Dr. Daniel Stokols is Professor of Social Ecology and Dean Emeritus of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Stokols currently serves as Project Leader for the Transdisciplinary Core Research Project within the NIH/UCI Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) and as CO-PI of the TTURC.

He received his B.A. degree at the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His recent research has examined the effects of physical and social conditions within work environments on employees' health, performance, and social behavior. Additional areas of Dr. Stokols' research include the design and evaluation of community and worksite health promotion programs, factors that influence the success of transdisciplinary research and training programs, the health and behavioral impacts of environmental stressors such as traffic congestion and overcrowding, and the application of environmental design research to urban planning and facilities design.

Professor Stokols is past President of the Division of Population and Environmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a Fellow of Divisions 9, 27, 34, and 38 within APA and of the American Psychological Society. He serves as a Section Editor of the American Journal of Health Promotion, a member of the Editorial Boards of Health Education and Behavior and the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. Dr. Stokols serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center and as Board member for The Architecture Foundation of Orange County.