Human Systems Integration Division - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Division Chief Alonso Vera Deputy Division Chief Jeffrey W. McCandless Asst. Chief - Human-Machine Interaction Matthew Sharpe Asst. Chief - Human Performance Brent Beutter Asst. Chief - Integration & Training Jessica Nowinski
Special Asst. - Aeronautics Brian E. Smith Special Asst. - New Business Gaye L. Graves   Assistant Chief of Operations Trent J. Thrush Program Analyst Janette R. Rocha Administrative Support Assistant Naz Haghbin
ASRS Director (Acting) Becky Hooey		Senior Scientist Leland Stone
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Dr. Alonso Vera
Division Chief

Dr. Alonso Vera is Division Chief of the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

Alonso Vera received a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honors from McGill University in 1985 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1991. He went on to a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University from 1990-1993, working in the areas of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. Before coming to NASA in 2000, Dr. Vera was an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong for six years, where he established and ran the first Cognitive Science program in the territory.  Since being at NASA, he has worked on basic research in the area of computational cognitive modeling and in applied human-computer interaction leading the development and deployment of mission systems across NASA robotic and human space flight missions.