Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryHuman Centered Computing Group
Richland, Washington, United States

Jessica Baweja is a social scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) where she supports research and operations in human factors and insider threat. She holds a Ph.D. in social-personality psychology and a master’s degree in experimental psychology. She has conducted a wide variety of research projects, from exploring the psychological indicators of insider threat to exploring the ways that data scientists work with machine learning models. Prior to joining PNNL, she spent six years as a behavioral research scientist and manager for Northrop Grumman in personnel security and insider threat research supporting the U.S. Department of Defense Personnel and Security Research Center (PERSEREC).