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John Gambatese is a prominent construction engineering and safety researcher whose work sits at the intersection of emerging technologies and worker protection. His scholarship has increasingly focused on how robotics, automation, and wearable technologies like exoskeletons are transforming construction sites — and the new safety challenges these innovations introduce. Gambatese's most impactful contributions address the critical gap between technological adoption and worker safety management. His 2022 study on exoskeleton use in construction (51 citations) and his assessment tool for human-robot interaction (HRI) safety risks (49 citations) have quickly become foundational references for researchers and practitioners navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. These works provide practical frameworks for identifying, evaluating, and mitigating hazards that emerge when workers operate alongside automated systems and robotic equipment. Notably, Gambatese's interest in construction automation extends back two decades, with earlier work from 2002 examining how automation considerations can be integrated during the project design phase — a forward-thinking perspective that foreshadowed today's industry challenges. Collectively, his research offers both theoretical grounding and actionable guidance for making increasingly automated construction environments safer for the human workers who share them.