Ciara Sibley

Engineering Research Psychologist @U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Washington, DC, US

During my time at the Naval Research Laboratory, I have served as the Principal Investigator on a range of cognitive performance research initiatives, including the development of future supervisory control paradigms, the use of physiological metrics to assess cognitive states, and, most recently, the enhancement of military selection and classification. From 2011 to 2015, I was detailed to the Office of Naval Research, where I provided programmatic oversight and scientific consulting for two large DARPA programs. I subsequently served as Deputy Program Officer for the Command Decision Making program, supporting research efforts at the intersection of cognitive science, decision-making, and military effectiveness. During my tenure at NRL, I earned a Ph.D. in Computational Social Science, leveraging a decade of archival data from the Navy\'s Aviation Selection Test Battery. This research has fueled my enduring interest in how aptitude is assessed and related to performance in critical, high-consequence environments.