
Michael P. Domjan, Ph.D.
Michael Domjan is a Professor of Psychology at UT Austin and Distinguished Signature Course Faculty. He was Department Chair (1999–2005) and founded the Imaging Research Center (2005–2008). Known for his work on classical conditioning—including sexual conditioning and taste aversion—he received the 2014 D.O. Hebb Award (APA Division 6) and an honorary doctorate from Konrad Lorenz University, Bogotá. His 30‐year research, supported by NSF and NIH grants, yielded a MERIT Award (NIMH) and a Golden Fleece Award. He edited Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes and serves on various editorial boards. His textbook, Principles of Learning and Behavior, is used worldwide in English and Spanish, and his YouTube channel has nearly 100K views. A former president of the Pavlovian Society and APA Division of Behavioral Neuroscience, he also teaches a freshman course on Music and Psychology and hosts the Tertis/Pavlov Project.