Guest Profiles

Suzanne O’Sullivan

Suzanne O’Sullivan

Suzanne O’Sullivan Suzanne O’Sullivan has been a consultant in neurology since 2004, first working at The Royal London Hospital and...

Donald D. Hoffman

Donald D. Hoffman

Donald D. Hoffman Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York-Lehman College. His research...

Barbara J. Grosz

Barbara J. Grosz

Barbara J. Grosz Barbara J. Grosz is the Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard University. From 2007-2011 Grosz served...

Roger Antonsen

Roger Antonsen

Roger Antonsen Roger Antonsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics in the research group Logic and Intelligent...

Margaret Wertheim

Margaret Wertheim

Margaret Wertheim Margaret Wertheim is a science writer, curator, and artist whose work focuses on relations between science and the...

S. James Gates Jr.

S. James Gates Jr.

S. James Gates Jr., PhD S. James Gates Jr. is the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics at Brown University. He...

Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci, PhD Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York-Lehman College. His research...

Lucianne Walkowicz

Lucianne Walkowicz

Lucianne Walkowicz is an Astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. She studies stellar magnetic activity and how stars influence...

Ard Louis

Ard Louis

Ard Louis is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, where he leads an interdisciplinary research group...

Paul Davies

Paul Davies

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist at Arizona State University, where he runs the pioneering Beyond...

Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris is professor of evolutionary palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Dr....

Ian Tattersall

Ian Tattersall

Ian Tattersall is Curator Emeritus of Human Origins, Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, and Professor...

Melanie Chang

Melanie Chang

Melanie Chang is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Portland State University. Dr. Chang completed a dual PhD in physical anthropology and...

Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Wekmeister Professor and Director of the History and Philosophy of Science Program at Florida...

Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith is an instructor in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a columnist for...

Jay Lombard

Jay Lombard

Jay Lombard is currently the Chief Scientific Officer at Genomind, and is in private practice as the Clinical Director of...

Efrat Ginot

Efrat Ginot

Efrat Ginot, PhD is a graduate of the NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Dr. Ginot is currently an...

Mark Solms

Mark Solms

Mark Solms, PhD is a psychoanalyst and a professor in neuropsychology. He holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University...

Sonu Shamdasani

Sonu Shamdasani

Sonu Shamdasani, PhD is a London-based author, editor, and professor at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine...

Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt, PhD is Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Dewitt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry, Weill Medical School...

Rubin Naiman

Rubin Naiman

Rubin Naiman, PhD is a clinical psychologist specializing in integrative sleep and dream medicine. He is the sleep and dream...

Kelly Bulkeley

Kelly Bulkeley

Kelly Bulkeley, PhD is a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is also director of...

Deirdre Leigh Barrett

Deirdre Leigh Barrett

Deirdre Leigh Barrett, PhD is a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s Behavioral Medicine Program. She is a...

George Makari

George Makari

George Makari, MD is Director of the DeWitt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry, a Professor of Psychiatry at...

Heather Berlin

Heather Berlin

Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in...

Valerie Tiberius

Valerie Tiberius

Valerie Tiberius is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, an institution she has been affiliated with since 1998....

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, where she is director of the Interdisciplinary...

Christian Miller

Christian Miller

Christian Miller is Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University, and...

Philip Kitcher

Philip Kitcher

Philip Kitcher is John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He specializes in the philosophy of science, the philosophy...

Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and a Presidential Fellow at...

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College, where he has been...

Darrin M. McMahon

Darrin M. McMahon

Darrin M. McMahon is a historian, author, and Professor of History at Dartmouth College. He was formerly the Ben Weider...

Kim K. Azzarelli

Kim K. Azzarelli

Kim K. Azzarelli is a business, philanthropic, and legal advisor focused on advancing women and girls. Together with Ambassador Melanne...

Priyamvada Natarajan

Priyamvada Natarajan

Priyamvada Natarajan, PhD is Professor in the Departments of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University. She is a theoretical astrophysicist...

Katherine Freese

Katherine Freese

Katherine Freese, PhD is the George E. Uhlenbeck Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. Starting in September 2014...

David Z. Albert

David Z. Albert

David Z. Albert, PhD is Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical...

Tim Maudlin

Tim Maudlin

Tim Maudlin, PhD is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He received his BA in Physics and Philosophy from...

David Kaiser

David Kaiser

David Kaiser, PhD is Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science and Department Head of MIT’s Program in Science, Technology,...

Adam Frank

Adam Frank

Adam Frank, PhD is a physicist, astronomer and writer, and is currently a professor of Astrophysics at the University of...

Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark, PhD is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the scientific director of the Foundational...

Marcelo Gleiser

Marcelo Gleiser

Marcelo Gleiser, PhD is a world-renowned theoretical physicist and award-winning author, and is currently the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy...

Neil Turok

Neil Turok

Neil Turok, PhD is one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists. Formerly Professor of Physics at Princeton and Chair of...

Mavrothi Kontanis

Mavrothi Kontanis

Mavrothi Kontanis is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and teacher born and raised in the US, but with roots in Halkidiki, Greece. Mavrothi’s main instrument is the oud, and he has studied and performed with many of the world’s top players. His passion for performing is matched by his love of teaching and composing music.

Amir ElSaffar

Amir ElSaffar

Amir ElSaffar is an Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer who has mastered disparate musical styles, combining aspects of Middle Eastern music with American jazz. ElSaffar has created new techniques to play microtones and ornaments that are idiomatic to Arabic music but not typically heard on the trumpet.

Emmanuel H. During

Emmanuel H. During

Emmanuel H. During has developed more than just an individual style or touch over the past 15 years; he sees music as a language that transcends passing cultures and trends. An exceptionally rich upbringing exposed him to the musical greats while also introducing him to the violin, guitar, lute and various percussion instruments.

Keyvan Chemirani

Keyvan Chemirani

Keyvan Chemirani thinks of Iranian percussion as a syntax which allows him to invest in the music of the whole world, and to realize masterpieces. This is the difficult yet fascinating road that he follows in order to transform, bit by bit, the Persian musical inheritance received through his father, Djamchid Chemirani.

Sylvain Barou

Sylvain Barou

Sylvain Barou is considered as one of the best flute players of his generation. Playing mainly Irish and Breton traditional music, Sylvain has been part of some of the most exciting projects of the genre. He has been seen playing at many of the major festivals and venues, and travels the world with the Irish group Guidewires.

Lani Leary

Lani Leary

Lani Leary, PhD, specializes in work with chronically ill, dying, and bereaved clients. She has worked for more than 25...

Allan Kellehear

Allan Kellehear

Allan Kellehear, PhD, is Professor of Community Health, School of Health and Education, Middlesex University. He was formerly Professor of...

Kevin Nelson

Kevin Nelson

Kevin Nelson, MD is Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky. He directs the Neuromuscular clinical neurophysiology laboratory and cares...

Mary C. Neal

Mary C. Neal

Mary C. Neal, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, former Director of Spine Surgery at the University of Southern California,...

Peter Fenwick

Peter Fenwick

Peter Fenwick is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, and associated with the Mental Health Group...

Mildred Z. Solomon

Mildred Z. Solomon

Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hastings Center. She is also Clinical Professor of...

Sam Shemie

Sam Shemie

Dr. Sam Shemie is a physician in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, and Medical Director, Extracorporeal Life Support Program...

Barbara Coombs Lee

Barbara Coombs Lee

Barbara Coombs Lee is President of Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding and protecting the rights of...

Stephan A. Mayer

Stephan A. Mayer

Stephan A. Mayer, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in...

Lance B. Becker

Lance B. Becker

Lance B. Becker, MD, is Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the founder and Director...

Christopher P. Comfort

Christopher P. Comfort

Christopher P. Comfort, MD, as Medical Director of Calvary Hospital, develops, coordinates, and facilitates clinical services for palliative and end-of-life...

Concetta Tomaino

Concetta Tomaino

Concetta Tomaino, DA Concetta Tomaino is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and...

Richard Davidson

Richard Davidson

Richard Davidson, PhD Richard Davidson is William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison....

Amishi Jha

Amishi Jha

Amishi Jha, PhD Amishi Jha is associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, prior to which she was...

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD Jon Kabat-Zinn is founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society...

Jeffrey J. Kripal

Jeffrey J. Kripal

Jeffrey J. Kripal, PhD, is the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University, where he...

Jim Holt

Jim Holt

Jim Holt is an American philosopher, author and essayist. He has contributed to The New York Times, The New York...

Nicholas D. Schiff

Nicholas D. Schiff

Nicholas D. Schiff, MD Nicholas D. Schiff, MD, is Director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuromodulation at Weill Cornell Medical...

André Aciman

André Aciman

André Aciman, PhD André Aciman was born in Alexandria, Egypt and is an American memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar of...

Joseph LeDoux

Joseph LeDoux

Joseph LeDoux, PhD Joseph LeDoux is a University Professor at NYU in the Center for Neural Science, and he directs...

Daniel Schacter

Daniel Schacter

Daniel Schacter, PhD Daniel L. Schacter is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Schacter’s research explores...

Alison Winter

Alison Winter

Alison Winter, PhD Alison Winter is a historian specializing in the history of the human sciences. She received her PhD...

Jamshed Bharucha

Jamshed Bharucha

Jamshed Bharucha, PhD Jamshed Bharucha is the twelfth President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art....

Charles Limb

Charles Limb

Charles Limb, MD Charles Limb is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Department of...

Laurie Santos

Laurie Santos

Laurie Santos, PhD Laurie Santos is Associate Professor of Psychology at Yale University and the director of The Comparative Cognition...

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman, PhD, Prof. Em. Daniel Kahneman is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International...

Alex Doman

Alex Doman

Alex Doman Alex Doman is an author and producer whose work is based on music effects research and principles of...

Don Campbell, PhD

Don Campbell, PhD

Don Campbell, Ph.D. Don Campbell is a leading lecturer and consultant to healthcare organizations as well as corporations and parenting...

Jerrold Seigel

Jerrold Seigel

Jerrold Seigel, PhD Jerrold Seigel is William R. Kenan Professor of History emeritus at NYU, where he has taught since...

Timothy Wilson

Timothy Wilson

Timothy Wilson, PhD Timothy D. Wilson is the Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and...

Roy Baumeister

Roy Baumeister

Roy Baumeister, PhD Roy Baumeister is Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology and head of the social psychology graduate program at...

Frances Kamm

Frances Kamm

Frances Kamm, PhD Frances M. Kamm is Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School...

David A. Jopling

David A. Jopling

David A. Jopling, DPhil David A. Jopling is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University, in Toronto,...

Alex Voorhoeve

Alex Voorhoeve

Alex Voorhoeve, PhD Alex Voorhoeve is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the London School of Economics. In 2008-09 he...

V. V. Raman

V. V. Raman

V. V. Raman, PhD V. V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology;...

Shaun Gallagher

Shaun Gallagher

Shaun Gallagher, PhD Shaun Gallagher is Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences at The University of Central Florida, where he...

Simon Critchley

Simon Critchley

Simon Critchley, PhD Simon Critchley is Chair and Professor of philosophy at The New School for Social Research. Critchley studied...

Nancey Murphy

Nancey Murphy

Nancey Murphy Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. She received her B.A. from...

Kenneth R. Miller

Kenneth R. Miller

Kenneth R. Miller Kenneth R. Miller is Professor of Biology at Brown University. He earned his Ph.D. in biology from...

John F. Haught

John F. Haught

John F. Haught John F. Haught is Senior Fellow, Science & Religion, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University. He was formerly...

Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller Lisa Miller is a senior editor at Newsweek. She oversees all of the magazine’s religion coverage and writes...

Norbert Wiley

Norbert Wiley

Norbert Wiley , PhD Norbert Wiley is professor emeritus of Sociology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, and was Visiting...

Raymond Martin

Raymond Martin

Raymond Martin, PhD Raymond Martin, Philosophy Department chair at Union College, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and...

Gerald Izenberg

Gerald Izenberg

Gerald Izenberg, PhD Gerald N. Izenberg is a professor of history at Washington University. Izenberg joined Washington University in 1976,...

Robert Hanna

Robert Hanna

Robert Hanna, PhD Robert Hanna is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his Ph.D....

Owen Flanagan

Owen Flanagan

Owen Flanagan, PhD Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He also holds appointments in...

Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom, PhD Paul Bloom is a professor of psychology at Yale University. His research explores how children and adults...

Steve Paulson

Steve Paulson

Steve Paulson Steven Paulson is the executive producer and an interviewer for To the Best of Our Knowledge, a radio...

Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett Krista Tippett is a journalist, former diplomat, and Peabody-award-winning broadcaster. As the creator and host of public radio’s...

Evan Thompson

Evan Thompson

Evan Thompson, PhD Evan Thompson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His areas of research are cognitive...

Thomas Metzinger

Thomas Metzinger

Thomas Metzinger, PhD Thomas Metzinger is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and an Adjunct Fellow at...

Pim van Lommel

Pim van Lommel

Pim van Lommel, MD Pim van Lommel, MD was born in 1943, graduated in 1971 at the University of Utrecht,...

David Chalmers

David Chalmers

David Chalmers, PhD David Chalmers is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at the Australian...

William Casebeer

William Casebeer

William D. Casebeer, Ph.D. Dr. Casebeer is a career intelligence analyst and Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force. He...

Donald W. Pfaff

Donald W. Pfaff

Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D. As head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at Rockefeller University, Dr. Pfaff uses neuroanatomical,...

Farhad Mechkat

Farhad Mechkat

Farhad Mechkat Farhad Mechkat is a critically acclaimed composer, conductor, and musical virtuoso who began his musical studies at the...

Bernard Gert

Bernard Gert

Bernard Gert, Ph.D. Dr. Bernard Gert is currently the Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College, and...

Martha J. Farah

Martha J. Farah

Martha J. Farah, Ph.D. Dr. Martha Farah is currently Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences and Director of the...

Maxwell R. Bennett

Maxwell R. Bennett

Maxwell R. Bennett, Ph.D. Dr. Bennett is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Sydney, and Scientific Director of the...

Leili Anvar

Leili Anvar

Leili Anvar, Ph.D. Dr. Leili Anvar is Professor in Persian Language and Literature at the Institut National des Langues et...

Parashkev Nachev

Parashkev Nachev

Parashkev Nachev, Ph.D. Dr. Parashkev Nachev is an Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Neurology at University College London, and...

Hanna Pickard

Hanna Pickard

Hanna Pickard, Ph.D. Hanna Pickard is a philosopher of mind and psychiatry at All Souls College, Oxford; and a therapist...

Ian Phillips

Ian Phillips

Ian Phillips, Ph.D. Ian Phillips is a Philosopher and Prize Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University. He works mainly...

John Hyman

John Hyman

John Hyman, Ph.D. John Hyman, Ph.D., is currently a Professor of Aesthetics and Senior Tutor at The Queen’s College, University...

Peter Hacker

Peter Hacker

Peter Hacker, Ph.D. Professor P.M.S. Hacker is currently Emeritus Research Fellow at Oxford University’s St. John’s College, where he had...

Richard Finn

Richard Finn

Richard Finn, OP Fr Richard Finn OP is a Dominican friar, and Regent (Head of House) at Blackfriars Hall since...

Martin Davies

Martin Davies

Martin Davies, Ph.D. Dr. Martin Davies is Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow...

Dennis McBride

Dennis McBride

Dennis McBride, Ph.D., MPA Dr. McBride is an affiliated professor at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute and the Georgetown...

Susan Schneider

Susan Schneider

Susan Schneider, Ph.D. Dr. Susan Schneider is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and...

Erik Parens

Erik Parens

Erik Parens, Ph.D. Dr. Erik Parens is a Senior Research Scholar at The Hastings Center, a nonpartisan research institution dedicated...

Jeffrey L. Krichmar

Jeffrey L. Krichmar

Jeffrey L. Krichmar, Ph.D. Jeffrey L. Krichmar is an assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University...

Layne Kalbfleisch

Layne Kalbfleisch

Layne Kalbfleisch, Ph.D. Layne Kalbfleisch, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at the College of Education and Human...

James Giordano

James Giordano

James Giordano, Ph.D. Dr. James Giordano is Samueli-Rockefeller Professor of Medicine and Neurosciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. and...

Kevin FitzGerald

Kevin FitzGerald

Kevin FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D. Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald is a Research Associate Professor in the Division of Biochemistry and Pharmacology of...

Sheri Alpert

Sheri Alpert

Sheri Alpert, M.A., M.P.A., Ph.D. Dr. Sheri Alpert is a Lecturer and Associate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center...

Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton, Ph. D. Roger Scruton, Ph. D. is currently Research Professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences where...

Esther M. Sternberg

Esther M. Sternberg

Esther M. Sternberg, M.D. Dr. Esther M. Sternberg received her M.D. and Rheumatology training at McGill University in Montreal, Canada...

Henry P. Stapp

Henry P. Stapp

Henry P. Stapp, Ph.D. Dr. Henry Stapp is a theoretical physicist at the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, specializing...

Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. is Research Psychiatrist at UCLA School of Medicine and a seminal thinker...

Christina M. Puchalski

Christina M. Puchalski

Christina M. Puchalski, M.D. Dr. Puchalski is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Health Care Sciences at...

Sam Parnia

Sam Parnia

Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, is one of the world’s leading experts on the scientific study of death, the state of...

Andrew B. Newberg

Andrew B. Newberg

Andrew B. Newberg, M.D. Dr. Andrew B. Newberg is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Psychiatry...

Hanifa D. Mezoui, Ph.D.

Hanifa D. Mezoui, Ph.D.

Hanifa D. Mezoui, Ph.D. A native of Algeria who has worked with the United Nations for the past 25 years,...

Bruce Greyson, M.D., Ph.D.

Bruce Greyson, M.D., Ph.D.

Bruce Greyson, M.D., Ph.D. Bruce Greyson is the Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Director of...

Ebrahim Elahi, M.D., FACS

Ebrahim Elahi, M.D., FACS

Ebrahim Elahi, M.D., FACS Dr. Ebrahim Elahi is an Associate Clinical Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in...

Elie During

Elie During

Elie During, Ph.D. Dr. Elie During is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris 10, Nanterre, and...

Mario Beauregard

Mario Beauregard

Mario Beauregard, Ph.D. Dr. Mario Beauregard is currently an Associate Researcher at the University of Montreal in the Departments of...