13 May 1937
New Brunswick, New Jersey

1955-1959:

B.A., Psychology, with Distinction,
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

1959-1961:

M.A., Physiological Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1961-1965:

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1960-1961:

Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

1961-1963:

Research Psychologist (Experimental, Physiological & Engineering), Naval Air Material Center and Naval Air Engineering Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1963-1982:

Research Psychologist to Supervisory Research Psychologist and Head, Acceleration Physiology Research Team, Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, Pennsylvania

1982-1985:

Assistant Chief, Biomedical Research Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

1985-1988:

Chief, Neurosciences Branch, Life Sciences Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

1988-2000:

Research Scientist,Life Sciences Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

2000-present:

Chief, Human Information Processing Research Branch, Human Factors Research and Technology Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

1972-1973:

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1980-1982:

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1983-1990:

Guest Lecturer,
Aeromedical Training Institute, Southampton, Pennsylvania

1983-1992:

Lecturer, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics,
Stanford University, Stanford, California

1987-1989:

Guest Faculty,
Naval Post-Graduate School, Monterey, California

1987-1990:

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1990-1992:

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1993-1994:

Guest Faculty,
San Jose State University, San Jose, California

1994-present:

Lecturer, to Consulting Professor, Program in Human Biology,
Stanford University, Stanford, California

1995:

Guest Faculty, College of Optometry,
State University of New York, New York City, New York

1999-2000:

Guest Faculty,
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC

1959:

B.A. with distinction in Psychology, Brandeis University

1959-1960:

Harrison Scholar, University of Pennsylvania

1961-1962:

Grant in Aid of Research, Society of the Sigma Xi

1985:

Environmental Science Award, Aerospace Medical Association

1985:

Fellow, Aerospace Medical Association

1989:

Leadership and Service Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

1989:

Raymond F. Longacre Award, Aerospace Medical Association

1990:

NASA Group Achievement Award, Lunar and Mars Exploration Initiative Team

1992-1993:

President, Aerospace Human Factors Association

1993:

Fellow, Aerospace Human Factors Association

1994:

NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

1995:

Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

1999:

NASA Group Achievement Award, Neurolab Spacelab Mission Science Team

2000:

NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA Astrobiology Team

Aerospace Human Factors Association (Fellow, Past President)

Aerospace Medical Association (Fellow)

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

New York Academy of Sciences

Psychonomic Society

Society of the Sigma Xi

1960-1961:

Introductory Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania

1972-1973:

Doctoral Committee, Carl Larson,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University

1980-1982:

Master's Committee, David Johanson,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University

1983-1992:

Colloquium on Life in Space (AA129),
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

1987-1988:

Master

L. T. Guzy, M. M. Cohen, & S. M. Ebonholtz (2003) Field dependence with pitched, rolled, and yawed visual frame effects, In Andre, J., Owens, D. A., & Lewis H. O. Jr., Visual Perception: The Influence of H. W. Leibowitz (pp. 125-141). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association

M. M. Cohen, & R. B. Welch (2002) Field Dependence with Pitched, Rolled, and Yawed Visual Frame Effects,.

M. M. Cohen, & R. B. Welch (2002) Perception and action: Two Modes of Processing Visual Information.

M. M. Cohen (2002) Visual and Vestibular Determinants of Perceived Eye-level, Abstract of Poster presented to the NATO-RTO Conference on Spatial Disorientation in Military Vehicles, La Coru

M. M. Cohen, A. E. Stoper, R. B. Welch, & C. W. DeRoshia (2001) Effects of Gravitational and Optical Stimulation on the Perception of Target Elevation, Perception and Psychophysics, 2001, 63(1): 29-35

M. M. Cohen (2000) Perception of Facial Features and Face-to-Face Communications in Space, Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine, 2000, Vol. 71, No. 9, Pages A51-A57

J. B. Mealey, M. M. Cohen, & K. . Jordan (1998) Effects of Map Orientation During Learning on Airport Identification, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1998, Vol. 69, No. 2, pgs 104-110

M. M. Cohen, J. B. Mealey, & K. . Jordan (1998) Learning to Identify Airports from Photograps vs. Navigational maps Presented at Various Orientations, Paper presented at the Aerospace Medical Association's annual meeting in Seattle, May 18, 1998.

J. . Li, M. M. Cohen, C. W. DeRoshia, & L. T. Guzy (1997) Effects of Observer Orientation on Perception of Ego- and Exocentric Spatial Locations, Perception, 1997, 26 (suppl.):102-103.

M. M. Cohen, & J. B. Mealey (1997) Effects of Orientation on Recognition of Facial Affect, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1997, 68:640.

M. M. Cohen (1997) Orientation During Initial Learning and Subsequent Discrimination of Faces, Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 1997, 2:71.

M. M. Cohen (1996) Elevator Illusion and Gaze Direction in Hypergravity, Abstract from Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 1996, 67:676.

R. B. Welch, M. M. Cohen, & C. W. DeRoshia (1996) Reduction of the Elevator Illusion from Continued Hypergravity Exposure and Visual Error-corrective Feedback, Perception & Psychophysics 1996, Jan;58(1):22-30.

A. E. Stoper, & M. M. Cohen (1996) The Effects of Environmental Pitch on Perceived Optic Slant and Eye Level: Lines vs Dots, Paper presented to the 19th European Conference on Visual Perception, Strasbourg, France, September 7, 1996.

M. M. Cohen, & L. T. Guzy (1995) Effects of Body Orientation and Retinal Image Pitch on the Perception of Gravity-Referenced Eye-Level (GREL), Abstract from Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1995, 66:505.

M. M. Cohen, & E. M. Wenzel (1995) The Design of Multidimensional Sound Interfaces, In W. Barfield & T. Furness III (Eds.), Virtual Environments and Advanced Interface Design, Oxford University Press, 291-346.

M. M. Cohen, & S. M. Ebonholtz (1994) The Possible Role of Nystagmus in Motion Sickness: a Hypothesis, Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine, 1994, 65(11): 1032-1035.

M. M. Cohen, R. B. Welch, & C. W. DeRoshia (1992) Psychophysical Function for Perceived Gravitational-Inertial Force Does Not Depend on the Orientation of the Otolith Organs, "In Aerospace Medical Association, Aerospace Medical Association 63RD Annual Scientific Meeting Program. Aviation, Space, and Environinmental Medicine 63: 387, 1992. "