Dr. Pavlidis is the Eckhard-Pfeiffer Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Computational Physiology Laboratory at the University of Houston. His research is funded by multiple sources including the National Science Foundation, transportation agencies, and medical institutions. He has published largely in the areas of affective computing, computational physiology, and science of science. He is well known for his innovative work on the quantification of stress and its effects on critical human responses, which appeared in a series of articles in Nature, Lancet, and other major venues. Dr. Pavlidis is also known for his insightful research on science convergence, which was recently reported in Nature Human Behavior, Science Advances, and Nature Physics.