We are proud to share that our BABLab Postdoctoral Researcher, Kunalan Manokara, PhD, was invited to Chair the 2026 edition of the Positive Emotion Pre-Conference! This year’s event took place in Pittsburgh on the 12th of March!

Kunalan and his team put together an exciting schedule of invited talks and poster presentations, all aimed at showcasing cutting-edge research in the field of positive emotions. It was a day of insightful exchanges between scholars of all career stages, capped off with awards for emerging affective scientists working in this area.

Congratulations to Kunalan for successfully organizing his first pre-conference!