Jason P. Kring, Ph.D.

HPEE President

Jason Kring is currently an assistant professor of human factors and systems at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. His interests include performance during long-duration space missions, team cohesion, and the affects of gender and culture on team performance.

Kelley Krokos, Ph.D.

HPEE Vice President

Kelley Krokos is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC. Her expertise and interests focus on defining, measuring, and improving individual and team job performance in extreme environments.

Kimberly Pribanic

HPEE Secretary

Kimberly Pribanic is a manual therapist, trainer and instructor, focusing on identifying and resolving the limiting factors of physical performance and promoting adaptive capacities of the human body. To this end, she has worked with and studied a variety of individuals, from firefighters and military personnel, through IronMan triathletes, adventure racers and mountaineers, to dancers and musicians.

Michael Wilkinson

Newsletter Editor

Michael Wilkinson is currently a senior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, Florida and is majoring in Communications with a minor in International Relations. He has participated in two departmental newsletter projects has also had several sports articles published in the University’s newspaper, The Avion.

Michael is a member of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit at ERAU and plans to commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy in May of 2010. In the Navy, Michael plans on serving out his required commitment as a Surface Warfare Officer.