Dr Gloria Mark is Chancellor's Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and a leader in the fields of attention, multitasking and human-computer interactions. She is a two-time recipient of the Google Research Award and has conducted some of the world's most detailed on-site research in the workplace, using a range of sensors, biosensors, and other measures to track employee behaviour to measure focus, stress, and computer activity.

Her primary research interest is in understanding the impact of digital media on people's lives and she is best known for her work in studying people's multitasking, mood and behaviour while using digital media in real world environments.