Dipl. Psych.
Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Buchborn
tobias.buchborn@zi-mannheim.de
 +49 621 1703-6245
Institute for Psychopharmacology
CIMH (Univ. Heidelberg)
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Affl.: Imperial College
Lab for neuronal circuit dynamics
Centre for Psychedelic Research

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Who I am

I am a German Neurobiologist and I do neuropharmacological research on serotonergic hallucinogens (aka psychedelics or entheogens).

If you are interested in how I found my way into psychedelic research, feel invited to have a read through a recent interview I gave to the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA).

My CV

I graduated in Psychology (Pre-Dipl. and Dipl.) at the Otto-von-Guericke University (OvGU) in Magdeburg, Germany, and within my Diploma thesis investigated the antidepressant-like properties of LSD in an animal model of depression.

I received my PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Neurobiology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, OvGU, based on research at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology with primary supervision by Prof. Dr. med. Volker Höllt. My PhD project addressed the behavioural and molecular biological correlates of tolerance to the serotonergic hallucinogens LSD, DMT, and DOB.

In 2016, I started to work as an Individual Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Dynamics (LNCD) at Imperial College London. Here, my research has been devoted to the relevance of  cortical pyramidal cells and peripyramidal haemodynamics for the mechanism of action of serotonergic hallucinogens.

Currently, I am with the Lab for Translational Psychopharmacology (CIMH, Univ. Heidelberg), where we investigate the therapeutic applicability of Psilocybin in alcohol addiction.

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- Learning about the mechanism of action of psychedelic drugs means learning about the crafts and trades of consciousness itself -