Description: As an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, I study the subjective qualities, behavioral effects, and therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. I also study altered states often called "spiritual," "peak," "transformative," "mystical" or "self-transcendent" experiences in general. These experiences are among the most meaningful…
On my way to the lab.
As an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, I study the subjective qualities, behavioral effects, and therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. I also study altered states often called “spiritual,” “peak,” “transformative,” “mystical” or “self-transcendent” experiences in general.
These experiences are among the most meaningful moments in many people’s lives, yet relatively little is known about how they are triggered, the neurological and physiological processes that underlie them, or how the lives of those impact those who have them.