Galen Buckwalter

A leading research psychologist for over 25 years and former Chief Science Officer of eHarmony, Galen serves as Founder & CEO of psyML. Galen teaches the community of Robin teachers and parents how to cultivate empathy and emotional intelligence to empower young adults to develop key 21st century skills including collaboration, creativity and resilience. Dr. Galen Buckwalter has been a research psychologist for over 25 years, He began his career as a professor at USC where his research focused on Alzheimer’s disease and on the effects of hormones on the brain during pregnancy.

He went on to start a behavioral outcomes research program at Kaiser Permanente where he continued his work on Alzheimer’s disease. However, through a number of serendipitous events, he became the Lead Inventor of the assessment & matching system as the Chief Science Officer for eHarmony. During his time there up to 4% of all marriages in America happened after the couple had been matched by his algorithm.

Galen has continued to work in both academia & industry. His current company, psyML, is the international leader in utilizing psychometric data in AI systems. This combination allows AI to develop much more personalized ways of interacting with people.