He holds a Ph.D. (2008) in Social-Personality Psychology from New York University. He is a full professor of psychology at Kadir Has University (Istanbul) and a musician (see www.adilsaribay.com). His research has appeared in leading academic journals such as Cognition, and Personality and Social Psychological Bulletin.

His research interests are political psychology, person perception, interpersonal cognition, intergroup relations.