Nikita Rajendra Sharma

Sharma_neu Scientific Staff (PhD student)

Phone: +49 / 231 1084 280
Email: sharma@ifado.de

Curriculum Vitae:

  • 11/2020 – Today PhD Student at IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Department of Ergonomics.
  • 11/2019 – 03/2020 – Research Intern, Sleep and Cognition Lab, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.
  • 08/2019 – 10/2019 – Training and Internship, IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Department of Ergonomics.
  • 12/2016 – 07/2019 – Master of Philosophy in Planning and Development; Thesis- Role of Prospective Memory in Driving Behavior (Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology), Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  • 01/2017 – 12/2018 – Institute Teaching Assistant, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  • 01/2017 – 12/2018 – Institute Fellowship Awardee, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  • 12/2014 – 12/2016 – Research Scholar (Driving Behavior) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  • 2010 – 2012 – Master of Arts in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
  • 2007- 2010 – Bachelor of Arts (Hons. Psychology), Faculty of Social sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Research topics:

  • Human Factors Psychology
  • Driving behavior
  • Cognitive Psychology

Key publications:

  • Sharma, N., Kushvah, J., Rinkenauer, G. (2022). Attention and action preparation during lane change maneuvers: The role of irrelevant information. In: Katie Plant and Gesa Praetorius (eds) Human Factors in Transportation. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 60. AHFE International, USA.http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002467
  • Sharma, N., & Khan, A. (2021). Assessing Relationship Between Drivers Behavior and Cognitive Failure: Categorizing Sub-groups of Drivers. In Ergonomics for Improved Productivity (pp. 981-988). Springer, Singapore.
  • Sharma, N., Khan, A., & Kushvah, JP (2020). Role of prospective memory in driving behavior. Transportation research procedia , 48 , 1334-1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.08.162