Jennifer Kibler Deputy Director, Intelligent Flight Systems, Research Directorate NASA Langley

Jennifer Kibler serves as the Deputy Director for Intelligent Flight Systems within LaRC’s Research Directorate (RD).  She joined LaRC as a civil servant in 1999, shortly before receiving her Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.  Within RD, Dr. Kibler has served as Associate Director for Intelligent Flight Systems and as a branch manager for the Crew Systems and Aviation Operations Branch.  Earlier in her career, she contributed to formulation activities in support of the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s Air Traffic Management – Exploration Project, and she led numerous research activities associated with Airspace Technology Demonstrations, Airborne Trajectory Management with Self-Separation, Flight Deck-based Merging and Spacing, Enhanced Oceanic Operations, and the Small Aircraft Transportation System.  Just prior to being selected as Deputy Director for Intelligent Flight Systems, Dr. Kibler completed a detail within LaRC’s Aeronautics Research Directorate where she led the Center’s “City Environment Range Testing for Autonomous Integrated Navigation (CERTAIN) Smart Center” initiative.