Dr. Sari’s research contributed significantly to the field of drugs of abuse, including alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, opioids, and methamphetamine. He has over 140 publications in high-quality peer-reviewed research journals and over eight published book chapters. He received several awards and honors in recognition of his excellent contributions to research in drugs of abuse. Dr. Sari’s research programs have been funded for several years by prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health. He secured several NIH funding for the last 20 years. His research focused on finding therapeutic drugs for the treatments of drugs of abuse. He contributed to the development and characterization of small molecules to attenuate the effects of drugs of abuse, drug dependence and overdose.
Elena Mirela Samfira
University of Life Sciences
Romania
Elena Mirela Samfira is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Life Sciences from Timisoara, Romania, and teaches Educational Psychology in the Teacher Training Department. Her research interest relates to teacher personality, perfectionism, self-efficacy, student engagement, core self-evaluation, and psychological capital. She is a member of prestigious international organizations in the field of psychology (e.g., the European Association of Personality Psychology) and education (e.g., Athens Institute for Education and Research). Also, she is a member of the Editorial Board of numerous journals (e.g., Frontiers in Education, Journal Plus Education, etc.).
