Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman
Paul Ekman
	Ekman in 2016
Born	February 15, 1934; Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	November 17, 2025 (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
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychology; Anthropology
Doctoral advisor	John Amsden Starkweather
Website	PaulEkman.com

Paul Ekman (February 15, 1934 – November 17, 2025) was an American psychologist and researcher. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco. He was known for his works about the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions.^[1] He was named 59th out of the 100 most important psychologists of the twentieth century in 2002 by the Review of General Psychology.^[2] His life's work is the inspiration for the crime drama series Lie to Me.^[3]

Ekman died on November 17, 2025 at his home in San Francisco, California at the age of 91.^[4]

References

↑ Guthrie, Julian (September 16, 2002) [September 16, 2002]. "The lie detective / S.F psychologist has made a science of reading facial expressions". San Francisco Gate. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
↑ Haggbloom, S. J. et al. (2002). "The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century" (subscription required). Review of General Psychology. Vol. 6, No. 2, 139–15. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. Haggbloom and his team combined three quantitative variables: citations in professional journals, citations in textbooks, and nominations in a survey given to members of the Association for Psychological Science, with three qualitative variables (converted to quantitative scores): National Academy of Sciences (NAS) membership, American Psychological Association (APA) President and/or recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, and surname used as an eponym. Then the list was rank ordered. Ekman was #59.
↑ "Lie to Me – Paul Ekman analyzes the real science". May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
↑ "The Passing of Dr. Paul Ekman". Paul Ekman Group Blog. Retrieved 19 November 2025.

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[1] Guthrie, Julian (September 16, 2002) [September 16, 2002]. "The lie detective / S.F psychologist has made a science of reading facial expressions". San Francisco Gate. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

[2] Haggbloom, S. J. et al. (2002). "The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century" (subscription required). Review of General Psychology. Vol. 6, No. 2, 139–15. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. Haggbloom and his team combined three quantitative variables: citations in professional journals, citations in textbooks, and nominations in a survey given to members of the Association for Psychological Science, with three qualitative variables (converted to quantitative scores): National Academy of Sciences (NAS) membership, American Psychological Association (APA) President and/or recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, and surname used as an eponym. Then the list was rank ordered. Ekman was #59.

[3] "Lie to Me – Paul Ekman analyzes the real science". May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2013.

[4] "The Passing of Dr. Paul Ekman". Paul Ekman Group Blog. Retrieved 19 November 2025.

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