People

Professor David Nutt - Head of Centre

Professor David Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences. Professor Nutt broadcasts widely to the general public both on radio and television including BBC science and public affairs programmes on therapeutic as well as illicit drugs, their harms and their classification.

He also lectures widely to the public as well as to the scientific and medical communities. In 2010 The Times Eureka science magazine included him in the 100 most important figures in British Science, and the only psychiatrist.

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Dr David Erritzoe - Deputy Head and Clinical Director of Centre

Dr David Erritzoe is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist at Imperial College & CNWL Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. His research focus is experimental psychopharmacology using brain-imaging techniques such as PET and MRI. He was trained in PET imaging at Columbia University in New York and later undertook a PhD at University Hospital Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. Since 2009 he has been involved in post-doc imaging research in the neurobiology of addictions and major depression at Imperial College. As clinical director in the Centre for Psychedelic Research, he investigates mechanisms and therapeutic potential of MDMA, ketamine and classic psychedelics together with the CPR team headed by Dr Carhart-Harris and Prof Nutt. In early 2021 David set up a new NHS-based psychopharmacology & psychedelic research clinic at St Charles Hospital in London, the CIPPRes Clinic.

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Dr Robin Carhart-Harris - Founder, Visiting Professor

Dr Robin Carhart-Harris moved to Imperial College London in 2008 after obtaining a PhD in Psychopharmacology from the University of Bristol and an MA in Psychoanalysis from Brunel University. At Imperial, he has designed and/or carried out human brain imaging studies with a variety of psychedelic compounds, plus a clinical trial of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, and a current study comparing psilocybin with escitalopram for major depressive disorder.

In 2019, he set up the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, thanks to the generous support of its founders.

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Dr Leor Roseman
Post Doc

Dr Chris Timmermann
Post Doc

Dr Brandon Weiss
Post Doc

Dr Kate Godfrey
Post Doc

Dr Balázs Szigeti
Research Associate

Dr Matt Wall
Honorary Senior Lecturer

Dr Kirran Ahmad
Clinical Research Fellow Psychopharmacology

Dr Lauren Macdonald
Clinical Trial Doctor

Dr Roberta Murphy
Psilodep 2 - Study Psychiatrist

Ashleigh Murphy-Beiner
Psilodep 2 - Assistant Psychologist

Joseph Peill
Clinical Trial Manager

Sara Reed
Psychedelic Research Therapist

Claudio Agnorelli
Research Assistant

Tommaso Barba
PhD student

Julia Bornemann
PhD Student

Katerina Buglova
Centre Operations Manager

James Close
PhD student

Hannah Douglass
PhD Student

Hannes Kettner
PhD Student

Lisa Luan
PhD Student

Dr Jonny Martell
Psilodep 2 - Study Psychiatrist

Sorcha O'Connor
PhD candidate

Dr Tim Read
Collaborator

Gabriela Sawicka
Research assistant

Mark Sweeney
PhD student

Aleksandra Wingert
Research assistant

Rayyan Zafar
PhD Student

Dr Taylor Lyons
Honorary Research Associate

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Dr Fernando Rosas
Research Fellow

Dr Meg Spriggs
Post Doc

Dr Louise Patterson
Research Fellow

Dr Kyle Greenway
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow

Dr Richard Zeifman

Dr Manesh Girn

Amanda Feilding
Founder and Director of the Beckley Foundation

Dr Ben Sessa
Psychiatrist

Michelle Baker-Jones
Integrative relational therapist

Dr Graham Campbell
Study Psychiatrist – DMT for Depression Clinical Trial

Jennifer Danby
Anorexia trial therapist

Dr Luigi Espasiano
Medical Doctor

Dr Sam Gandy
Collaborator

Bruna Giribaldi
Clinical Trial Manager

Kenneth Jønck
Software architect, Psychedelic Survey Tech Lead

Dr Mendel Kaelen
Collaborator

Laura Kartner
PhD student

Dr David Luke
Psychologist

Dr Frederico Magalhaes
Anorexia trial psychiatrist

Associate Professor Rebecca Park
Anorexia trial collaborator

Dr Pedro Castro Rodrigues
Collaborator

Dr James Rucker
Psychiatrist

Eduardo Schoenberg
Collaborator

Dr Enzo Tagliazucchi
Collaborator

Dr Malin Uthaug
Research Assistant

Dr Rosalind Watts
Psilodep 2 - Clinical Lead

People

Professor David Nutt - Head of Centre

Dr David Erritzoe - Deputy Head and Clinical Director of Centre

Dr Robin Carhart-Harris - Founder, Visiting Professor

Research team

Dr Leor Roseman

Dr Chris Timmermann

Dr Brandon Weiss

Dr Kate Godfrey

Dr Balázs Szigeti

Dr Matt Wall

Dr Kirran Ahmad

Dr Lauren Macdonald

Dr Roberta Murphy

Ashleigh Murphy-Beiner

Joseph Peill

Sara Reed

Claudio Agnorelli

Tommaso Barba

Julia Bornemann

Katerina Buglova

James Close

Hannah Douglass

Hannes Kettner

Lisa Luan

Dr Jonny Martell

Sorcha O'Connor

Dr Tim Read

Gabriela Sawicka

Mark Sweeney

Aleksandra Wingert

Rayyan Zafar

Dr Taylor Lyons

Collaborators

Dr Fernando Rosas

Dr Meg Spriggs

Dr Louise Patterson

Dr Kyle Greenway

Dr Richard Zeifman

Dr Manesh Girn

Amanda Feilding

Dr Ben Sessa

Michelle Baker-Jones

Dr Graham Campbell

Jennifer Danby

Dr Luigi Espasiano

Dr Sam Gandy

Bruna Giribaldi

Kenneth Jønck

Dr Mendel Kaelen

Laura Kartner

Dr David Luke

Dr Frederico Magalhaes

Associate Professor Rebecca Park

Dr Pedro Castro Rodrigues

Dr James Rucker

Eduardo Schoenberg

Dr Enzo Tagliazucchi

Dr Malin Uthaug

Dr Rosalind Watts