IHMC Research Scientists
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Kenneth Ford is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) — a not-for-profit research institute located in Pensacola, Florida.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Dr. James Allen is Associate Director and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. He has had a distinguished research and teaching career at the University of Rochester where he retains a 50% appointment as the John H. Dessauer Professor of Computer Science.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Dr. Gwen Bryan is a Research Scientist at IHMC focused on powered exoskeletons. She investigates lower-limb wearable robotic devices aimed at augmenting human performance in clinical, occupational, and military applications and intends to maximize exoskeleton benefits through a human-centered resear
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Jonathan B. Clark is a Senior Research Scientist at IHMC and an Associate Professor of Neurology and Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and teaches operational space medicine at BCM’s Center for Space Medicine (CSM).
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Ocala
Dr. Bonnie J. Dorr, a leading researcher in the field of natural language processing, is joining the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) as an associate director and senior research scientist at IHMC’s Ocala facility.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
David Fries is an interdisciplinary Research Scientist at IHMC whose interests span a wide range of disciplines and fields exploring the underlying thread of technology as an amplifier for exploration and discovery of the natural world and the human condition.
- Department: IHMC/UWF
- Office Location: Pensacola
Dr. Robert Griffin is a Senior Research Scientist at IHMC focusing on legged balance and controls, perception, human-machine interfacing, and mechanical design.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Robert R. Hoffman, Ph.D. is a recognized world leader in cognitive systems engineering and Human-Centered Computing.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Dr. Matthew Johnson is a Research Scientist in the area of human-machine teaming for technologies such as robotics, software agents, and autonomous vehicles, in a variety of domains including disaster response, space applications, aviation, and military operations.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Dr. Dawn Kernagis is a Research Scientist in the area of human performance optimization and risk mitigation for operators in extreme environments, such as those working undersea, at altitude, and in space.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Ocala
Dr. Arash Mahyari is a research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). He joined IHMC from ABB Robotics R&D Center, San Jose, CA, where he worked on developing the next generation of artificial intelligence algorithms for industrial robots.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Jerry Pratt leads a research group at IHMC that concentrates around the understanding and modeling of human gait and the applications of that understanding in the fields of robotics, human assistive devices, and man-machine interfaces.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Dr. Anil Raj is a Senior Research Scientist at IHMC, whose research focuses on how physiologic and psychological responses to external forces affect situation awareness. His current work includes machine learning systems for modeling cardiac health and brain function when using multisensory interfac
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Niranjan Suri is a Research Scientist at the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) and a Visiting Scientist at the US Army Research Laboratory.
- Department: IHMC
- Office Location: Pensacola
Mark Williams is a Senior Research Scientist at IHMC whose research interests focus on the neural and psychological mechanisms underpinning the acquisition and development of expertise. He has focused on expertise development in numerous fields including exercise and sports science.