Dr. Stefan G. Hofmann is a Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University, where he directs the Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory. Stefan has an actively funded research program studying various aspects of emotional disorders with a particular emphasis on cognitive behavioral therapy and anxiety disorders. Dr. Hofmann has won many prestigious professional awards. He is a fellow of the APS and APA and was president of various international and national professional societies, including the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. He was also an advisor to the DSM-5 Development Process and a member of the DSM-5 Anxiety Disorder Sub-Work Group.

Stefan was recently named a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters. He is currently the editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research and has published more than 15 books and over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles.