Professor David Nutt - Head of Centre
Professor David Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences. Professor Nutt broadcasts widely to the general public both on radio and television including BBC science and public affairs programmes on therapeutic as well as illicit drugs, their harms and their classification.
He also lectures widely to the public as well as to the scientific and medical communities. In 2010 The Times Eureka science magazine included him in the 100 most important figures in British Science, and the only psychiatrist.
Dr David Erritzoe - Deputy Head and Clinical Director of Centre
Dr David Erritzoe is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist at Imperial College & CNWL Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. His research focus is experimental psychopharmacology using brain-imaging techniques such as PET and MRI. He was trained in PET imaging at Columbia University in New York and later undertook a PhD at University Hospital Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. Since 2009 he has been involved in post-doc imaging research in the neurobiology of addictions and major depression at Imperial College. As clinical director in the Centre for Psychedelic Research, he investigates mechanisms and therapeutic potential of MDMA, ketamine and classic psychedelics together with the CPR team headed by Dr Carhart-Harris and Prof Nutt. In early 2021 David set up a new NHS-based psychopharmacology & psychedelic research clinic at St Charles Hospital in London, the CIPPRes Clinic.
Dr Robin Carhart-Harris - Founder, Visiting Professor
Dr Robin Carhart-Harris moved to Imperial College London in 2008 after obtaining a PhD in Psychopharmacology from the University of Bristol and an MA in Psychoanalysis from Brunel University. At Imperial, he has designed and/or carried out human brain imaging studies with a variety of psychedelic compounds, plus a clinical trial of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, and a current study comparing psilocybin with escitalopram for major depressive disorder.
In 2019, he set up the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, thanks to the generous support of its founders.
Research team
Dr Chris Timmermann
Dr Chris Timmermann
Research Associate
Dr Kate Godfrey
Dr Kate Godfrey
Research Associate
Dr Rayyan Zafar
Dr Rayyan Zafar
Research Associate
Dr Danielle Kurtin
Dr Danielle Kurtin
Research Associate
Dr Jonny Martell
Dr Jonny Martell
Lead Medic
Sara Reed
Sara Reed
Psychedelic Research Therapist
Dr Matt Wall
Dr Matt Wall
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Joseph Peill
Joseph Peill
Clinical Trial Manager
Claudio Agnorelli
Claudio Agnorelli
Research Assistant
Orla Mallon
Orla Mallon
Research Assistant
Lisa Luan
Lisa Luan
PhD Student
Hannes Kettner
Hannes Kettner
PhD Student
Julia Bornemann
Julia Bornemann
PhD Student
Hannah Douglass
Hannah Douglass
PhD Student
James Close
James Close
PhD student
Mark Sweeney
Mark Sweeney
PhD student
Sorcha O'Connor
Sorcha O'Connor
PhD Student
Tombaso Barba
Tombaso Barba
PhD student
Aleksandra Wingert
Aleksandra Wingert
Research assistant
Collaborators
Dr Louise Patterson
Dr Louise Patterson
Advanced Research Fellow
Dr Leor Roseman
Dr Leor Roseman
Senior Lecturer
Dr Kirran Ahmad
Dr Kirran Ahmad
Clinical Research Fellow Psychopharmacology
Dr Kyle Greenway
Dr Kyle Greenway
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Mendel Kaelen
Dr Mendel Kaelen
Collaborator
Amanda Feilding
Amanda Feilding
Founder and Director of the Beckley Foundation
Dr Lauren Macdonald
Dr Lauren Macdonald
Clinical Trial Doctor
Ashleigh Murphy-Beiner
Ashleigh Murphy-Beiner
Assistant Psychologist
Dr Pedro Castro Rodrigues
Dr Pedro Castro Rodrigues
Collaborator
Michelle Baker-Jones
Michelle Baker-Jones
Integrative relational therapist
Dr Fernando Rosas
Dr Fernando Rosas
Research Fellow
Dr Graham Campbell
Dr Graham Campbell
Study Psychiatrist – DMT for Depression Clinical Trial
Dr Roberta Murphy
Dr Roberta Murphy
Psilodep 2 - Study Psychiatrist
Gabriela Sawicka
Gabriela Sawicka
Honorary Research Assistant
Dr Meg Spriggs
Dr Meg Spriggs
Post Doc
Jennifer Danby
Jennifer Danby
Anorexia trial therapist
Dr Richard Zeifman
Dr Richard Zeifman
Dr Sam Gandy
Dr Sam Gandy
Collaborator
Dr Manesh Girn
Dr Manesh Girn
Kenneth Jønck
Kenneth Jønck
Software architect, Psychedelic Survey Tech Lead
Dr David Luke
Dr David Luke
Psychologist
Dr Frederico Magalhaes
Dr Frederico Magalhaes
Anorexia trial psychiatrist
Dr Tim Read
Dr Tim Read
Collaborator
Dr James Rucker
Dr James Rucker
Psychiatrist
Dr Enzo Tagliazucchi
Dr Enzo Tagliazucchi
Collaborator
Dr Malin Uthaug
Dr Malin Uthaug
Research Assistant