Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD

Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Founding Director, UCSF Neuroscape Psychedelics Division


A renowned leader in neuroscience research, Dr. Carhart-Harris is the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at UCSF. Previously, he led the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London. He has designed a number of functional brain imaging studies with psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, and DMT and completed multiple clinical trials of psilocybin for depression. Dr. Carhart-Harris is one of the most cited researchers in the world in psychedelic science, helping to elucidate the neural and biochemical underpinnings of psychedelic molecules and their therapeutic effects.