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Larry Young, Ph.D. is the Apollo Professor of Astronautics at MIT and the founding Director (1997-2001) of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. In 1957 he was with the Sperry Gyroscope Company in the development of flight control systems. From 1958 to 1962 he was a member of the Research Staff at MIT where he worked on inertial guidance systems and on problems of man-machine interaction. He joined the MIT faculty in 1962 and co-founded the Man-Vehicle Laboratory that does research on the visual and vestibular systems, visual-vestibular interaction, flight simulation, space motion sickness and manual control and displays. During 1987-88 he was a Visiting Scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center, and in 1991 was selected as a Payload Specialist for Spacelab Life Sciences 2. He spent two years in training at Johnson Space Center and served as Alternate Payload Specialist during the October 1993 mission. Dr. Young has been active on many professional and government committees, including the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the Space Medicine and Biology Committee of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on several NASA Advisory panels relating to life sciences and the Space Station. NASA recognized his achievements with a Space Act Award in 1995 for his development of an expert system for astronauts. The author of more than 200 journal articles, Prof. Young serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and is an associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology. | 