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Maria Gomez-Serrano is a faculty member at the American University, affiliated with the Psychology Department. She serves as the Director of the Undergraduate Laboratories and has taught courses such as Psychology as Natural Science Lab, Drugs and Behavior, and Physiological Psychology.
- Education:
- PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience, American University
- Doctorate in Veterinarian Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
- MA in Psychology, American University
Dr. Gomez-Serrano's research focuses on the nature/nurture interaction, particularly how environmental factors like maternal/pup interactions, social interactions, and light cycles influence drug susceptibility in rodent models. Her work spans behavioral neuroscience, psychopharmacology, and developmental psychology, with a strong emphasis on conditioned taste aversion, chronobiology, and stress response mechanisms.
Her publications from 2000 to 2009 reflect trends in opioid pharmacology (e.g., SNC-80 studies), genetic-environmental interactions (via cross-fostering experiments), and chronobiological influences on addiction. Key subfields include drug discrimination, receptor-specific effects, and comparative behavioral analysis.
Dr. Gomez-Serrano has collaborated with researchers like Dr. Alan L. Riley, Dr. David N. Kearns, and Dr. Esther M. Sternberg, contributing to journals such as Behavioral Brain Research, Physiology & Behavior, and the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience.
