Dacher Keltner is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is currently a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, the faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center and the host of its podcast, the “Science of Happiness.” Keltner’s research focuses on the biological and cultural evolution of compassion, awe, love, beauty and humility, as well as power, social class and inequality.

Keltner is the author of nearly 300 scientific articles, that have been cited over 100,000 times, and several books, including “Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life,” “The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence” and “AWE: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life.”

Keltner has won many research, teaching, mentoring and service awards, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has consulted for Apple, Pinterest, Google, the Sierra Club, Carnegie Hall, the National Parks and the National Gallery, and was a scientific consultant for Pixar’s “Inside Out,” “Soul” and “Inside Out 2.” He has also consulted for the Center for Constitutional Rights in its work to outlaw solitary confinement.