John Karasinski

Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center

Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)

Email– john.karasinski@nasa.gov

Professional Bio

John is a human factors researcher in the Human-Computer Interaction Group at NASA Ames Research Center, where he focuses on developing and designing crew-facing displays. His research has included topics such as self-scheduling, augmented reality training, and augmented feedback to improve crew autonomy during long-duration space missions. He is a co-investigator on several Human Research Program (HRP) funded grants, a Project Manager within the Earth-Independent Operations Domain under the Mars Campaign Office, and is the Software, Automation, and Robotics Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Human Health and Performance Directorate for the Human Landing System (HLS). 

Education

2020, Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis

2016, M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis

2012, B.S., Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Professional Experience

2025-Present, HORB Member, NASA Ames Human Occupancy Review Board (HORB)

2025-Present, Designated Reviewer, NASA Institutional Review Board (IRB)

2023-2025, Board Member, NASA Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Research Interests

Planning and Scheduling

Autonomous Systems

Robotics

Crew Autonomy

User-Centered Design

Awards/Honors

NASA Group Achievement Award, Connected Autonomous Smart Aerospace Systems Team, 2019

Publications

Karasinski, J., Shelat, S., & Marquez, J. (2025, January 6). Validation of Self-Scheduling Countermeasures in NASA’s HERA Campaign 6. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, Orlando, FL. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-2092

Dempsey, D., Sargent, R., Hobbs, A., Latorella, K., Huang, Z., Niemann, C., Chaikin, A., Lewis, R., Robinson, P., Karasinski, J., Tyson, T., Shear-Tungol, T., Durham, M., Lippert, A., Landon, L., Hughs-Baird, S., Keyzer, K., Dempsey, M., Maddox, J., Null, C. (2024). Trade Space Analyses: Balancing Crew and Mission Design Parameters (Technical Memorandum (TM) 20240011265). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240011265

Shelat, S., Marquez, J. J., Zheng, J., & Karasinski, J. A. (2024). Collaborative System Usability in Spaceflight Analog Environments through Remote Observations. Applied Sciences, 14(5), 2005. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14052005

Parisi, M., McTigue, K., Wu, S.-C., Karasinski, J., Panontin, T., Landon, L., & Vera, A. (2024). The Impact of Delayed Communication on NASA’s Human-Systems Operations: Preliminary Results of a Systematic. 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2024). https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1005194

McTigue, K., Panontin, T., Karasinski, J., Wu, S.-C., Parisi, M., & Vera, A. (2024). Information Representations for Crew-Led Operations Beyond Low-Earth Orbit. 2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), 50–55. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC-IT61443.2024.00013

Karasinski, J., Shyr, M. C., Torr, A., & Marquez, J. J. (2023, January 23). Exploring Self-Scheduling Strategies and Heuristics in Novice Schedulers. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, National Harbor, MD & Online. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-1067

Barkouki, T., Deng, Z., Karasinski, J., Kong, Z., & Robinson, S. (2023, January 23). XAI Design Goals and Evaluation Metrics for Space Exploration: A Survey of Human Spaceflight Domain Experts. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, National Harbor, MD & Online. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-1828

Stankovic, A. S., Pryputniewicz, A., Holder, S., York, S. P., Handley, P. M., Karasinski, J. A., Robinson, S. K., West, J. J., & Duda, K. R. (2023). Longitudinal Impacts of Simulated Long-Duration Spaceflight Missions on Operationally Relevant Measures of Human Performance Using a Portable Simulation Platform. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 65(6), 1130–1141. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208221113629

Marquez, J. J., Shelat, S., Zheng, J., & Karasinski, J. A. (2023, July 20). Inferring Collaboration Strategies and Usability from Remote Observations in a Spaceflight Analog Environment. 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230006840

Marquez, J. J., Edwards, T., Karasinski, J. A., Lee, C. N., Shyr, M. C., Miller, C. L., & Brandt, S. L. (2023). Human Performance of Novice Schedulers for Complex Spaceflight Operations Timelines. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 65(6), 1183–1198. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208211058913

Karasinski, J., & Robinson, S. K. (2022, January 3). Extending the Structural Model of the Human Pilot to Include Concurrent Bandwidth Feedback. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA & Virtual. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-0509

Karasinski, J. A., Zheng, J., Yashar, M., & Marquez, J. J. (2022, May 1). Integrating Mission Timelines and Procedures to Enhance Situational Awareness in Human Spaceflight Operations. SpaceCHI 2.0 Workshop. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220005614

Karasinski, J., Bresina, J., Kanefsky, B., Shyr, M., & Marquez, J. (2022, January 3). Towards a Characterization of Scheduling Task Complexity. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA & Virtual. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-1412

Shelat, S., Karasinski, J. A., Flynn-Evans, E. E., & Marquez, J. J. (2022). Evaluation of User Experience of Self-scheduling Software for Astronauts: Defining a Satisfaction Baseline. In D. Harris & W.-C. Li (Eds.), Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (Vol. 13307, pp. 433–445). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06086-1_34

Marquez, J. J., Sullivan, D., & Karasinski, J. (2022, October 24). The Role of Trust and Usability to Enable Spaceflight Crew Autonomy. ASCEND 2022. ASCEND 2022, Las Vegas, Nevada & Online. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4262

Marquez, J. J., Shelat, S., & Karasinski, J. (2022, October 24). Promoting Crew Autonomy in a Human Spaceflight Earth Analog Mission through Self-Scheduling. ASCEND 2022. ASCEND 2022, Las Vegas, Nevada & Online. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4263

Karasinski, J. A., Torron Valverde, I. C., Brosnahan, H. L., Gale, J. W., Kim, R., Yashar, M., & Marquez, J. J. (2021). Designing Procedure Execution Tools with Emerging Technologies for Future Astronauts. Applied Sciences, 11(4), 1607. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041607

O’Meara, S. M., Karasinski, J. A., Miller, C. L., Joshi, S. S., & Robinson, S. K. (2021). Effects of Augmented Feedback and Motor Learning Adaptation on Human–Automation Interaction Factors. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 18(6), 377–390. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I010915

Stevens, C., Karasinski, J., Jenks, K., O’Meara, S., Buchner, S., Potnis, T., Rocha, R., & Robinson, S. (2021). Effectiveness of Self-customized Refresher and Just-In-Time-Training for Mechanical Repair Task Performance. In C. Stephanidis, M. Antona, & S. Ntoa (Eds.), HCI International 2021—Posters (Vol. 1419, pp. 158–165). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78635-9_23

Marquez, J. J., Karasinski, J. A., & Zheng, J. (2021, May 8). How the Internet of “Space” Things will Disrupt and Transform Astronaut Work-life. 2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210015647

Gale, J. W., Yashar, M., Karasinski, J., & Marquez, J. (2021, November 15). Evaluation of Self-Scheduling Exercises Completed by Analog Crewmembers in NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA). ASCEND 2021. ASCEND 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada & Virtual. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-4076

Karasinski, J., Holder, S., Robinson, S., & Marquez, J. (2020). Deep Space Human-Systems Research Recommendations for Future Human-Automation/Robotic Integration (Technical Memorandum (TM) 20205004361). NASA. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205004361

Wong, L., Pradhan, S., Karasinski, J., Hu, C., Strangman, G., Ivkovic, V., Arsintescu, L., & Flynn-Evans, E. (2020). Performance on the Robotics On-Board Trainer (ROBoT-r) Spaceflight Simulation During Acute Sleep Deprivation. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, 697. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00697

O’Meara, S. M., Karasinski, J., Miller, C. L., Joshi, S., & Robinson, S. K. (2020, January 6). The Effects of Training Methodology on Performance, Workload, and Trust During Human Learning of a Computer-Based Task. AIAA SciTech 2020 Forum. AIAA SciTech 2020 Forum, Orlando, FL. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1110

Karasinski, J., & Robinson, S. (2019, January 7). Evaluating Augmented Reality in a Three-Axis Manual Tracking Task. AIAA SciTech 2019 Forum. AIAA SciTech 2019 Forum, San Diego, California. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-1227

Karasinski, J. A., & Robinson, S. K. (2019). Utility of Concurrent Bandwidth Feedback in Training Aircraft Flight Tasks. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 63(1), 1729–1733. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631097

Marquez, Jessica J., Mai L. Chang, Bettina L. Beard, Yun Kyung Kim, and John A. Karasinski. “Human-Automation Allocations for Current Robotic Space Operations,” 2018. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20180001208.

Gale, J., Karasinski, J., & Hillenius, S. (2018). Playbook for UAS: UX of Goal-Oriented Planning and Execution. In D. Harris (Ed.), Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (Vol. 10906, pp. 545–557). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91122-9_44

Karasinski, J., Robinson, S., Handley, P., & Duda, K. (2017, January 9). Real-Time Performance Feedback in a Manually-Controlled Spacecraft Inspection Task. AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, Grapevine, Texas. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-1314

Karasinski, J. A., Joyce, R., Carroll, C., Gale, J., & Hillenius, S. (2017). An Augmented Reality/Internet of Things Prototype for Just-in-time Astronaut Training. In S. Lackey & J. Chen (Eds.), Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (Vol. 10280, pp. 248–260). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57987-0_20

Karasinski, J. A., Robinson, S. K., Duda, K. R., & Prasov, Z. (2016). Development of real-time performance metrics for manually-guided spacecraft operations. 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2016.7500734

Website

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