(Oct 17, 2019)

In October 2019, Dr. Jessica Marquez from NASA’s Human Systems Integration Division was honored with the “Outstanding Technical Contribution in Government” award at the 24th Annual Women of Color STEM Conference. The award was presented by “Women of Color” magazine, which regularly features American women of color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields.

As part of the Human-Computer Interaction Group, Jessica has supported the development and deployment of various instances of SPIFe (Scheduling & Planning Interface For exploration), the planning and scheduling software tool for several space missions. She has specifically led the PLATO and Score projects for mission control operators of the International Space Station. She now leads the team that develops Playbook, a mobile timeline viewer and execution software tool. Dr. Marquez is also the current Discipline Scientist for the Human Research Program. Her expertise guides the research direction for the Risk of Inadequate Design of Human and Automation/Robotics Integration.