John Gottman Ph.D. is well known for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, which involves study of emotions and physiology as well as communication. His break-through research on marriage and parenting has earned him numerous national and international awards, including four NIMH Research Scientist Awards. He is the author of 119 published academic articles and 36 books, including: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work; Why Marriages Succeed or Fail...and How You Can Make Yours Last; and Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child. He has been professor of psychology at the University of Washington since 1986 and founded the Family Research Laboratory (or what the media has termed "The Love Lab") where much of his on-going research on couples' interactions has been conducted.