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Nathan Brooks is a leading researcher in human-multi-robot interaction, focusing on the critical challenge of enabling a single operator to effectively manage large, autonomous robot teams. His work primarily addresses operator attention scheduling, scalable data display, and task allocation in dynamic environments. Brooks pioneered the "image queue" asynchronous display method, which allows operators to efficiently search through vast data streams from robot teams—a contribution with significant implications for urban search and rescue. His research on the LA-DCOP algorithm for spatially distributed task allocation further advanced the field, enabling robots to handle dynamically appearing tasks with limited communication. With over 100 citations across his most-cited works, Brooks's impact is evident in his development of the Adaptive Interface Management System (AIMS), which intelligently balances automation and human control for unmanned aerial vehicles. His notable achievements include exploring human-robot interaction for environmental water monitoring, demonstrating the broad applicability of his work. Brooks's research is essential for students and researchers interested in the practical challenges of scaling human supervision in multi-robot systems.