Background
Lackner, James Robert was born on November 11, 1940 in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. Son of William and Lillian Mae (Galbraith) Lackner.
Lackner, James Robert was born on November 11, 1940 in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. Son of William and Lillian Mae (Galbraith) Lackner.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Assistant professor psychology, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1970-1974;
associate professor psychology, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1974-1979;
Riklis professor physiology department psychology, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1977;
department chairman psychology, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1975-1983;
provost, dean faculty, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1986-1989;
director Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1982. Research associate department psychology and clinical research center Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1980. Science advisory board Space biomedical Research Institute, Houston, since 1982, Aphasia Research Center Boston University School Medical, 1977-1982, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, 1980-1990.
Science advisory panel astronaut longitudinal health program Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1983, executive secretary space adaptation syndrome steering committee, 1982-1984, pre-adaption trainer working group, since 1986, artificial gravity working group, since 1987. Fabricant committee life science experiments for a space station, 1982. Space science board sensory motor panel NAS, 1984-1986.
Commission on hearing, bioacoustics and biomechanics National Research Council, 1985-1989, commission on vision, 1987-1992, commission on space, biology and medicine, since 1991, member committee virtual reality research and development, since 1992.
Member American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, Aerospace Medical Association (Arnold B. Tuttle award), Society for Neurosci., Psychonomics Society, International Brain Research Organization, Barany Society (honorary), International Academy Astronautics (honorary).
Married Ann Martin Graybiel, August 26, 1970.
