Diego Cosmelli is a Biochemist and holds a PhD in Cognitive Sciences from the École Polytechnique, France. He is Associate Professor at the School of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he is the Vice-director for Research and Graduate Studies and head of the Psychophysiology Lab. His research interests focus on the mechanisms of attentional and perceptual processes in human beings. He has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed journals including Psychophysiology, NeuroImage, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience and PLoS ONE, among others.