Dr. Christopher Burns (B.A., MRes, Phd) is a cognitive psychologist with a background in individual differences, psychophysiology and research methods who obtained his doctorate from Edinburgh University in 2008. Chris has previously worked in driving simulation and medical training simulation (University College Cork), cognition, motivation and pain (Liverpool John Moores University), and automotive human factors (Warwick WMG and Jaguar Land Rover) and human factors in software evaluation (University of Edinburgh and Mozilla) using mixed-methods approaches including psychometrics, qualitative and psychophysiological measures. Chris Joined Cranfield University's School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing in August 2022 to work on aspects of Horizon Europe projects awarded to Dr. Sarah Fletcher and her team.