Omri Gillath

Omri Gillath, is a psychology professor at the University of Kansas and has spent over 20 years doing research, teaching psychology, and mentoring students. He has been a leading figure in the field of Interpersonal relationship|close relationships and has over 100 publications in some of the leading outlets of his field. His research interests include: Close relationships, attachment theory, brain mechanisms and genetic polymorphisms underlying attachment style, social networks and recently humans connections with AI. He is currently a full professor in the psychology department of the University of Kansas.
== Gillath Through the Years ==
=== Education ===
Gillath got his B.A. degree from Haifa University, Israel 1997. During his years in Haifa he worked in prof. Shlomo Breznitz Stress Lab. Between 1998 and 2003 he got an M.A and a Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University working with Prof. Mario Mikulincer. Moving to the United States he became a post doctoral scholar at The University of California, Davis, working with Professors Phillip R. Shaver and Silvia Bunge. 
After completing his postdoctoral studies at the University of California Davis, Gillath moved to Kansas where he served as an Assistant (2006-2011), then an Associate (2011-2016) and finally a Full Professor and still is to this day—he continues to pursue his passions in social psychology and social neuroscience focusing on attachment theory (including individual differences in attachment orientation; brain mechanisms and genetic polymorphisms underlying these differences; attentional processes related to these differences; relations between the attachment, caregiving, and sexual behavioral systems as they affect adult relationships); prosocial motivation and behavior (compassion and altruism); affiliation, social networks, and friendship processes. Professor Gillath inspires enthusiasm and growth not only in his myriad of classes at the University of Kansas, but among Scholars and layperson with his lectures, publications, blogs and Ted Talk. 
=== Awards ===
Gillath won multiple mentoring award such as The college of liberal arts and science John C. Wright 2016 Graduate Mentor Award, and the J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award (2009) in the Social and Behavioral Division, both from the University of Kansas. 
He also won research and scholarship awards including: IARR Gerald R. Miller Award for Early Career Achievement (2012), SAGE Young Scholars Award of the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology (2011), the Caryl Rusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award (2011) (from the Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) within the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP; 2010).
As a student he won the Dean's award on multiple years (Haifa), Excellency Scholarship (Bar-Ilan) and the UC Davis Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research. He also received the Dissertation research grant from the “Israel Foundation Trustees” (Ford Foundation).
=== Publications ===
Gillath has published two books: "Relationship Science (Integrating Evolutionary, Neuroscience, and Sociocultural Approaches)" and "Adult Attachment: A Concise Introduction to Theory and Research" . 
He has a blog about relationships in Psychology Today and in 2017 he participated in Overland Park TedX and delivered a talk about the power of love
Gillath has peer reviewed many papers, but some notable papers include:
Gillath, O., Ai, T., Branicky, M. S., Keshmiri, S., Davison, R. B., &amp; Spaulding, R. (2020). Attachment and trust in artificial intelligence. Computers in Human Behavior, 115, 106607.
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