Dietrich Manzey is an emeritus university professor of work, engineering, and organizational psychology in the Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. He earned his PhD in experimental psychology at the University of Kiel, Germany, in 1988 and his habilitation in psychology at the University of Marburg in 1999. His research addresses issues of human-automation interaction in different domains, cockpit display design, multitasking, and human performance in extreme environments (e.g spaceflight).