Rachel Herz is a neuroscientist and world-leading expert on the psychological science of smell. She is a professional consultant, on the faculty at Brown University, and a TEDx speaker.

She has published over 100 original research papers, received numerous awards and grants, co-authored several college textbooks, and is an accomplished popular science book writer; including The Scent of Desire (2007; Harper Collins)-- a finalist for the “2009 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books”; That’s Disgusting (2012; W.W. Norton & Co)-- a New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice”; and Why You Eat What You Eat (2018; W.W. Norton & Co)-- ranked among the “Best Food Books of 2018” by The Smithsonian and The New Yorker.