Full Name
Jon Holbrook
Job Title
Human Factors Discipline Deputy
Company
NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)
Speaker Bio
Jon Holbrook is a cognitive scientist in the Crew Systems and Aviation Operations Branch at NASA’s Langley Research Center and serves as Human Factors Discipline Deputy for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center. Dr. Holbrook is interested in the cognitive aspects of human performance in complex environments, and the development of safe, high-performing teams and organizations. Dr. Holbrook’s current research focuses on measuring human contributions to safety in aviation. He has also studied mental representations of false memories; weather-related decision making by Alaska bush pilots; prospective memory performance by commercial airline pilots; workstation design and decision support for air traffic control tower personnel; and organizational resilience in NASA’s International Space Station program. He has authored or coauthored over 50 publications across these areas. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Vanderbilt University.
Jon Holbrook