIWORK 2025.

Chen, X., Tankelevitch, L., Vanukuru, R., Scott, A. E., Panda, P., & Rintel, S.(2025). Are We On Track? AI-Assisted Active and Passive Goal Reflection During Meetings. CHI 2025.

Scott, A. E., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). Mental Models of Meeting Goals: Supporting Intentionality in Meeting Technologies. CHI 2024.

Park, G. W., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). The CoExplorer Technology Probe: A Generative AI-Powered Adaptive Interface to Support Intentionality in Planning and Running Video Meetings. DIS 2024.

Park, G. W., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). CoExplorer: Generative AI Powered 2D and 3D Adaptive Interfaces to Support Intentionality in Video Meetings. CHI EA 2024.

Remote & hybrid collaboration

Ma, F., Zhang, J., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Wilczkowiak, M. (2025). Nods of Agreement: Webcam-Driven Avatars Improve Meeting Outcomes and Avatar Satisfaction Over Audio-Driven or Static Avatars in All-Avatar Work Videoconferencing. CSCW 2025.

Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Rintel, S. (2024). Hybridge: Bridging Spatiality for Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid Meetings. CSCW 2024.

Spittle, B., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Rintel, S. (2024). Comparing the Agency of Hybrid Meeting Remote Users in 2D and 3D Interfaces of the Hybridge System. CHI EA 2024.

Kreamer, L. M., Rogelberg, S. G., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). Virtual voices: Exploring individual differences in chat and verbal participation in virtual meetings. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Cashman, T. J., ..., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). An Equal Seat at the Table: Exploring Videoconferencing with Shared Spatial Context combined with 3D Video Representations. CHI EA 2024.

Rintel, S., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Gupta, K. (2024). Collaborative system. US Patent.

Nowak, K., Tankelevitch, L., Tang, J., & Rintel, S. (2023). Hear We Are: Spatial Audio Benefits Perceptions of Turn-Taking and Social Presence in Video Meetings. CHIWORK 2023.

Hyrkas, J., Wilson, A. D., Tang, J., Gamper, H., Sodoma, H., Tankelevitch, L., ... & Jones, B. (2023) Spatialized Audio and Hybrid Video Conferencing: Where Should Voices be Positioned for People in the Room and Remote Headset Users? CHI 2023.

Hosseinkashi, Y., Tankelevitch, L., Pool, J., Cutler, R., & Madan, C. (2024). Meeting effectiveness and inclusiveness: large-scale measurement, identification of key features, and prediction in real-world remote meetings. CSCW 2024.

Behavioural science in health and education

Behrendt, H., Tagliaferri, G., Tankelevitch, L., Xu, Y., Harper, H., Gold, N., Weston, D., Rosen, R., & Scott, R. (2025). Nationwide demonstration of improved COVID-19 vaccination uptake through behavioural reminders. Nature Human Behaviour.See also BIT research report (pp. 8-10).

Greater Manchester Self-Isolation Pathfinder Pilot - Impact Evaluation: Final Report.

Research report

Behavioural Insights Team, 2021 (published in 2023). Commissioned and published by the UK Health Security Agency.

Changing Minds about Changing Behaviours: Obesity in Focus

Research report

Behavioural Insights Team, 2021

Speech Bubbles: Evaluation Report.

Research report

Behavioural Insights Team, 2021. Commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation.

Note: other than above, most of my work in this area is under NDA.

Policy research

Sleep and Health

Public policy research briefings

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 2018

Advancing AI in the NHS

Policy report

Polygeia, 2018

Science communication

Just a Touch

Short film

2017, Best National/International Film at BSFF 2017

Defending science by opening up: Lessons from Understanding Animal Research

Article

Naturejobs, 2017

Oxfordshire Science Festival

Interactive event

Oxford Town Hall, 2016

Brain Power!

Interactive event

Natural History Museum, Museum of the History of Science, 2016

Anatomy of an Experiment

Photography

Phenotype Magazine, 2016

You're a designer — act like one

Article

Naturejobs, 2016

The 'black box' effect in science communication

Article

Naturejobs, 2016, Journalism Competition Winner

What does MEG measure?

Blog

Scitable, 2015

Neuroscience research

Pike, A. C., Atherton, K. E., Bauer, Y., Crittenden, B. M., van Ede, F., Hall-McMaster, S., ... & Noonan, M. P. (2022). 10 simple rules for a supportive lab environment. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Folloni, D., Fouragnan, E., Wittmann, M. K., Roumazeilles, L., Tankelevitch, L., Verhagen, L., ... & Rushworth, M. F. (2021). Ultrasound modulation of macaque prefrontal cortex selectively alters credit assignment–related activity and behavior. Science Advances.

Trudel, N., Scholl, J., Klein-Flügge, M. C., Fouragnan, E., Tankelevitch, L., Wittmann, M. K., & Rushworth, M. F. (2021). Polarity of uncertainty representation during exploration and exploitation in ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Nature Human Behaviour.

Tankelevitch, L., Spaak, E., Rushworth, M. F., & Stokes, M. G. (2020). Previously reward-associated stimuli capture spatial attention in the absence of changes in the corresponding sensory representations as measured with MEG. Journal of Neuroscience

Tankelevitch, L. (2019). The interaction between reward-driven learning and selective attention. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oxford).

Fouragnan, E. F., Chau, B. K., Folloni, D., Kolling, N., Verhagen, L., Klein-Flügge, M., Tankelevitch, L., Papageorgiou, G.K., Aubry, J.F., Sallet, J. & Rushworth, M. F. (2019). The macaque anterior cingulate cortex translates counterfactual choice value into actual behavioral change. Nature Neuroscience.

Tankelevitch, L., Glassman, E. L., He, J., Kazemitabaar, M., Kittur, A., Lee, M., Palani, S., Sarkar, A., Ramos, G., Rogers, Y., & Subramonyam, H. (2025). Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI. CHI EA 2025.

Lee, H.-P., Sarkar, A., Tankelevitch, L., Drosos, I., Rintel, S., Banks, R., & Wilson, N. (2025). The impact of generative AI on critical thinking: Self-reported reductions in cognitive effort and confidence effects from a survey of knowledge workers. CHI 2025.

Kreijkes, P., ..., Tankelevitch, L., & Oates, T. (2025). Effects of LLM use and note-taking on reading comprehension and memory: A randomised experiment in secondary schools. SSRN preprint.

Contributed research: Jaffe, S., Shah, N. P., Butler, J., Farach, A., Cambon, A., Hecht, B., Schwarz, M., & Teevan, J. (2024). Generative AI in Real-World Workplaces: The Second Microsoft Report on AI and Productivity Research. Microsoft.

Butler, J., ..., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Le, V. (2024). Microsoft New Future of Work Report 2024. Microsoft.

*Simkute, A., *Kewenig, V., Sellen, A., Rintel, S., & Tankelevitch, L. (2024). The New Calculator? Practices, Norms, and Implications of Generative AI in Higher Education. arXiv preprint.

*Tankelevitch, L., *Kewenig, V., Simkute, A., Scott, A. E., Sarkar, A., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). The metacognitive demands and opportunities of generative AI. CHI 2024. Best Paper Award.

*Simkute, A., *Tankelevitch, L., Kewenig, V., Scott, A. E., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). Ironies of Generative AI: Understanding and mitigating productivity loss in human-ai interaction. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Drosos, I., Sarkar, A., Xu, X., Negreanu, C., Rintel, S., & Tankelevitch, L. (2024). "It's like a rubber duck that talks back": Understanding Generative AI-Assisted Data Analysis Workflows through a Participatory Prompting Study. CHIWORK 2024

Butler, J., ..., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Teevan, J. (2023). Microsoft New Future of Work Report 2023. Microsoft.

Vanukuru, R., Panda, P., Chen, X., Scott, A. E., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2025). Designing Interfaces that Support Temporal Work Across Meetings with Generative AI. DIS 2025.

*Scott, A. E., *Tankelevitch, L., Panda, P., Vanukuru, R., Chen, X., & Rintel, S. (2025). What Does Success Look Like? Catalyzing Meeting Intentionality with AI-Assisted Prospective Reflection. CHIWORK 2025.

*Chen, X., *Tankelevitch, L., Vanukuru, R., Scott, A. E., Panda, P., & Rintel, S.(2025). Are We On Track? AI-Assisted Active and Passive Goal Reflection During Meetings. CHI 2025.

*Scott, A. E., *Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). Mental Models of Meeting Goals: Supporting Intentionality in Meeting Technologies. CHI 2024.

Park, G. W., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). The CoExplorer Technology Probe: A Generative AI-Powered Adaptive Interface to Support Intentionality in Planning and Running Video Meetings. DIS 2024.

Park, G. W., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). CoExplorer: Generative AI Powered 2D and 3D Adaptive Interfaces to Support Intentionality in Video Meetings. CHI EA 2024.

Ma, F., Zhang, J., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Wilczkowiak, M. (2025). Nods of Agreement: Webcam-Driven Avatars Improve Meeting Outcomes and Avatar Satisfaction Over Audio-Driven or Static Avatars in All-Avatar Work Videoconferencing. CSCW 2025.

Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Rintel, S. (2024). Hybridge: Bridging Spatiality for Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid Meetings. CSCW 2024.

*Spittle, B., *Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Rintel, S. (2024). Comparing the Agency of Hybrid Meeting Remote Users in 2D and 3D Interfaces of the Hybridge System. CHI EA 2024.

Kreamer, L. M., Rogelberg, S. G., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). Virtual voices: Exploring individual differences in chat and verbal participation in virtual meetings. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Cashman, T. J., ..., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). An Equal Seat at the Table: Exploring Videoconferencing with Shared Spatial Context combined with 3D Video Representations. CHI EA 2024.

Rintel, S., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Gupta, K. (2024). Collaborative system. US Patent.

Nowak, K., Tankelevitch, L., Tang, J., & Rintel, S. (2023). Hear We Are: Spatial Audio Benefits Perceptions of Turn-Taking and Social Presence in Video Meetings. CHIWORK 2023.

Hyrkas, J., Wilson, A. D., Tang, J., Gamper, H., Sodoma, H., Tankelevitch, L., ... & Jones, B. (2023) Spatialized Audio and Hybrid Video Conferencing: Where Should Voices be Positioned for People in the Room and Remote Headset Users? CHI 2023.

Hosseinkashi, Y., Tankelevitch, L., Pool, J., Cutler, R., & Madan, C. (2024). Meeting effectiveness and inclusiveness: large-scale measurement, identification of key features, and prediction in real-world remote meetings. CSCW 2024.

Behrendt, H., Tagliaferri, G., Tankelevitch, L., Xu, Y., Harper, H., Gold, N., Weston, D., Rosen, R., & Scott, R. (2025). Nationwide demonstration of improved COVID-19 vaccination uptake through behavioural reminders. Nature Human Behaviour.See also BIT research report (pp. 8-10).

Research report

Behavioural Insights Team, 2021 (published in 2023). Commissioned and published by the UK Health Security Agency.

Research report

Behavioural Insights Team, 2021

Research report

Behavioural Insights Team, 2021. Commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation.

Note: other than above, most of my work in this area is under NDA.

Public policy research briefings

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 2018

Policy report

Polygeia, 2018

Short film

2017, Best National/International Film at BSFF 2017

Article

Naturejobs, 2017

Interactive event

Oxford Town Hall, 2016

Interactive event

Natural History Museum, Museum of the History of Science, 2016

Photography

Phenotype Magazine, 2016

Article

Naturejobs, 2016

Article

Naturejobs, 2016, Journalism Competition Winner

Blog

Scitable, 2015

Pike, A. C., Atherton, K. E., Bauer, Y., Crittenden, B. M., van Ede, F., Hall-McMaster, S., ... & Noonan, M. P. (2022). 10 simple rules for a supportive lab environment. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Folloni, D., Fouragnan, E., Wittmann, M. K., Roumazeilles, L., Tankelevitch, L., Verhagen, L., ... & Rushworth, M. F. (2021). Ultrasound modulation of macaque prefrontal cortex selectively alters credit assignment–related activity and behavior. Science Advances.

Trudel, N., Scholl, J., Klein-Flügge, M. C., Fouragnan, E., Tankelevitch, L., Wittmann, M. K., & Rushworth, M. F. (2021). Polarity of uncertainty representation during exploration and exploitation in ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Nature Human Behaviour.

Tankelevitch, L., Spaak, E., Rushworth, M. F., & Stokes, M. G. (2020). Previously reward-associated stimuli capture spatial attention in the absence of changes in the corresponding sensory representations as measured with MEG. Journal of Neuroscience

Tankelevitch, L. (2019). The interaction between reward-driven learning and selective attention. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oxford).

Simkute, A., Kewenig, V., Sellen, A., Rintel, S., & Tankelevitch, L. (2024). The New Calculator? Practices, Norms, and Implications of Generative AI in Higher Education. arXiv preprint.

Tankelevitch, L., Kewenig, V., Simkute, A., Scott, A. E., Sarkar, A., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). The metacognitive demands and opportunities of generative AI. CHI 2024. Best Paper Award.

Simkute, A., Tankelevitch, L., Kewenig, V., Scott, A. E., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). Ironies of Generative AI: Understanding and mitigating productivity loss in human-ai interaction. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Scott, A. E., Tankelevitch, L., Panda, P., Vanukuru, R., Chen, X., & Rintel, S. (2025). What Does Success Look Like? Catalyzing Meeting Intentionality with AI-Assisted Prospective Reflection. CHIWORK 2025.

Chen, X., Tankelevitch, L., Vanukuru, R., Scott, A. E., Panda, P., & Rintel, S.(2025). Are We On Track? AI-Assisted Active and Passive Goal Reflection During Meetings. CHI 2025.

Scott, A. E., Tankelevitch, L., & Rintel, S. (2024). Mental Models of Meeting Goals: Supporting Intentionality in Meeting Technologies. CHI 2024.

Spittle, B., Panda, P., Tankelevitch, L., ..., & Rintel, S. (2024). Comparing the Agency of Hybrid Meeting Remote Users in 2D and 3D Interfaces of the Hybridge System. CHI EA 2024.