Emotion is a powerful psychological state that can determine how we engage in human interactions, and how we manage our affect is a crucial piece to being successful in the social world. My research seeks to advance our knowledge of the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that underpin how we experience our own emotions and evaluate the emotions of others. Using multimodal neuroimaging tools, my work began with examining the role of a neural circuitry that centers on the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex in such affective processes. More recently, my lab is focusing on identifying brain-wide networks that support socioemotional functions in conjunction with amygdala-prefrontal circuits, and their implications for mental health. Here, I will provide an overview of what my lab has discovered thus far from our research on human emotions and discuss future directions.