Paul Ekman
Sign in to saveAmerican evolutionary and social psychologist (1934-2025)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 Feb 1934
- Died
- 2025-11-17
- Works
- 52
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 69
- Total plays
- 288
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Ekman">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,570x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 67,716x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,419x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 44,683x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,522x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- February 15, 1934 ( 1934-02-15 ) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Died
- November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17) (aged 91) , San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Education
- University of Chicago , New York University ( BA ), Adelphi University ( MA , PhD )
- Known for
- Microexpressions , Lie to Me
- Spouse
- Mary Ann Mason
- Fields
- Psychology, anthropology
- Institutions
- San Francisco State University , UCSF
- Thesis
- Nonverbal and verbal behavior as reinforcing stimuli of opinion responses (1958)
- Doctoral advisor
- John Amsden Starkweather
- Website
- PaulEkman.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 15 February 1934
- Died
- 17 November 2025
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Adelphi University
Article
Paul Ekman (February 15, 1934 – November 17, 2025) was an American psychologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who was a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He was ranked 59th out of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century in 2002 by the Review of General Psychology.
His empirical and theoretical work helped to restart the study of emotion and non-verbal communication in the field of psychology, and introduced new quantitative frameworks which researchers could use to do so. He also carried out important early work on the physiology of emotions.
Connections
Categories
1934 births2025 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century American psychologists21st-century American Jews21st-century American psychologistsAcademics from San FranciscoAdelphi University alumniAmerican social psychologistsAPA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology recipientsEmotion psychologists