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Dr. Tamsyn Edwards

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Dr. Tamsyn Edwards is a Senior Research associate with San Jose State University and NASA Ames. Tamsyn's research interests focus on human performance within the air traffic control domain. Prior to her current role, Tamsyn worked as a Human Factors specialist at NATS, the UK-based Air navigation service provider. In 2013, Tamsyn completed a PhD from the University of Nottingham in collaboration with EUROCONTROL, which investigated interactions between co-occurring factors (such as workload, fatigue, situation awareness) and the associated impact on controller performance. Tamsyn is also a trained Human Factors investigator of air traffic control incidents.