Robert Reynolds, PhD is a Consulting Research Scientist for Mortality Research & Consulting, Inc., currently serving as the Visiting Data Scientist for the Human Health and Performance Directorate (HHPD) at NASA Johnson Space Center, through the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at the Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Reynolds has a background in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and is a Professionally Accredited Statistician® by the American Statistical Association. He has published extensively on the mortality of space explorers, including US astronauts, Soviet and Russian cosmonauts, and other international astronauts. He is a self-trained health data scientist interested in how advanced analytics and machine learning can be employed to support operational decision making for human health and performance in spaceflight.