Dr. Mica R. Endsley is Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. She serves as the chief scientific adviser to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force, and provides assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues affecting the Air Force mission. In this role she identifies and analyzes technical issues and brings them to attention of Air Force leaders, and interacts with other Air Staff principals, operational commanders, combatant commands, acquisition, and science and technology communities to address cross-organizational technical issues and solutions. She also interacts with other services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense on issues affecting the Air Force in-house technical enterprise. She serves on the Steering Committee and Senior Review Group of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, or SAB. She is the principal science and technology representative of the Air Force to the civilian scientific and engineering community and to the public at large.

Dr. Endsley served on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board as panel chair on Defense against remotely piloted vehicles and chaired an S&T review of the Human Effectiveness Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory. She also served as a member of studies on human-system integration, system of systems engineering, and mission management for RPAs. Dr. Endsley's research focuses on the design, development and evaluation of systems to support human situation awareness and decision-making in aviation, air traffic control, space, cyber, military command and control, medical, and power systems operations. She is the author of over 180 scientific articles and reports on situation awareness in individuals and teams, human-automation integration, information dominance, human-system integration, human error and training for situation awareness. She has edited or co-authored 3 books, including Designing for Situation Awareness.

Education
1982 Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
1985 Masters of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
1990 Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Industrial and Systems engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Career Chronology
1. 1981-1982, Engineering Aide, CBC, Inc., Lubbock, Texas
2. 1982, Central Office Manager, Southwestern Bell, Arlington, Texas
3. 1983-1984, Research Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
4. 1984-1985, Supervisor of Human Factors Undergraduate Lab Course, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
5. 1985-1986, Engineer, Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, Calif.
6. 1986-1987, Assistant Program Manager, Cockpit Automation Technology (CAT) program, Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, Calif.
7. 1987-1990, Manager Situation Awareness IRAD Program, Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, Calif.
8. 1990-1995, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
9. 1995-1997, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
10. 1996-1997, Visiting Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
11. 1997-2013, President, SA Technologies, Marietta, Ga.
12. June 2013 - present, Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC

Awards and Honors
Distinguished Engineer, Texas Tech College of Engineering
Industrial Engineering Academy, Texas Tech University
Jack Kraft Innovator Award, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Award of Excellence in Teaching, Halliburton Foundation
New Faculty Award, Texas Tech Ex-Students Association
Award of Excellence in Research, Halliburton Foundation
Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching, Lockheed-Martin Corporation
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advanced Tactical Fighter Program,
  Northrop Corporation

Professional Memberships and Associations
Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
President Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
NASA Research Council Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board
NASA Space Human Factors Standing Review Panel
Federal Aviation Administration Human Factors Research and Development
  Advisory Committee (REDAC)
U. S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
National Research Council, Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment
  Board Panel on Soldier Systems
National Research Council, Panel on Human Factors in the Design of Tactical
  Display Systems for the Individual Soldier
National Transportation Safety Board, Member of Human Factors Committee on
  Investigation of American Airlines Boeing 757 Accident in Cali, Columbia
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Associate Editor, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
Editorial Board, International Journal of Aviation Psychology
Editorial Board, Cognition, Technology & Work
Editorial Board, Le Travail Humain


(Current as of July 2013)