A small team, supported by an advisory board of scientists, scholars, and professionals committed to the rigorous evaluation of brain preservation.
Kenneth HayworthCo-founder of the BPF; neuroscientist specialising in connectomics and electron microscopy. Also serves on the Board of Directors.
Ariel Zeleznikow-JohnstonNeuroscientist and author working on memory, consciousness, and the science and ethics of brain preservation.
John SmartCo-founder of the BPF; futurist and author. Also serves on the Board of Directors.
Leads day-to-day operations and program delivery for the Foundation.
Oge NnadiLeads the Foundation's technology, infrastructure, and digital presence.
Jacob DiMareMember of the BPF Board of Directors.
BPF advisors are accomplished, high-integrity professionals committed to the thorough scientific evaluation of brain preservation. Many are constructive skeptics. Each advises in a personal capacity; their views are their own and not necessarily those of the Foundation, and they may leave the board at any time.
Jacopo AnneseInstitute for Brain and Society
Daniel BerleantPhD — Information Science, UALR
Susan BlackmorePhD — Psychologist & author
Jim BlascovichPhD — UC Santa Barbara
Andrew BlelochPhD — Microscopy
Robert L. BlumMD, PhD — Stanford (affiliate)
David BrinPhD — Physicist & author
Michael CerulloMD — Psychiatrist, Cincinnati Inst. for Cognitive Science
David ChalmersPhD — Philosophy, NYU
Michael ChorostPhD — Author
Andy ClarkPhD — University of Edinburgh
Jose CordeiroMBA, PhD — Singularity University
Daniel CrevierPhD — Author & entrepreneur
David DalrympleMS — Researcher
Richard DoylePhD — Penn State University
David EaglemanPhD — Neuroscientist & author
Michael P. Eddy
Chris EliasmithPhD — University of Waterloo
Navid Farahani
Robert A. Freitas Jr.JD — Inst. for Molecular Manufacturing
Dileep GeorgePhD — Co-founder, Vicarious
James GiordanoPhD — Neuroethics, Georgetown UMC
Linda MacDonald GlennJD — Bioethicist & attorney
Ben GoertzelPhD — Artificial intelligence researcher
Peter HankinsAuthor, Conscious Entities
Robin HansonPhD — Economics, George Mason University
Steven HarrisMD — Life Extension Foundation SAB
John-Dylan HaynesPhD — Bernstein Center, Berlin
Rudi HoffmanCFP — Financial planner
Todd HuffmanMS — CEO, 3Scan
James HughesPhD — Inst. for Ethics & Emerging Technologies
Shella KeilholzPhD — Emory University School of Medicine
Bruce KatzPhD — Drexel University
Randal KoenePhD — Co-founder, Carboncopies
Eugen LeitlMS — Researcher & developer
Nicolás F. LoriPhD — University of Coimbra
Stephen MacknikPhD — SUNY Downstate
João de MagalhãesPhD — University of Liverpool
Susana Martinez-CondePhD — SUNY Downstate
John MauldinAuthor & financial commentator
Francesca MinervaPhD — Philosopher & bioethicist
Read MontaguePhD — Virginia Tech
Charles B. OlsonMS — Author
Peter PassaroDPhil — University of Sussex
Giulio PriscoPhysicist & writer
Thomas RamsøyPhD — Neuroscience & decision-making
Anders SandbergPhD — Computational neuroscience
Juergen SchmidhuberPhD — AI / deep learning, IDSIA
Susan SchneiderPhilosophy & cognitive science
Sebastian SeungPhD — Princeton University
Nicholas ShackelPhD — Cardiff University
Michael ShermerPhD — Founder, The Skeptics Society
Paul Spiegel
Olaf SpornsPhD — Indiana University
Gregory StockPhD — Author & biotech entrepreneur
Robert TercekFellow, Royal Society of Arts
Peter ThomasPhD — Licensed psychologist
Erik ViirreMD, PhD — UC San Diego
Mark WalkerPhilosophy, New Mexico State University
Keith WileyPhD — Computer science
Saar WilfEntrepreneur & Brain Preservation Prize funder
Alex Wissner-GrossPhD — Scientist, inventor & investor
Alan S. Ziegler
In memoriam. We remember with gratitude our late advisors Leslie Stephen Coles, Craig Holden, David Kekich, and Marshall Brain.
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