Expert in Relationship, Emotion and Health Psychology will Strengthen
eHarmony's Research Capabilities Focused on Marriage and Compatibility
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 12 -eHarmony, the Internet's premier relationship service, today announced the appointment of Gian Gonzaga as Senior Research Scientist. Joining eHarmony's team of leading researchers, which includes founder Dr. Neil Clark Warren, J. Galen Buckwalter, vice president of research and development, and Steve Carter, director of research, Gonzaga brings expertise in relationship, emotion and health psychology that will strengthen eHarmony's research capabilities.
The foundation of eHarmony's research program is Dr. Warren's 35 years of empirical and clinical research into marital success. Dr. Warren's findings form the basis of the company's patented Compatibility Matching System(TM). While the company's research efforts continue to evolve and expand, Dr. Warren's goal of helping relationships succeed remains unchanged.
"We are thrilled to have Gian join eHarmony," said Greg Forgatch, CEO and president of eHarmony. "He brings invaluable experience that will enhance our research and development efforts around the compatibility factors that contribute to successful relationships. Gian's contributions will be important as we make advances in the field and continue to help people establish and maintain lifelong, strong and satisfying marriages."
Prior to joining eHarmony, Gonzaga worked with world-renowned marriage researcher Dr. Thomas Bradbury at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he researched the factors predicting marital success as part of an 11- year study of married couples. Additionally, Gonzaga owned his own consulting business, where he conducted health promotion research and published studies for the California Department of Health Services and other non-profit health organizations. Gonzaga has taught, presented, and published extensively on topics relating to relationships, love, and health and has received numerous honors and awards for his work, including the prestigious National Science foundation minority Predoctoral Fellowship and Psi Chi National Undergraduate Research Competition. Gonzaga holds a doctorate in Personality-Social Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
About eHarmony
With more than eight million users, eHarmony is the Internet's premier relationship service. Founded by nationally known relationship expert, best- selling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Neil Clark Warren, eHarmony is the first and only online relationship site dedicated exclusively to helping serious singles of all ages, ethnicities, and religious backgrounds build lasting relationships for life-long love and happiness. With thousands of known marriages to date, eHarmony holds the only industry patent for its unique Compatibility Matching System, bringing diverse singles together using a scientifically-proven set of compatibility principles based on over 35 years of empirical and clinical research into marital success. eHarmony is a private company headquartered in Pasadena, California and can be found on the Web at http://www.eharmony.com.
eHarmony Press Contact:
Greg Peverill-Conti
SparkSource, Inc.
(781) 274-6061 (ext. 226)
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