Ian H. Gotlib is an American psychologist. He received his Ph.D. of Clinical Psychology at University of Waterloo in 1981. Now he is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Neurodevelopment, Affect, and Psychopathology Laboratory. His research mainly focuses on affective disorders and depression.[1] [2] He was awarded the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology in 2013.[3]