Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist and the director of the creativity and emotions lab at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Zagreb in Croatia, received her doctorate from the University of New Hampshire, and did postdoctoral work at the Interpersonal Communication and Interaction laboratory at Tufts University. Dr. Ivcevic’s research examines the role of emotion and self-regulation in creativity and well-being. Dr. Ivcevic received funding for her research from the Botin Foundation, Imagination Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Faas Foundation. 

Dr. Ivcevic collaborated with colleagues from Denmark, Spain, China, and Croatia and published her research in numerous academic journals such as Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Personality, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Creative Behavior, and others. She is Associate Editor of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity. Dr. Ivcevic received the Award for Excellence in Research from the Mensa Education and Research Foundation for her research on emotional intelligence and emotional creativity, as well as the Berlyne Award for Outstanding Early Career Achievement in psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association.