Who I am
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I am a German psychologist and I do neuropharmacological research on serotonergic hallucinogens (aka psychedelics or entheogens).
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My CV
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I studied Psychology at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany, and within my Diploma thesis investigated the antidepressant-like properties of LSD in an animal model of depression. Afterwards, I ran my PhD project in Neuroscience at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Magdeburg. My PhD research addressed the behavioural and molecular biological correlates of tolerance to 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.
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- Learning about the mechanism of action of psychedelic drugs means learning about the crafts and trades of consciousness itself -