PAUL J. ZAK Ph.D. Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1994 BA

CURRICULUM VITAE
PAUL J. ZAK
[email protected], www.pauljzak.com
NOVEMBER, 2014 (TRUNCATED AT 2001)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1994
B.A. Mathematics (1st in class), San Diego State University, 1989
B.A. Economics (1st in class), San Diego State University, 1989
Licensed Phlebotomist, State of California, 2013
Certificate, Molecular Biology, Smith College, 2006
Fellowship in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 2001
Fellowship in Experimental Economics, University of Arizona, 1999
EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS
Director, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont Grad. Univ., 2002Present
Professor of Economics, Psychology, and Management Claremont Graduate
University, 2006-Present
Clinical Professor of Neurology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 2002Present
President, Ofactor, Inc. High performance consulting group, 2011-Present
Member, Screen Actors Guide, 2012-Present
Research Fellow, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, 2000-Present
Board Member, NeuroInsights, MarketPsy Capital LLC, Neurotech Development
Foundation
Member, Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications Panel,
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2007-2008
Visiting Professor, Caltech, 2002; Arizona State University, 1999-2001, UC
Riverside, 1997; 2006; USC Law 2007, 2008.
Visiting Scientist, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense,
2001
RESEARCH FOCUS
I was one of the first scientists to integrate neuroscience and economics
into a new discipline, neuroeconomics. My research has identified the
brain processes that support virtuous behaviors such as trustworthiness,
generosity, and sacrifice, as well as their absence that leads to evil, vice
and conflict. I use these results to increase flourishing by individuals,
organizations and societies.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa, San Diego State University, 1989
Summa Cum Laude, San Diego State University, 1989
Bene Merenti Award for Outstanding Achievements in Law and Behavioral
Research, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, 2005
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
BOOKS
Ofactor: The Neuroscience of High-Trust, High-Performance Organizations
In preparation
The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity
Dutton, 2012
Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy
(Editor), Princeton University Press, 2008
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Summary: My work has made substantial impact on our understanding
interpersonal trust, economic growth, oxytocin, empathy, and virtuous
behaviors. Others have cited my research 6,500 times (h-index of 28).
Papers below with a * means > 100 citations, ** means > 1,000 citations.
Zak, P.J. (2014). Neuromanagement: Using Neuroscience to Build
High Performance Organizations. Forthcoming in: Organizational
Neuroscience. P. Balthazard, D. Waldman, Eds., Emerald Publishers
Zak, P.J. (2014). Losing hate. In The Guru Challenge. Doug Huh, editor.
In press.
Zak, P.J. (2014). Why trust matters. Ivey Business Journal, in press.
Zak, P.J. (2014). The neuroscience of trust. People & Strategy, 37(1): 14-17.
Barraza, J.A., Alexander, V., Beavin, L.E. Terris, E.T., Zak, P.J. The heart of
the story: peripheral physiology during narrative exposure predicts
charitable giving. In review
Bracken, B.K., Alexander, V., Zak, P.J., Romero, V., Barraza, J.A. (2014).
Physiological synchronization is associated with narrative emotionality and
subsequent behavioral response. Human Computer Interaction, in press.
Zak, P.J. (2013). The chemistry of love. Pp 96-100 in The World Book of Love,
Leo Bormans, editor, Lanoo.
Lin, P-Y, Grewal, N. S., Morin, C., Johnson, W.D., Zak, P.J. (2013). Oxytocin
increases the influence of public service advertisements. Public Library of
Science ONE, 8(2): e56934. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056934.
Zak, P.J. (2013). Oxytocin and the reduction of aggression. In Topics in the
Neurobiology of Aggression: Implications to Deterrence, Diane DiEuliis and
Hrair Cabayan, Editors, U.S. Department of Defense.
Merolla, J.L., Pyle, K., Burnett, G., Barraza, J. Ahmadi, S., Zak, P.J. (2013).
Oxytocin and the biological basis for interpersonal and political trust.
Political Behavior, 34(4), doi: 10.1007/s11109-012-9219-8.
Barraza, J., Grewal, N.S., Ropacki, S., Perez, P., Gonzalez, A., Zak, P.J.
(2013). Effects of a 10-day oxytocin infusion in older adults on health and
well-being. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21(2), 85–92.
Grosberg, D, Merlin, R., Zak, P.J. What makes women happy: oxytocin
release correlates with life satisfaction. In review.
Efremidze, L., Sarraf, G., Miotto, K., Zak, P.J. The Neural Inhibition of
Learning Increases Asset Market Bubbles: Experimental Evidence, Review
of Financial Studies, in review.
Morhenn, V. B., Beavin, L.E., & Zak, P. J. (2012). Massage increases
oxytocin and reduces adrenocorticotropin hormone in humans.
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 18(6): 11-18.
Hoge, E.A., Lawson, E.A., Metcalf, C., Keshaviah, A., Zak, P.J., Pollack,
M.H., Simon, N.M. (2012). Plasma oxytocin immunoreactive products and
response to trust in patients with social anxiety disorder. Depression and
Anxiety, 29(11):924-30.
Sapra, S., Beavin, L., Zak, P.J. (2012). A combination of dopamine genes
predicts success by professional Wall Street traders. Public Library of
Science ONE, 7(1): e30844. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030844.
Barraza, J., Zak, P.J. (2013). Oxytocin instantiates empathy and produces
prosocial behaviors. Ch 18, pp 331-342 in Oxytocin, Vasopressin and
Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior, E. Choleris, D. Pfaff & M.
Kavaliers (Eds). Cambridge University Press.
Beavin, L. B., Zak, P.J. (2013). The neuroeconomics of virtue and vice. In
The State of Mind in Economics, Olivier Oullier, Alan P. Kirman, J.S. Kelso
(Eds). Cambridge University Press, in press.
Barraza, J.A., McCullough, M.E., Ahmadi, S., Zak, P.J. (2011). Oxytocin
infusion increases charitable donations. Hormones and Behavior, 60: 148–
151.
Zak, P.J., Barraza, J. Empathy and Collective Action. (2013) Frontiers in
Decision Neuroscience, Vol. 7 No. 211; DOI=10.3389/fnins.2013.00211
Sapra, S.G., Zak, P.J. (2010). Eight lessons from neuroeconomics for money
managers. CFA Institute Research Foundation Publications, Behavioral
Finance and Investment Management: 2010(2): 63-76.
Zak, P.J. The Physiology of Moral Sentiments. (2011) Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organization, 77(1): 53-65
Zak, P.J. Moral Markets. (2011) Journal of Economic Behavioral and
Organization, 77(2): 212-233
Zak, P.J., Kugler, J. (2010) Neuroeconomics and International Studies:
A New Understanding of Trust. International Studies Perspectives, 12, 136152.
Zak, P.J., Kurzban, R., Park, J-W., Ahmadi, S., Swerdloff, R.S., Efremidze, L.,
Redwine, K., Morgan, K., Matzner, W. Testosterone Administration
Decreases Generosity in the Ultimatum Game. (2009) Public Library of
Science ONE 4(12): e8330. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008330
Vercoe, M., Zak, P.J. (2010) Inductive Modeling Using Causal Studies in
Neuroeconomics: Brains on Drugs. Journal of Economic Methodology
17( 2) :123–137
Zak, P.J., Nadler, A. (2010) Using Brains to Create Trust: A Manager's
Toolbox, Ch 4, pp 69-77 in Neuroeconomics and the Firm Angela A.
Stanton, Mellani Day, Isabell M. Welpe editors, Edward Elgar Publishing
*Barraza, J. A. & Zak, P. J. (2009) Empathy toward Strangers Triggers
Oxytocin Release and Subsequent Generosity. Annals of the New York
Academy of Sciences, 1167: 182-189.
McKenzie, R., Turner, J., Zak, P.J. (2009). The Neuroeconomics of Rational
Decision Making pp175-202 in Predictably Rational? In Search of Defenses
for Rational Behavior in Economics by Richard McKenzie (Springer).
Hoge, E. A., Pollack, M. H., Kaufman, R. E., Zak, P. J. & Simon, N. M. (2008).
Oxytocin Levels in Social Anxiety Disorder. CNS Neuroscience &
Therapeutics, 165–170(14): 165-170.
Zak, P. J. (2008). The Neurobiology of Trust. Scientific American, June: 8895.
Zak, P. J. (2008). Neuroeconomics. pp248-250 in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of
Science & Technology. McGraw-Hill Publishers
Zak, P. J. (2008). Value and Values: Moral Economics. Moral Markets: The
Critical Role of Values in the Economy. Princeton University Press.
Morhenn, V. B., Park, J. W., Piper, E. & Zak, P. J. (2008). Monetary sacrifice
among strangers is mediated by endogenous oxytocin release after
physical contact. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29: 375–383.
Zak, P. J. (2007). The neuroeconomicsof trust. Ch 2. in Renaissance in
Behavioral Economics. R.Frantz, Ed. Routledge
Park, J. W. & Zak, P. J. (2007). Neuroeconomics Studies. Analyse and Kritik
29, 47-59.
*Zak, P. J., Stanton, A. A. & Ahmadi, S. (2007). Oxytocin Increases
Generosity in Humans. Public Library of Science ONE 2(11):e1128.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001128.
Zak, P. J. & Fakhar, A. (2006).Neuroactive Hormones and Interpersonal
Trust: International Evidence. Economics & Human Biology, (4),412-429.
Zak, P. J. (2005). Trust: a temporary human attachment facilitated by
oxytocin. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(3), 368-369.
*Kosfeld, M., Heinrichs, M., Zak, P. J., Fischbacher, U. & Fehr, E. (2005).
Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Nature, 435(2): 673-676. (*=over, 1,000
citations)
*Zak, P. J., Kurzban, R. & Matzner, W. T. (2005). Oxytocin is associated with
human trustworthiness. Hormones and Behavior, (48): 522-527.
Zak, P. J., Borja, K., Matzner, W. T.& Kurzban, R. (2005). The
neuroeconomics of distrust: sex differences in behavior and physiology.
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 95(2): 360-363
*Zak, P. J., Kurzban, R. & Matzner, W. T. (2004). The neurobiology of trust.
Annals of the New York. Academy of Sciences, 1032: 224-227.
Hirshleifer, J. J. & Zak, P. J.(2004). The Bioeconomics of Social Behavior:
Introduction. Journal of Bioeconomics, 6(1), 1-2. [Digital version]
*Zak, P. J. (2004). Neuroeconomics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society B (Biology), 359(1451), 1737-1748.
Denzau, A. T. & Zak, P. J. (2003). Explore and Exploit: An Evolutionary
Analysis of Institutional Dynamics. In Human Nature and Public Policy: An
Evolutionary Approach, Albert Somit and Steven A. Peterson, Editors,
pp139-160, Palgrave Macmillan.
*Knack, S. & Zak, P. J. 2002. Building trust: public policy, interpersonal trust,
and economic development. Supreme Court Economic Review, 10: 91107.
**Zak, P. J., & Knack, S. (2001). Trust and Growth. The Economic Journal.
111: 295-321.
BLOG
The Moral Molecule
Psychology Today
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-moral-molecule/
PUBLIC LECTURES
I am a featured TED speaker and present to corporate and academic
events worldwide. Contact Tom Neilssen, BrightSight Group for lecture
bookings, [email protected].
POPULAR MEDIA
I have been featured in numerous television, radio, and print media. See
a full listing at www.pauljzak.com
PATENTS
1. Non-invasive of Neurotransmitter Indication and Applications using
Same
US Patent 2012/0045740-A1
2. Methods for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders
US Patent Pending 1242-003-101