ESPD 50

Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs

ESPD 50

SPEAKERS

Speakers and Recordings

Esteemed researchers interested in the confluence of psychoactive catalysts and global change were presented at ESPD55. Under the thoughtful curatorship of Dennis McKenna and the ESPD55 coordination team, a selection of the most well-respected researchers, together with emerging investigators, shared their most recent findings. Register and watch their recordings.

speakers & recordings

Christopher McCurdy

Christopher McCurdy

Medicinal Chemist

Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) as a potential therapy for opioid dependance.

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Dale Millard

Dale Millard

Naturalist

Broad spectrum roles of Harmine in Ayahuasca.

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David E. Nichols

David E. Nichols

Ethnopharmacologist

"From “There” to “Here”"

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Dennis McKenna

Dennis McKenna

Ethnopharmacologist

Ethnopharmacology meets the receptorome – Bioprospecting for psychotherapeutic drugs in the Amazon rain forest

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Dennis McKenna

Dennis McKenna

Ethnopharmacologist

What a long, strange trip it’s been: Reflections on the Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs 1967-2017

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Eduardo Luna

Eduardo Luna

Anthropologist

Ayahuasca, a powerful epistemological wildcard in a complex, fascinating and dangerous world.

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Evgenia Fotiou

Evgenia Fotiou

Anthropologist

Plant use and shamanic dietas in contemporary Ayahuasca shamanism in Peru.

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Glenn Shepard

Glenn Shepard

Ethnopharmacologist

Substance, soul and sensation in Amazonian shamanism.

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Jean François Sobiecki

Jean François Sobiecki

Ethnobotanist

Psychoactive Initiation Plant Medicines: Their Role in the Healing and Learning Process of South African and Upper Amazonian Traditional Healers.

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Jeanmaire Molina

Jeanmaire Molina

Associate Professor

Phylogenetic analysis of traditional medicinal plants: discovering new drug sources from patterns of cultural convergence.

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Jerry D. Patchen

Jerry D. Patchen

Attorney

Reflections on the Peyote Road with the Native American Church – Visions & Cosmology

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Keeper Trout

Keeper Trout

Author

Mescal, peyote and the red bean; a peculiar conceptual collision in early modern ethnobotany.

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Kenneth Alper

Kenneth Alper

Associate Professor

The Ibogaine Project: Urban ethnomedicine for opioid use disorder.

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Manuel Torres

Manuel Torres

Professor Emeritus

The origins of the ayahuasca/yagé concept. An inquiry into the synergy between DMT and ß carbolines.

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Mark Plotkin

Mark Plotkin

Ethnopharmacologist

New Medicines from the Rainforest – Where are They?

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Michael Heinrich

Michael Heinrich

Professor of Ethnopharmacology

Ethnopharmacology – from Mexican hallucinogens to a global transdisciplinary science.

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Nigel Gericke

Nigel Gericke

Medical Doctor

Kabbo’s !kwaiń Sceletium species – The past, present and future of Kanna.

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Snu Voogelbreinder

Snu Voogelbreinder

Ethnobotanist

Psychoactive Acacia Spp. In Australia & Their Alkaloids.

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Stacy B. Schaeffer

Stacy B. Schaeffer

Professor Emerita

Fertile Grounds? Peyote and the Human Reproductive System.

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Stephen Szára

Stephen Szára

A Scientist Looks at the Hippies.

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