Liza Mezzacappa

Elizabeth Mezzacappa, Ph.D. is an eclectically trained scientist. In

2008 she and Gordon Cooke received a "Best Paper" Award at the bienniel

Army Science Conference in the category of Behavioral Science and Human

Performance. She has also chaired panels examining computer simulation

and modeling and social network analysis. She is an 1988 alumnus of the

International Space University and received a pre-doctoral fellowship

from NASA to research group dynamics relevant to space crews. This

happened because her graduate advisor didn't blink when she said she

wanted to be a psychologist on the moon. She is the world's leading

expert on the maternal physiological, psychological, and health effects

of nursing an infant. However, because research on mothers and babies

is way too controversial to fund, she is a scientist at the Target

Behavioral Response Laboratory at Picatinny Arsenal, conducting

ridiculously complex experiments on human behavior in response to

non-lethal weapons. Liza lives in Edison (yes, of Thomas Alva fame), NJ

with husband John, 19-year old daughter Lucia, and 9 year-old son

Philip.