Presenter

Dr. Matsangas is a research scientist and member of the Crew Endurance Team at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California. He is a retired Commander of the Hellenic Navy. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. from NPS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation and an M.Sc. in Operations Research from the same university. Since 2004, he has been involved with human performance research participating in projects for the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, and the Naval Advanced Medical Development (NAMD) Program Office. Dr. Matsangas’ research interests are in the area of human performance in the military and naval operational environments, i.e., the impact of sleep deprivation/ fatigue on performance, watch schedule optimization, and the effects of motion (to include biodynamic effects, motion sickness, and sopite syndrome).