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Dr. Erin Flynn-Evans, Director of the Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center.

Erin Flynn-Evans

Director, Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory

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Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center

Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)

Email– erin.e.flynn-evans@nasa.gov

Phone– 650-279-3459

Mail Stop– N262-4

Professional Bio

Dr. Flynn-Evans is the Director of the Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center. She holds a PhD from the University of Surrey and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining NASA, she was an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Flynn-Evans has extensive research experience examining the short and long-term effects of sleep loss and circadian misalignment in occupational settings, including among astronauts, airline pilots, physicians and other shift workers.

Education

  • 2014, MPH, Clinical Effectiveness (concentration biostatistics), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  • 2010, Ph.D., Health and Medical Sciences (concentration circadian physiology), University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
  • 1999, B.S., Psychology, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI

Professional Experience

  • 2013-present, Director, Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2013, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • 2010-2012, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • 2005-2008, Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Awards/Honors

  • 2005-2008, Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School Training Program in Sleep, Circadian and Respiratory Neurobiology (Grant HL07901-08)
  • 2007, Research Merit Award, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
  • 2010, Travel Award, Gordon Pineal Conference
  • 2010-2012, Post-doctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School Training Program in Sleep, Circadian and Respiratory Neurobiology (Grant HL07901-08)
  • 2012, Research Merit Award, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
  • 2012, Young Investigator, William C. Dement Retreat, Brown University
  • 2016, Early Career Award, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2017, Spotlight Award, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2018, NASA Honor Award- Fatigue App Development Team, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2019, NASA Honor Award- Scientist or Researcher, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2021, NASA Superior Accomplishment Award, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2022, Collins Award for Best Human Factors Paper, Aerospace Medical Association
  • 2022, NASA Honor Award, Manager or Supervisor, NASA Ames Research Center
  • 2025, Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Publications

  1. Lockley SW, Cronin JW, Evans EE, Cade BE, Lee CJ, Landrigan CP, Rothschild JM, Katz JT, Lilly CM, Stone PH, Aeschbach D, Czeisler CA. Effect of reducing interns’ weekly work hours on sleep and attentional failures. New England Journal of Medicine 2004; 351(Pt 17):1829-1837.
  2. Lockley SW, Evans EE, Scheer FAJL, Brainard GC, Czeisler CA, Aeschbach D. Short-wavelength sensitivity for the direct effects of light on alertness, vigilance and waking electroencephalogram in humans. Sleep 2006; 29(Pt 2):161-168.
  3. Flynn-Evans EE, Stevens RG, Tabandeh H, Schernhammer ES, Lockley SW. Total visual blindness is protective against breast cancer. Cancer Causes Control 2009; 20(9):1753-6.
  4. Flynn-Evans EE, Stevens RG, Tabandeh H, Schernhammer ES, Lockley SW. Effect of light perception on menarche in blind women. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2009; 16:243-248.
  5. Gordon JA, Alexander EK, Flynn-Evans EE, Venkatan SK, Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA. Does simulator-based clinical performance correlate with actual hospital behavior? The effect of extended work hours on patient care provided by medical interns. Academic Medicine, 2010; 85(10):1583-8.
  6. Anderson C, Sullivan JP, Flynn-Evans EE, Cade BE, Czeisler CA, Lockley SW. Deterioration of neurobehavioral performance in resident physicians during repeated exposure to extended duration work shifts. Sleep, 2012; 35(8):1137-46.
  7. Barger LK, Sullivan JP, Vincent A, Fiedler E, McKenna L, Flynn-Evans EE, Gilliland K, Sipes W, Brainard GC, Lockley SW. Learning to live on a Martian day: Introduction of a photic fatigue countermeasure during the Phoenix Mars Lander Mission. Sleep, 2012; 35(10):1423-35.
  8. St Hilaire M, Flynn-Evans EE, Higginbotham S, Witt-Enderby P, Lockley SW. Analysis of 48-hr Profiles of Melatonin and the Bone Resorption Marker Crosslinked N-terminal Telopeptide of Collagen I (NTx) in Blind Women With and Without Light Perception. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2013; 28.
  9. Flynn-Evans EE, Stevens RG, Mucci L, Lockley SW. Association between Shift Work and Prostate Specific Antigen in the National Health Nutrition Examination Survey. JNCI, 2013; 105(17):1292-7.
  10. Rahman SA, Flynn-Evans EE, Aeschbach DA, Brainard GC, Czeisler CA, Lockley SW. Diurnal spectral sensitivity of the acute alerting effects of light. Sleep. 2014; 37(2):271-81.
  11. Shekleton JA, Flynn-Evans EE, Miller B, Epstein LJ, Kirsch D, Brogna LA, Burke LM, Bremer E, Murray JM, Gehrman P, Lockley SW, Rajaratnma SMW. Neurobehavioral performance impairment in insomnia: Relationships with self-reported sleep and daytime functioning. Sleep, 2014; 37(1):107-16.
  12. Flynn-Evans EE, Tabandeh H, Skene DJ, Lockley SW. Circadian rhythm disorders and melatonin production in 127 blind women with and without light perception. J Biol Rhythms, 2014; 29(3):215-224.
  13. Barger LK, Flynn-Evans EE, Kubey A, Walsh L, Ronda JM, Wang W, Wright KP, Czeisler CA. High prevalence of sleep deficiency and hypnotic use among astronauts before and during spaceflight. Lancet Neurology, 2014; 13(9):904-912.
  14. Sigurdardottir LG, Markt SC, Rider JR, Haneuse S, Fall K, Schernhammer ES, Tamimi RM, Flynn-Evans EE, Batista JL, Launer L, Harris T, Aspelund T, Stampfer MJ, Gudnason V, Czeisler CA, Lockley SW, Valdimarsdottir UA, Mucci LA. Urinary melatonin levels, sleep disruption, and risk of prostate cancer in elderly men. European Eurology, 2015; 67(2):191-194.
  15. Markt SC, Valdimarsdottir UA, Shui IM, Sigurdardottir LG, Rider JR, Tamimi RM, Batista JL, Haneuse S, Flynn-Evans EE, Lockley SW, Czeisler CA, Stampfer MJ, Launer L, Harris T, Smith AV, Gudnason V, Lindstrom S, Kraft P, Mucci LA. Circadian Clock genes and risk of fatal prostate cancer. Cancer Causes and Control, 2015; 26:25-33.
  16. Sletten TL, Segal AY, Flynn-Evans EE, Lockley SW, Rajaratnam SMW. Inter-individual differences in neurobehavioural impairment following sleep restriction are associated with circadian rhythm phase. PloS One, 2015; 10(6):e0128273.
  17. Lockley SW, Dressman MA, Licamele L, Xiao C, Fisher DM, Flynn-Evans EE, Hull JT, Torres R, Lavedan C, Polymeropoulos MH. Tasimelteon for non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder in totally blind people (SET and RESET): two multicentre, randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled phase 3 trials. The Lancet, 2015; 386(10005):1754-64.
  18. Flynn-Evans EE, Barger LK, Kubey AA, Sullivan JP, Czeisler CA. Circadian misalignment affects sleep and medication use before and during spaceflight. npj Microgravity, 2016; 2:15019.
  19. Markt SC, Flynn-Evans EE, Valdimarsdottir UA, Sigurdardottir LG, Tamimi RM, Batista JL, Haneuse S, Lockley SW, Stampfer M, Wilson KM, Czeisler CA. Sleep duration and disruption and prostate cancer risk: a 23-year prospective study. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 2016; 1;25(2):302-8.
  20. Flynn-Evans EE, Lockley SW. A Pre-Screening Questionnaire to Predict Non-24 Hour Sleep Wake Rhythm Disorder (N24HSWD) Among the Blind. J Clin Sleep Med, 2016; 12(05):703-10.
  21. Segal AY, Sletten TL, Flynn-Evans EE, Lockley SW, Rajaratnam SMW. Daytime Exposure to Short- and Medium-Wavelength Light Did Not Improve Alertness and Neurobehavioral Performance. J Biol Rhythms, 2016; 31(5): 470-482.
  22. Arsintescu L, Mulligan JB, Flynn-Evans EE. Evaluation of a psychomotor vigilance task for touch screen devices. Human Factors, 2017; 59(4):661-670.
  23. Caddick ZC, Flynn-Evans EE. Sleep Environment Recommendations for Future Spaceflight Vehicles. Advances in Human Asp of Transp, 2017; 923-933.
  24. Flynn-Evans EE, Shekleton JA, Miller B, Epstein LJ, Kirsch D, Brogna LA, Burke LM, Bremer E, Murray JM, Gehrman P, Rajaratnam SMW, Lockley SW. Circadian Phase and Phase Angle Disorders in Primary Insomnia. Sleep, 2017; 40(12):163. 
  25. Arsintescu L, Kato KH, Cravalho PF, Feick NH, Stone LS, Flynn-Evans EE. Validation of a touchscreen psychomotor vigilance task. Accid Anal Prev. 2017. 
  26. Wong LR, Flynn-Evans E, Ruskin KJ. Fatigue Risk Management: The Impact of Anesthesiology Residents’ Work Schedules on Job Performance and a Review of Potential Countermeasures. Anesth Analg. 2018; 126(4):1340-8. 
  27. Caddick ZA, Gregory K, Arsintescu L, Flynn-Evans EE. A review of the environmental parameters necessary for an optimal sleep environment. Building and Environment. 2018; 132:11-20.
  28. Flynn-Evans EE, Arsintescu L, Gregory K, Mulligan J, Nowinski J, Feary M. Sleep and neurobehavioral performance vary by work start time during non-traditional day shifts. Sleep Health. 2018; 4(5):476-84.
  29. St Hilaire MA, Anderson C, Anwar J, Sullivan JP, Cade BE, Flynn-Evans EE, Czeisler CA, Lockley SW; for the Harvard Work Hours Health and Safety Group. Brief (<4 hour) sleep episodes are insufficient for restoring performance in first-year resident physicians working overnight extended-duration work shifts, Sleep, 2019; 42(5):zsz041.
  30. Flynn-Evans EE, Ahmed O, Berneking M, Collen JF, Kancherla BS, Peters BR, Rishi MA, Sullivan SS, Upender R, Gurubhagavatula I. Industrial regulation of fatigue: Lessons learned from aviation. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2019; 15(4):537-538.
  31. Arsintescu LA, Kato KH, Hilditch CJ, Gregory KB, Flynn-Evans EE. Collecting Sleep, Circadian, Fatigue, and Performance Data in Complex Operational Environments. J. Vis. Exp. 2019 150(e59851)https://www.jove.com/video/59851/collecting-sleep-circadian-fatigue-performance-data-complex
  32. Stone L, Tyson TL, Cravalho PF, Feick NH, and Flynn-Evans EE. Distinct Pattern of Oculomotor Impairment Associated with Acute Sleep Loss and Circadian Misalignment. J. Physiology, 2019; 0:1-18.
  33. Kancherla, B.S., Upender, R., Collen, J.F., Rishi, M.A., Sullivan, S.S., Ahmed, O., Berneking, M., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Peters, B.R. and Gurubhagavatula, I., 2020. What is the role of sleep in physician burnout?. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, pp.jcsm-8412.
  34. Regan, M.D., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Griko, Y.V., Kilduff, T.S., Rittenberger, J.C., Ruskin, K.J. and Buck, C.L., 2020. Shallow metabolic depression and human spaceflight: a feasible first step. Journal of Applied Physiology, 128(3), pp.637-647.
  35. Wong, L., Pradhan, S., Karasinski, J., Hu, C. R , Strangman, G., Ivkovic, V., Arsintescu, L. and Flynn-Evans, E.E.Performance on the Robotics On-Board Trainer (ROBoT-r) Spaceflight Simulation During Acute Sleep Deprivation.Frontiers in Neuroscience, 21 July 2020 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00697
  36. Rishi, M.A., Ahmed, O., Barrantes Perez, J.H., Berneking, M., Dombrowsky, J., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Santiago, V., Sullivan, S.S., Upender, R., Yuen, K. and Abbasi-Feinberg, F., 2020. Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 16(10), pp.1781-1784.
  37. Arsintescu, L., Chachad, R., Gregory, K.B., Mulligan, J.B., Flynn-Evans, E.E. The Relationship between Workload, Performance, and Fatigue in a Short-haul Airline. Chronobiology International, 9 Sept 2020, 1-3.
  38. Gregory K, Hobbs A, Parke B, Bathurst N, Pradhan S, Flynn-Evans E. An evaluation of fatigue factors in maritime pilot work scheduling. Chronobiology International, 2020 Sep-Oct;37(9-10):1495-1501. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1817932. Epub 2020 Sep 10. PMID: 32911999.
  39. Hilditch, C.J., Arsintescu, L., Gregory, K.B., Flynn-Evans, E.E. Mitigating fatigue on the flight deck: how is controlled rest used in practice? Chronobiology International, 9 Sept 2020, 1-9.
  40. Flynn-Evans, E.E., Kirkley, C., Young, M., Bathurst, N., Gregory, K.B., Vogelpohl, V., End A., Hillenius, S., Pecena, Y., Marquez J.J. Changes in Performance and Bio-mathematical Model Performance Predictions during 45 Days of Sleep Restriction in a Simulated Space Mission. Scientific Reports, 24 Sept 2020, 10(1):1-4.
  41. Tyson TL, Feick NH, Cravalho PF, Flynn-Evans EE, and Stone L. Dose-dependent sensorimotor impairment in human ocular tracking after acute low-dose alcohol administration. J. Physiology, 2020, 599(4), pp.1225-1242.
  42. Gurubhagavatula, I., Barger, L.K., Barnes, C.M., Basner, M., Boivin, D.B., Dawson, D., Drake, C.L., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Mysliwiec, V., Patterson, P.D. and Reid, K.J., 2021. Guiding principles for determining work shift duration and addressing the effects of work shift duration on performance, safety, and health: guidance from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. Joint Publication in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, pp.jcsm-9512 and Sleep, 2021.
  43. Flynn-Evans EE., Wong L, Kuriyagawa Y, Gowda N, Cravalho PF, Feick N.H., Bathurst N.G., Glaros Z.L., Wilaiprasitporn T, Bansal K., Garcia J.O., Hilditch C.J. Supervision of a self-driving vehicle unmasks latent sleepiness relative to manually controlled driving. Scientific Reports, 2021 11(1), 1-13.
  44. Koller, D.P., Kasanin, V., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Sullivan, J.P., Dijk, D.J., Czeisler, C.A. and Barger, L.K., 2021. Altered sleep spindles and slow waves during space shuttle missions. npj Microgravity, 7(1), pp.1-11.
  45. Yuen, K., Strang, A.R., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Barrantes Perez, J.H., Berneking, M., Bhui, R., Cheng, J.Y., Dombrowsky, J., Ganguly, G., Rishi, M.A. and Rosen, C., 2021. Child and teen sleep and pandemic-era school. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 17(4), pp.613-615.
  46. Glaros, Z., Carvalho, R.E. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2021. An evaluation of sleepiness, performance, and workload among operators during a real-time reactive telerobotic lunar mission simulation. Human Factors, p.00187208211056756.
  47. Sides, M.B., Johnston, S.L., Sirek, A., Lee, P.H., Blue, R.S., Antonsen, E.L., Basner, M., Douglas, G.L., Epstein, A., Flynn-Evans, E.E. and Gallagher, M.B., 2021. Bellagio II Report: Terrestrial Applications of Space Medicine Research. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 92(8), pp.650-669.
  48. Gregory, K.B., Soriano-Smith, R.N., Lamp, A., Hilditch, C.J., Rempe, M.J., Flynn-Evans, E.E. and Belenky, G.L., 2021. Flight crew alertness and sleep relative to timing of in-flight rest periods in long-haul flights. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 92(2), pp.83-91.
  49. Tyson, T.L., Feick, N.H., Cravalho, P.F., Flynn‐Evans, E.E. and Stone, L.S., 2021. Dose‐dependent sensorimotor impairment in human ocular tracking after acute low‐dose alcohol administration. The Journal of Physiology, 599(4), pp.1225-1242.
  50. Arsintescu, L., Pradhan, S., Chachad, R.G., Gregory, K.B., Mulligan, J.B. and Flynn‐Evans, E.E., 2022. Early starts and late finishes both reduce alertness and performance among short‐haul airline pilots. Journal of Sleep Research, 31(3), p.e13521.
  51. Hilditch, C.J., Wong, L.R., Bathurst, N.G., Feick, N.H., Pradhan, S., Santamaria, A., Shattuck, N.L. and Flynn‐Evans, E.E., 2022. Rise and shine: The use of polychromatic short‐wavelength‐enriched light to mitigate sleep inertia at night following awakening from slow‐wave sleep. Journal of Sleep Research, p.e13558.
  52. Hilditch, C.J. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2022. Fatigue, Schedules, Sleep, and Sleepiness in US Commercial Pilots During COVID-19. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 93(5), pp.433-441.
  53. Hilditch, C.J., Bansal, K., Chachad, R., Wong, L.R., Bathurst, N.G., Feick, N.H., Santamaria, A., Shattuck, N.L., Garcia, J.O. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2021. Reconfigurations in brain networks upon awakening from slow wave sleep: Interventions and implications in neural communication. Network Neuroscience, in press.
  54. Hilditch, C.J., Pradhan, S., Costedoat, G., Bathurst, N.G., Glaros, Z., Gregory, K.B., Shattuck, N.L. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2023. Sex differences in perceptions of sleep inertia following nighttime awakenings. Sleep Advances, 4(1), p.zpac043.
  55. Tyson, T.L., Flynn-Evans, E.E. and Stone, L.S., 2023. Differential saccade-pursuit coordination under sleep loss and low-dose alcohol. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, p.1067722.
  56. Hilditch, C.J., Pradhan, S., Costedoat, G., Bathurst, N.G., Glaros, Z., Gregory, K.B., Shattuck, N.L. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2023. An at-home evaluation of a light intervention to mitigate sleep inertia symptoms. Sleep Health, in press.
  57. Hilditch, C.J., Gregory, K.B., Arsintescu, L., Bathurst, N.G., Nesthus, T.E., Baumgartner, H.M., Lamp, A.C., Barger, L.K. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2023. Perspectives on fatigue in short-haul flight operations from US pilots: A focus group study. Transport Policy, 136, pp.11-20.
  58. Flynn-Evans, E.E., Rueger, M., Liu, A.M., Galvan-Garza, R.C., Natapoff, A., Oman, C.M. and Lockley, S.W., 2023. Effectiveness of caffeine and blue-enriched light on cognitive performance and electroencephalography correlates of alertness in a spaceflight robotics simulation. npj Microgravity, 9(1), p.93.
  59. Liu, A.M., Galvan-Garza, R.C., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Rueger, M., Natapoff, A., Lockley, S.W. and Oman, C.M., 2023. Effects of caffeine and blue-enriched light on spare visual attention during simulated space teleoperation. npj Microgravity, 9(1), p.94.
  60. Grant, L.K., Kent, B.A., Rahman, S.A., St. Hilaire, M.A., Kirkley, C.L., Gregory, K.B., Clark, T., Hanifin, J.P., Barger, L.K., Czeisler, C.A., Brainard, G.C., Lockley, S.W., and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2024. The effect of a dynamic lighting schedule on neurobehavioral performance during a 45-day simulated space mission. Sleep Advances, 5(1), p.zpae032.
  61. Stosic, M.D., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Duenas, J. and Ruben, M.A., 2024. Gender Bias in the Perception of Others’ Fatigue: Women Report More Fatigue Than Men But Have Their Fatigue Underestimated by Others. Sex Roles, pp.1-17.
  62. Rishi, M.A., Cheng, J.Y., Strang, A.R., Sexton-Radek, K., Ganguly, G., Licis, A., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Berneking, M.W., Bhui, R., Creamer, J. and Kundel, V., 2024. Permanent standard time is the o8ptimal choice for health and safety: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 20(1), pp.121-125.
  63. Rosekind, M.R., Flynn-Evans, E.E. and Czeisler, C.A., 2024. Fatigue in Air Traffic Operations—Opportunities to Enhance Safety. JAMA.
  64. Piltch, O., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Young, M. and Stickgold, R., Changes to human sleep architecture during long-duration spaceflight. Journal of Sleep Research, p.e14345.65. Rempe, M.J.,
  65. Rasmussen, I., Gregory, K., Johnson, C., Hsin, M., Flynn-Evans, E., Lamp, A. and Hilditch, C.J., 2025. Layover start timing predicts layover sleep quantity and timing on long-range and ultra-long-range trips. Sleep Advances, 6(1), p.zpaf002.

Book Chapters

  1. Hilditch, C.J. and Flynn-Evans, E.E., 2021. Circadian Rhythms and Homeostatic Mechanisms for Sleep Regulation. Integrative Sleep Medicine, p.65.
  2. Flynn-Evans, E.E., Lamp A., Hilditch, C.J. 2023. Sleep Issues in Aviation and Space. in the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 2nd edition. Section Ed. Wyatt, M., Ed. Kushida, C. Academic Press. San Diego, CA. 
  3. Flynn-Evans, E.E. and Drake, C. 2023. Sleepiness and Fatigue in Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders. in the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 2nd edition. Section Ed. Wyatt, M., Ed. Kushida, C. Academic Press. San Diego, CA. 
  4. Kirkley, C.L., Glaros, Z.G., Bathurst, N.G., Hilditch, C.J., Flynn-Evans, E.E. 2023. Space Transport and Fatigue. in The Handbook of Fatigue Management in Transportation: Waking up to the Challenge. Eds. Rudin Brown, C.M. and Filtness, A.J., Taylor and Francis. Boca Raton, FL.
  5. Rosekind, M.R., Flynn-Evans, E.E., Gregory, K.B. 2023. The Future of Fatigue Management: Strategies, policies, and societal expectations. in The Handbook of Fatigue Management in Transportation: Waking up to the Challenge. Eds. Rudin Brown, C.M. and Filtness, A.J., Taylor and Francis. Boca Raton, FL.
  6. Landon, L.B., Marquez, J.J., and Flynn-Evans, E.E. 2023. Spaceflight Human Factors: Enter the Cosmos. in Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace 3rd Edition. Eds. Keebler, J.R., Lazzara E.H., Wilson, K.A., Blickensderfer E.L. Academic Press. San Diego, CA.
  7. Flynn-Evans, E.E., Braun, A.M. and Jansen, R.A., 2025. Sleep Away from Earth. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 20(1), pp.73-80.

Technical Reports

  1. Flynn-Evans EE, Gregory K, Arsintescu L, Whitmire A. Risk of Performance Decrements and Adverse Health Outcomes Resulting from Sleep Loss, Circadian Desynchronization, and Work Overload. 2015. NASA Technical Memorandum.
  2. Flynn-Evans EE, Caddick ZA, Gregory K. Sleep Environment Recommendations for Future Spaceflight Vehicles. 2017. NASA Technical Memorandum TM-2016-21982.
  3. Hobbs A, Gregory K, Parke B, Pradhan S, Caddick Z, Bathurst N, Flynn-Evans EE. San Francisco Bar Pilot Fatigue Study. 2018. NASA Technical Memorandum. 
  4. Fatigue Countermeasures Working Group, Controlled Rest on the Flight Deck: A resource for operators. 2018. Flight Safety Foundation Report.5. Rosekind, M.R., Flynn-Evans E.E., and Czeisler, C.A. Assessing Fatigue Risk in FAA Air Traffic Operations. 2024. FAA Report.

Website

https://hsi.arc.nasa.gov/groups/fatigue/index.php