Biography
Sam Vaknin is a Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and a Professor of Finance and Psychology at CIAPS (Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies). Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited and other books about personality disorders. His work is cited in hundreds of books and dozens of academic papers. He spent the past 6 years developing Cold Therapy: a treatment modality for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Over the years, with dozens of volunteers, he found that it was effective with clients suffering from a major depressive episode as well.
Research Interest
Personality disorders
Biography
Dr. Xiu Liu got his MD & Ph.D. in China and completed postdoctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute in the USA. He is a professor of the Graduate Program in Pathology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He has a two-decade track record of studying drug addiction, particularly nicotine and alcohol addictive behavior in animal models. His research has been funded by USA National Institute of Health and Food and Drug Administration grants and the State of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program grants. He has published 60 research papers, 6 book chapters, and more than 80 research abstracts. Dr Liu has served as a member of the grant review panel for international and national research funding agencies and an editorial board member of more than a dozen reputed journals.
Research Interest
Drug Addiction, Nicotine, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
Biography
Dr. Ramesh Gupta is Pro-Vice-Chancellor, & Professor of chemistry at Nagaland University India. He received his Bachelor of Science in Biochemical Science, and Master of Science in organic chemistry from Lucknow University India, and a Doctorate in Chemistry at Lucknow University, on Drug Development. Dr. Ramesh Gupta is a Medicinal & Bioorganic Chemist and has worked for several years as visiting professor/Scientist in various Medical schools.
Research Interest
Prof Guptas’ research focuses on Natural & Synthetic Drug Development, the role of sulfur amino acids in health care, functional food, nutraceuticals, and environmental Biotechnology & gender issues.