Our Team

Consciousness is the only major phenomenon in biology with no shared measurement standard, no common dataset, and no institution built to produce either. The people below are assembling all three.

Leadership

Michael McCullough

Founder and CEO

Reid Hoffman

Co-Founding Advisor

Team Members

Anamaria Zamudio

Chief of Staff

Special Projects Manager

George Liu

Meet the Team Behind Mind Science Society

Juliet Katz

Student Fellow, University of Chicago
Isaac Meite

Student Fellow, Northwestern University
Mindy Huynh

Student Fellow, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Aaron Fernandes

Student Fellow, Stanford University

Our Ecosystem

Bo Shao

Co-Founder and Chairman of Evolve Ventures, Founder of Eachnet, dedicated to supporting initiatives that advance human well-being and conscious leadership.

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Laura Roberts

Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and a leading authority on ethics, mental health policy, and clinical psychiatry.

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Maryanna Saenko

Co-founder and Partner at Future Ventures, supporting frontier technologies that make the world a better place.

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Nichol Bradford

Co-Founder and Chairman of the Transformative Technology Lab, Founder and Partner of NIREMIA Collective, and a pioneer in the intersection of technology and human well-being

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Ed Boyden

Professor in Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, core member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the MIT Media Lab, trailbalzer in optogenetics and expansion microscopy

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Tom Kalil

Chief Innovation Officer at Schmidt Futures and former Deputy Director for Technology and Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and a driving force behind numerous national science and technology initiatives

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Gwill York

Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lighthouse Capital Partners, former Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Boston Museum of Science, extensive experience in financing early-stage technology and life sciences companies

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Juan Enriquez

Managing Director of Excel Venture Management, Co-founder of Biotechonomy, and one of the world’s leading experts on the applications and advantages of genomic research

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Tom Insel

Former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), co-founder of Mindstrong Health, and a pioneer in digital mental health technologies

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Scientists & Engineers

Sean Batir

Principal Tech Lead. AI, Quantum & Autonomy for National Security. Former USG Senior Executive

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Geoff Ling

Founding Director of DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office, a leading expert in neurotechnology; developing advanced medical technologies for brain injury and neuroprosthetics

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David Spiegel

Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, & Director of the Center on Stress and Health and the Center for Integrative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

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Paola Arlotta

Chair, Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Golub Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Associate Member, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute

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Eddie Chang

Chair and Professor of Neurosurgery at UCSF, restoring lost function to impaired patients through innovation in BCIs

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Maia Mosse

Concierge Primary Care Physician at The Village Doctor, expert in long-term brain health

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Michael Lim

Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, renowned for his pioneering work treating cancer

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Elissa Epel

Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry; Director of the Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions Center at UCSF, Author, expert in longevity and aging

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