- PhD, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA, 1984
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Personnel and Training
Engineering and Systems Psychology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Personnel and Training
- MS, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Orlando, FL, 1980
- Industrial Psychology
- BA, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, FL, 1978
- General Psychology
Dr. Eduardo Salas is the Allyn R. & Gladys M. Cline Chair Professor in Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University. Previously, he was Trustee Chair and Pegasus Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Florida and Program Director for Human Systems Integration Research Department at the Institute for Simulation & Training. Prior to that, Dr. Salas was a senior Research Psychologist and Head of the Training Technology Development Branch of NAVAIR-Orlando for 15 years. During this period, Dr. Salas served as a principal investigator for numerous R&D programs focusing on teamwork, team training, advanced training technology, decision-making under stress, learning methodologies and performance assessment.
Dr. Salas has co-authored over 600 journal articles and book chapters and has co-edited 33 books plus authored two books on team training and the science of teamwork. His work has been cited over 100,000 times. He is on/has been on the editorial boards of Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Small Group Research, Group & Organization Management, Journal of Management, Military Psychology, Inter-American Journal of Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Journal, International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Group Dynamics, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Joint Commission Journal for Safety and Quality and many others. He is past Editor-in-Chief of Human Factors journal, Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Psychology and Military Psychology. Most recently, he edited the special issue for the 100th year Anniversary of the Journal of Applied Psychology and an issue on the Science of Teamwork for American Psychologist.
He is a Past President of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), and a recipient of the Meritorious Civil Service Award from the Department of the Navy. He is also the recipient of the 2007 Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award and the 2009 A.R. Lauer Safety Award both from the HFES; 2012 Society for Human Resource Management Losey Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2012 Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement from the INGroup; the 2012 Distinguished Professional Contributions Award, four times co-recipient of the M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace, the 2016 Distinguished Scientific Contributions – these awarded by SIOP and 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
His expertise includes helping organizations on how to foster teamwork, design and implement team training strategies, facilitate training effectiveness, manage decision making under stress, develop performance measurement tools, and design learning environments. He is currently working on designing tools and techniques to minimize human errors in oil and gas, aviation, law enforcement and medical environments. He has consulted to a variety of manufacturing, pharmaceutical laboratories, industrial, and governmental organizations.