Senior Research Scientist

Dr. Anil Raj is a senior research scientist at IHMC, whose interests focus around the human physiologic and psychological responses to external forces, particularly how they affect situation awareness.

Dr. Raj (University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1990), followed his general surgery internship as a contract general medical officer with the U.S. Army for one year. His interests in aerospace medicine research led him to the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory in Pensacola, following a two-year fellowship as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate at the NASA Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas.

He has been involved with the development, test and evaluation phases of the U.S. Navy and NASA’s Tactile Situation Awareness System (TSAS), and directed the first helicopter and first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flight tests of TSAS. Since joining IHMC in 1996, Dr. Raj has been involved with the development of human-centered interfaces and the development of automated systems for tracking, analyzing, and manipulating human response characteristics in dynamic task environments. He led development of methods for integrating heterogeneous software agents with human-centered interfaces and adjustable autonomy as part of the DARPA Improving Warfighter Information Intake Under Stress (Augmented Cognition) program.

He currently is working on machine learning systems for modeling cardiac health as well as brain function when using multisensory interfaces, investigating novel virtual reality (VR) methods to support behavioral health, and developing sensory substitution approaches for augmenting situation awareness for able-bodied and disabled individuals.

Current Students:

PhD Candidate Robert Dizor, MD – Intelligent Systems and Robotics (Class of 2023) – Rpd14@students.uwf.edu