Mark Shelhamer

Mark J. Shelhamer is an American human spaceflight researcher specializing in neurovestibular adaptation to space flight., and former chief scientist of NASA's Human Research Program. He is a Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, director of the Human Spaceflight Lab at Johns Hopkins, and director and founder of the Bioastronautics@Hopkins initiative. He is also an adjunct associate professor at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has published over 70 scientific papers and is the author of ''Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology: A State-Space Approach'' and ''[https://worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/13713 Systems Medicine for Human Spaceflight]''. He holds several patents for various vestibular assessment devices.

Shelhamer is best known for his pioneering work on a multidisciplinary approach to human spaceflight research. He is also an informal expert on the history of NASA's early human spaceflight, including the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs. Provided by Wikipedia