Annett Schirmer is Professor of Psychology at the National University of Singapore. Formerly, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, in Athens, Ga. Professor Schirmer completed her Ph.D at the Max Planck Institute in Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Her research focuses on the perception of emotions in communication and neuroscience. Dr. Schirmer has published numerous articles and book chapters related to emotions and affective neuroscience. Some of her recent research has been published in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2011), Cognition & Emotion (2011); Emotion (2011), and Clinical Neuropsychology {2010), She is a frequent presenter at key conferences such as… the Society for Psychophysiological Research Conference, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and the International Society for Research on Emotion. She is an internationally recognized researcher and invited speaker on emotion and cognitive neuroscience at conferences such as at Northwestern University, University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana, University of Georgia, University of Hong Kong, Pacific Voice & Speech Foundation in San Francisco, the Universitaire de Ulle, France, and the Duke/NSU Graduate Medical School. She has been teaching the course on emotion for several years, both at University of Georgia and at National University of Singapore. In 2010, Dr. Schirmer received the NUS/Faculty of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.