Melissa M. Mallis, Ph.D.
Melissa.M.Mallis@nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center
Fatigue Countermeasures Group
Mail Stop 262-4
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Phone (650) 604-3654
Fax (650) 604-2177

Education

 

Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Science, Drexel University, 1999.
 
Bachelor of Science, Physics, Villanova University, 1994.

Professional Experience

 

Research Psychologist, NASA-Ames Research Center, October, 1999 to present
 
Pre-Doctoral Trainee, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, August, 1995 to October 1999


Awards & Addresses

The William E. Collins Award, the "Outstanding Human Factors Publication of the Year" presented at the 73rd Aerospace Medical Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, May 2003.

Service Award for Superior Performance, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Information Sciences and Technology Directorate, Human Factors Research and Technology Division, Systems Safety Research Branch, August 2002.

Incentive Award for Performance, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Information Sciences and Technology Directorate, Human Factors Research and Technology Division, Systems Safety Research Branch, December 2001.

Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) Objective Award for Exceptional Progress Toward Aviation Safety, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Aerospace Technology, May 2000.

Trainee Research Excellence Award, Sleep Research Society, May 1998.


Selected Publications

Mallis, M. M. & Dinges, D. F. (in press). Monitoring alertness by eyelid closure, Handbook on Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods, Taylor and Francis Publishing Company.

Mallis, M. M., Mejdal, S. Nguyen, T. T., & Dinges, D. F. (in press). Summary of the key features of seven biomathematical models of human fatigue and performance. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine (Suppl.).

Mallis, M. M.(2003, May/June). Managing and mitigating fatigue: NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Group [Guest Editorial], Sleep Review, p.10.

Mallis, M. M., Co, E. L., Rosekind, M. R., Neri, D. F., Oyung, R. L., Brandt, S. L., Colletti, L. M., & Reduta. D. D. (2003). Evaluation of a web-based fatigue education and training module in the general aviation (GA) population. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Abstract, 74(4), 382.

Mallis, M. M. & Mejdal, S. H. (2003). Development of the Astronaut Scheduling Assistant: A biomathematical model to predict alertness and fatigue in astronauts. Bioastronautics Investigators’ Workshop, USRA Abstract Volume, 235.

Neri, D. F., Oyung, R. L., Colletti, L. M., Mallis, M. M., Tam, P. Y., & Dinges, D. F. (2002). Controlled breaks as a fatigue countermeasure on the flight deck, Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 73, 654-664.

Rosekind, M. R., Co, E. L., Neri, D. F., Oyung, R. L., & Mallis, M. M. (2002). Crew factors in flight operations XV: Alertness management in general aviation education module. (NASA Technical Memorandum no. 2002-211394). Moffett Field, CA: NASA Ames Research Center.

Mallis, M. M., Maislin, G., Konowal, N., Byrne, V., Bierman, D. M., Davis, R. K., Grace, R. & Dinges, D. F. (2000). Develop, test, and evaluate a drowsy driver detection and warning system for commercial motor vehicle drivers, Final Report on Biobehavioral Responses to Drowsy Driving Alarms and Alerting Stimuli, U.S. Department of Transportation, (Report No. DOT HS 809 202).

Dinges, D. F., Mallis, M. M. (1998). Managing fatigue by drowsiness detection: Can technological promises be realized? In Hartley, L. (Ed), Managing Fatigue in Transportation (p.p. 209-229) Pergamon, Oxford.