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NDM Faculty

This directory highlights faculty who include Naturalistic Decision making in their teaching, research, and/or supervision. It is intended as a resource for those seeking expertise, collaboration, or mentorship in NDM.

The list is organized by faculty location, making it easier to connect with nearby experts while also reflecting the international scope of the NDM community.

Table of Contents

Australia

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Dr. Ben Morrison

Senior Lecturer & Organisational Psychologist
School of Psychological Sciences | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Member of Macquarie University Performance and Expertise Research Centre
Macquarie University
NSW, Australia
Email: ben.morrison@mq.edu.au

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Mark Wiggins

Professor
Performance and Expertise Research Centre,
Macquarie University
P: +61 2 9850 9705
E: mark.wiggins@mq.edu.au

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Use NDM Techniques in Practice

Ireland

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Dr. Jamie Taylor

Assistant Professor in Elite Performance
School of Health & Human Performance
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
jamie.taylor@dcu.ie

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects

New Zealand

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B.L. William Wong PhD FBCS FNZCS

Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
Department of Data Science and AI
Associate Head of School – Engagement and International
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
LinkedIn

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
  • Use NDM as part of design course

Scotland

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Professor Rhona Flin

Emeritus Professor of Industrial Psychology
School of Psychology
University of Aberdeen
Scotland, UK
r.flin@rgu.ac.uk

NDM involvement:

  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research

Singapore

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Angela Tan Li Sin, PhD, C.ErgHF

Head (Human Factors & Workplace Safety Programmes)
School of Science and Technology
Singapore University of Social Sciences
angelatanls@suss.edu.sg

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects

United Kingdom

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Professor Chris Baber

School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
UK
c.baber@bham.ac.uk

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Dr. Laura Boulton

Senior Lecturer in Policing Studies
Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies
Liverpool John Moores University
L.J.Boulton@ljmu.ac.uk
Twitter

NDM involvement:

  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Dr. Olivia Brown

Associate Professor in Digital Futures
Deputy Director (Researcher Development and EDI)
Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour
School of Management
University of Bath
oab42@bath.ac.uk
Twitter | LinkedIn | Google Scholar

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Professor Julie Gore, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, FHEA

Professor of Organizational Psychology
Faculty of Business and Law
Birkbeck, University of London
j.gore@bbk.ac.uk
LinkedIn | ORCI | Editor, Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Visiting Professor, University of Bath

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Dr. Sam Hepenstal

Visiting Senior Research Fellow
School of Engineering, Technology and Design
Canterbury Christ Church University | Canterbury
sammyheps@gmail.com

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Dr. Nicola Power

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Liverpool, UK
n.power3@liverpool.ac.uk

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Dr. Pamela Richards, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, PhD, FHEA, FIH HPC

Associate Professor/Reader Decision Making and Interoperabilty
Institute of Coaching and Performance
University of Lancashire
Preston
UK
prichards5@uclan.ac.uk
Pamela Richards - Academic Staff
Honorary Research Fellow United Kingdom Health Security Agency
Visiting Research Fellow Wrexham University

NDM involvement:

  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects

United States

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Erin Chiou

Associate Professor
Human Systems Engineering
Arizona State University
erin.chiou@asu.edu

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Nancy J. Cooke, PhD

Senior Scientific Advisor, Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming
Professor, Human Systems Engineering
GCSP Faculty
The Polytechnic School
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Arizona State University
480-727-5158
ncooke@asu.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
  • Focus on teams including human-autonomy teams
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Peter J. Fadde, Ph.D

Professor, Learning Design and Technology
School of Education
Southern Illinois University
office: (618)453-4019
fadde@siu.edu

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Dr. Robert Gutzwiller

Associate Professor, & Associate Director for the Center for Human-AI-Robot Teaming
Human Systems Engineering
Arizona State University
rgutzwil@asu.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Peter Hancock

Professor
Department of Psychology, and Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida
peter.hancock@ucf.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Sudeep Hegde

Assistant Professor
Department: Industrial Engineering
University: Clemson University
Contact: sudeeph@clemson.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research

  • Sudeep and Gary Klein hosted a webinar in 2020, summarizing tools used in the NDM and Resilience Engineering communities. They published an accompanying memo, freely accessible through Zenodo.

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Dr. Martijn IJtsma

Assistant Professor
Department of Integrated Systems Engineering
The Ohio State University
ijtsma.1@osu.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Elizabeth (Liza) Lerner Papautsky, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor
Dept of Biomedical & Health Information Sciences
University of Illinois Chicago
elp@uic.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Heather C. Lum, PhD

Assistant Professor, Human Systems Engineering
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering | Arizona State University
heatherlum@asu.edu

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Shane Mueller

Professor
Psychology and Human Factors Department
Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors Program
By Courtesy Computer Science
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
shanem@mtu.edu
906-487-1159

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Dr. Emily Patterson

Professor, College of Medicine,
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,
Division of Health Sciences and Health Information Systems
The Ohio State University
Emily.Patterson2@osumc.edu

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Dr. Mike Rayo

Associate Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering
Core Faculty, Translational Data Analytics Institute
Director, Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory (CSEL)
The Ohio State University
rayo.3@osu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
  • Lead HFES CEDM Technical Group, which is the primary liaison between NDM and Human Factors disciplines
  • Our program is unique as a fusion of Cognitive Systems Engineering and Naturalistic Decision Making.
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Sara Riggs

Associate Professor
Department of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Virginia
sr4ex@virginia.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects
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Jason J. Saleem, Ph.D

Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
University of Louisville
P: (502) 852-2274
E: jason.saleem@louisville.edu

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
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Elizabeth S. Veinott

Associate Professor
Psychology and Human Factors Department
Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors Program
By Courtesy Computer Science
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
eveinott@mtu.edu
906-487-2171

NDM involvement:

  • Teach NDM methods such as CTA, CWA, etc.
  • Use and expand NDM models/macrocognitive models as part of applied research
  • Supervise NDM thesis/dissertation projects

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