Dr. Kerstin Sophie Haring is a post-doctoral research fellow one of the leading researchers at the Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center (WERC), Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership (DFBL) at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). She is seeking to enhance shared situational awareness in human-machine teaming and increase the effectiveness of collaborations in Human Robot Interactions. Her research evaluates trust and teaming with robots, seeks to understand the mechanisms enabling mixed human-machine collaborations, investigates the effects of introducing technology in military and civilian teams, as well as real world applications of modern technology in mixed human-machine teams. Dr. Haring completed her Ph.D. in Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, Cognitive Science, and Human Robot Interaction at the University of Tokyo in Japan and her Master in Computer Science at the University of Freiburg in Germany.