Dr. Jessica Marquez – NESC Academy Biography

Since 2007, Dr. Jessica Marquez has been working at the NASA Ames Research Center within the Human Systems Integration Division. As part of the Human-Computer Interaction Group, she has supported the development and deployment of planning and scheduling software tools for various space missions, including the International Space Station Program. She now leads the team that is developing Playbook, a web-based planning, scheduling, and execution software tool. Her work has led to supporting different NASA analog missions that simulate planetary missions and spacewalks.  

Dr. Marquez also is a subject matter expert for space human factors engineering, specifically in human-automation-robotic integration. She lends her expertise across different NASA research programs, like the Space Technology Research Institutes and the Human Research Program. She currently is the PI for the research project “Crew Autonomy through Self-Scheduling: Guidelines for Crew Scheduling Performance Envelope and Mitigation Strategies.” Dr. Marquez has a Ph.D. and S.M. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S.E. from Princeton University.

CV/Resume Links:

• TH Link: https://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/organization/personnel_view.php?personnel_id=969
• NASA Link: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/about/people/marquez_jessica.html