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Robert Gutzwiller
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Dr. Robert S. Gutzwiller

After receiving his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Colorado State University in 2014, Robert accumulated extensive research and management experience working for the United States Navy. He transitioned to a tenure-track faculty position in Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University in 2018. Robert now leads and directs the Applied Attention Research lab (@aarlab1 on Twitter) at ASU, and studies the application of human attention in the context of a broader human systems engineering perspective. He also serves as associate director of the Center for Human AI and Robot Teaming (CHART) at ASU.

In particular, his research focuses on human-automation interactions; building models of task switching choice for multitasking environments; and recently, Robert is pioneering application of human factors psychology to cyberspace operations. Dr. Gutzwiller has been funded by the Army, Secretary of Defense, DARPA, NASA and ONR, among others. He is the author of over 47 peer-reviewed papers, has received the Human Factors Society’s Jerome H. Ely award for the most outstanding journal article, and the Marc Resnick best paper award. He was also awarded by the US Navy for exceptional leadership, and exemplary achievement in multi-disciplinary engineering projects.