Lisa Feldman Barrett is a Canadian-American psychologist renowned for her groundbreaking research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, where she co-directs the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory. Her research is centred on affective science, and she is among the top 0.1% of the most cited scientists globally.

Dr. Barrett holds additional appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she serves as the Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior. She has authored influential popular science books, including "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain" and "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain". Her scholarly work includes over 275 peer-reviewed scientific papers and six academic volumes.

She has been recognized with prestigious awards, such as the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019. Dr. Barrett has also received the APS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018 and the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in 2021. She was the president of the Association for Psychological Science in 2019–2020 and co-founded the Society for Affective Science.

Her TED talk has reached over 7 million views, and she actively contributes to the popular press, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific American, and more. Dr. Barrett is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada. She has also testified before Congress and consulted with various institutions, including the FBI and the National Cancer Institute.