Dr. Jan Souman is a senior scientist at TNO Integrated Vehicle Safety in Helmond, the Netherlands. His expertise is in the Human Factors of driving, with a focus on driving automation. Jan obtained his PhD from the University of Utrecht (NL) in 2005 on the topic of visual motion perception during eye movements. Since then, he has been investigating human-technology interaction in several domains (Virtual Reality, lighting, driving). Currently, his main research focus is on the impact of driving automation on the human driver. Part of his work is related to motion sickness, unravelling and modelling the different factors that contribute to motion sickness. In addition, he investigates driver monitoring, aiming to predict and support driver situation awareness, especially for transition of control in automated vehicles. Jan is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe.

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