Omri Gillath

Omri Gillath, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and the Hoglund Brain Imaging Center at the University of Kansas. His work focuses on human pair-bonding and the effects of personality on cognition and behavior. He uses diverse methodologies including neuroimaging, gene mapping, and advanced cognitive techniques to explore the associations between attachment style and cognitive performance, sexual motivation and behavior, mating strategies, and caregiving behavior. He has published extensively on the topic of interpersonal relationships and relationship neuroscience in leading academic journals, and has given invited lectures at national and international conferences and various university in the US and around the world. Dr. Gillath is an associate editor of Personal Relationships, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Journal of Research in Personality, a fellow of the Society for Experimental Psychology and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Dr. Gillath won the 2009-2010 J. Michael Young academic advisor award, the Sage 2010 Young Scholar Award, the 2011 Caryl Rusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award, the 2012 IARR Gerald R. Miller Award for Early Career Achievement, and the 2015-2016 John C. Wright Graduate mentor award.