Dr. Jon Holbrook – NESC Academy Biography

Jon Holbrook is a cognitive scientist in the Crew Systems and Aviation Operations Branch at NASA Langley Research 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 research has included: mental representation 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. Dr. Holbrook serves as a Human Factors Discipline Deputy for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center and as the NASA representative on the U.S. Department of Transportation Human Factors Coordinating Committee. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Vanderbilt University.