Esteemed researchers interested in the confluence of psychoactive catalysts and global change will be presenting at ESPD55. Under the thoughtful curatorship of Dennis McKenna and the ESPD55 coordination team, a selection of the most well-respected researchers, together with emerging investigators, will share their most recent findings in the exciting symposium program.

Alexandre Tannous

Ethnomusicologist

Andrea Langlois

Biocultural Conservationist

Andy Weil

Medical Doctor

Barrett McBride

Ethnobotanist

Bruce Damer

Astrobiologist

Bryn Dentinger

Mycologist

Carey Turnbull

President Heffter Institute

Chris McCurdy

Professor Medicinal Chemistry

Cody Swift

Psychotherapist

Colin Domnauer

Ethnobiologist

Dale Millard

Naturalist

David F. Rodriguez-Mora

Environmental Anthropologist

David Nutt

Neuroscientist

Dennis McKenna

Ethnopharmacologist

Donna Torres

Artist

Elaine Elisabetsky

Ethnopharmacologist

Glenn Shepard

Anthropologist

Greg Hemmings

Executive Producer

Jerónimo Mazarrasa

Social Innovator

Jonathan Lu

Co-founder Vcenna

Josip Orlovac Del Río

Maestro Huachumero

Laurel Sugden

Ethnobotanist

Luis Eduardo Luna

Anthropologist

Manuel Torres

Art History Professor

Mark Merlin

Ethnobotanist

Mark Plotkin

Ethnobotanist

Michael Coe

Ethnobiologist

Michelle St. Pierre

Clinical Psychologist

Monica Gagliano

Research Associate Professor

Paul Stamets

Mycologist

Shauheen Etminan

Founder Vcenna

Wade Davis

Anthropologist

Zachary Kulberg

Marine Bioprospector