Catherine obtained her biological degree and PhD in Neuroscience in Chile. She investigated the effects of meditation practice using electrophysiological measures. She has developed different postdoctoral projects at universities in Chile and Spain, recently working with virtual reality as a technology to support meditation practice.

She is currently developing a project to study if numadelic virtual reality can be useful for people diagnosed with terminal illness.

Denis is an artist and creative developer working at the intersection of technology, visual arts, and performance. He holds a bachelor's degree from Smolny College and is currently pursuing a master's degree in computer vision. In IRL, he is co-developing an updated version of the danceroom Spectroscopy (dS) installation.

His work has been showcased at notable venues such as Ars Electronica and the Hermitage, taking the form of websites, mobile apps, and games. Denis also has a strong background in teaching and curriculum development for STEM and the arts.

Harry is a postdoctoral researcher in the IRL, whose background is in theoretical and computational chemistry. He obtained his undergraduate Master’s in Chemistry from the University of Bristol (2018), and obtained his postgraduate Master’s in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry from the University of Oxford (2019). He completed his PhD in theoretical and computational chemistry from the University of Bristol (2023), submitting a thesis entitled “Correlations Between Electrons and Nuclei: From Fast-Ion Conduction to Nonadiabatic Processes” in which he explored the dynamics of fast-ion conducting systems and developed a novel method for the calculation of rates of nonadiabatic processes.

He joined the IRL in 2024 as a postdoctoral researcher, focusing on quantitative nonequilibrium molecular simulation. His interests include nonadiabatic molecular simulation, electronic structure theory, condensed matter physics, light-matter interaction, and nonequilibrium behaviour in molecular systems.

Luis is a creative technologist, multimedia artist and experienced user experience designer, who is merging these disciplines across different research and experiments.

He holds a bachelor's degree in information technology, a master's degree in multimedia arts, and now pursuing a PhD on VR interfaces and interaction.

Currently supporting various projects in the IRL, like the updated version of dS and new interfaces in NanoVer.

Ludovica holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Perugia and a master’s degree in Applied Physics from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Building on her foundation in physics, she has specialized in Biophysics, focusing on the study of large biological complexes, integrating molecular simulations and computational analysis techniques.

Currently, as a PhD candidate, Ludovica’s work is focused on applications of interactive Molecular Dynamics in Virtual Reality (iMD-VR) to investigate the intricate dynamics of proteins systems.

Mark is a maker and creative technologist specialising in designing simple and approachable tools for digital creativity. Within the Glowacki Group Mark is currently co-developing the next generation of the NanoVer framework for interactive molecular dynamics in multi-user virtual reality.

Mark has backgrounds in computer science, software engineering, and game development. They are also enthusiastic about self-publishing, the low-tech movement, and sustainable computing

Mohamed is a philomath and a creative technologist. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer systems engineering with a thesis on Edge AI from the University of Sfax. His master's degree in electronics and telecommunication with a focus on implementing neural networks in embedded systems is from the University of Gabes, Tunisia, and his bachelor's degree in electronics and automatics is from the University of Monastir, Tunisia.

Mohamed's research interests lie in the areas of machine learning, data science, and their applications. Currently his project as part of the IRL lab at CiTIUS focuses on developing AI systems for interactive molecular dynamics simulations.

Rhos graduated with an undergraduate Master's in Chemistry from the University of Leeds (2018). She specialised in theoretical and computational chemistry during her postgraduate Master’s at the University of Oxford (2019).

Rhos is now a PhD student exploring our perception of `touch’ and `feel’ in virtual reality by examining our interaction with virtual molecular objects in iMD-VR.

With a background in music and body awareness, Sila’s diverse professional history also encompasses event management, project coordination and language coaching.

Since February 2023 she has been the IRL’s project administrator and on-site team manager. Apart from taking care of most paperwork, she tries to make sure all team members are content and the work atmosphere is as good as it can be. She also helps with translating and interpreting, and teaches the team Spanish when they're not too engrossed in research.

Jonathan has been a PostDoc at the IRL since March 2019, with a background in bioinformatics and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. He is now working on developing NanoVer to get more biologically relevant insight.

Valerie did her PhD and early research career in cognitive neuroimaging at the Imperial College, UCL and Oxford University. Neuroscientist by training, consciousness explorer by heart, she found in psychedelic research a promising field in which to merge her interests. She joined the Beckley Foundation in 2017, where she has been co-ordinating a wide portfolio of psychedelic research. In the past few years, she developed a keen interest for interoception, embodied cognition, and the communication heart-brain. She is now researching the impact of the autonomic nervous system on the quality of our present-moment experience (in meditation), and on self-transcendent experiences. She will be exploring with Prof Glowaki and his team biofeedback-based VR designs to enhance contemplative experiences and train interoception.

Joe obtained his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from UC Berkeley. Supported by the National Science Foundation, he studied psychophysics, in an effort to understand how the brain processes visual information. As a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California, Davis, he developed a number of techniques for studying the aging eye and brain. As Vice President of Research and Development at Lumos Labs, he led a team of researchers and game developers in creating cognitive training programs used by over 70 million people worldwide. He was the lead author of the largest randomized, controlled trial of cognitive training ever conducted, involving over 10,000 participants. Dr. Hardy has expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence intelligence, and is an accomplished data scientist. He has published 28 papers in the fields of psychology and neuroscience.

Lama Karma Wall is the director of Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, USA under the direction of Guru Vajradhara Chamgön Kenting Tai Situpa. He also works as a numadelic experience designer for aNUma.

Till is currently finishing his Cognitive Science Master at the University of Osnabrueck. He involved himself in this field to follow his passion for investigating the human experience on a philosophical as well as an empirical level. During his studies he found VR to be a great opportunity to combine his acquired coding skills with his fascination for psychedelic therapy in order to design experiences that increase our understanding of human consciousness while also leading to meaningful live events.

Robin Carhart-Harris founded the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London in April 2019. In July 2021, Robin moved to University of California, San Francisco, becoming the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor in Neurology and Psychiatry, where he serves as Director of the new Psychedelics Division within the translational neuroscience Centre, Neuroscape.
Robin has designed human brain imaging studies with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and DMT, a clinical trial of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, a double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing psilocybin with the SSRI, escitalopram, for depression, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and a multimodal imaging study in first time users of psilocybin. Robin has a PhD in Psychopharmacology from the University of Bristol, an MA in Psychoanalysis from Brunel University, and a BSc in Psychology from Bournemouth University. He has published over 115 scientific papers.

Mike is an integrative practitioner working across the domains of Gestalt philosophy, creative technology and engineering. In seeking a deeper, experiential understanding of reality, he applies phenomenological methods and field theory as unifying pillars to underpin his research. He is an environmentalist, experience designer, a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering and Technology and currently training as a psychotherapist.

Jamie's specialism is in bridging and translating understanding between diverse modalities of theory and practice. He is an experience designer, drama therapist, facilitator, and master of making things happen. His work draws from diverse wisdom traditions along with contemporary human development discourses and is focused on system change through reconnecting humans to wholeness by engaging with both inner and outer nature

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