Colin Domnauer graduated from UC Berkeley, where he completed his thesis investigating the use of the psychoactive plant vilca (Anadenanthera spp.) in pre-Columbian Andean cultures. He is now pursuing graduate research in mycology at the University of Utah.

Colin is a Bay Area, California native whose research focuses on unraveling the ethnomycological mystery of psychoactive bolete mushrooms. He held a lifelong interest in astronomy and earned an undergraduate degree in the field before turning his studies to the ethnobiology of psychoactive substances, having always felt drawn to explore the mind-bending wonders of nature. In his free time, he enjoys just about any outdoor activity with friends, most of all foraging for mushrooms.