Florian Jentsch, Ph.D., a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Team Performance Lab at IST has been called to join the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration’s Task Force on Human Factors in Aviation Safety Aviation Rulemaking Committee as a Subject Matter Expert. The committee is a forum for the United States aviation community to discuss and provide recommendations to the FAA focused on the most significant human factor risks to aviation safety. Read the Committee’s charter at www.faa.gov/regulationspolicies/rulemaking/committees/documents/task-force-human-factors-aviation-safety.

Florian Jentsch has a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for Simulation & Training (IST). Dr. Jentsch holds a Ph.D. (1997) in Human Factors Psychology, in addition to graduate degrees in Aeronautical Science and Aeronautical Engineering. Dr. Jentsch has been directing UCF’s Team Performance Laboratory since 2001, where he studies teams, training, and human-technology interaction. His research has been supported by over $8 million (his individual credit) in contracts and grants from the FAA, NSF, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Jentsch has recently been PI or co-PI on projects related to human-robot interaction and teaming for the U.S. Army and on pilot training and performance for the FAA. He has published several books and co-authored over 250 articles, conference proceedings, and presentations. Dr. Jentsch has regularly taught the doctoral research methods courses for all three doctoral programs in the Department of Psychology, and he has been chair of 20 completed doctoral dissertations, and was Associate Dean for Research in the College of Sciences before assuming his current role as department chair.