Dr. Gavin Huntley-Fenner is a nationally recognized expert in human factors and safety whose problem-solving skills and communication style have made him widely sought after as a consultant. Along with providing comprehensive risk analyses for a wide variety of product types, Dr. Huntley-Fenner often serves as an expert witness for matters relating to risk perception, hazard communications, safety and human development, human perception-response time, and decision-making.

With a background of over 25 years as a researcher, author, educator, and business consultant, Dr. Huntley-Fenner applies the latest findings and research methods in cognitive psychology and related disciplines to real-world, often life-and-death, situations. Dr. Huntley-Fenner’s recent consulting and forensic projects have involved diverse products such as consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, professional products, and medical devices. He has conducted investigations into human behavior in home, school, workplace, and public roadway settings. He regularly employs a range of tools, including literature reviews and incident database reviews, as well as specific human behavioral research methods, such as surveys and human subjects testing.

Prior to focusing full-time as a human factors consultant, Dr. Huntley-Fenner was a business consultant at McKinsey & Company. He began his professional career as an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine, where his National Science Foundation-supported research focused on problem-solving, language processing and language development, cognitive development, and normal and abnormal brain development. As a principal consultant at Huntley-Fenner Advisers, Dr. Huntley-Fenner provides all his clients cutting-edge scientific, psychological, and real-world expertise.