Eduardo Schenberg, Ph.D

Eduardo Schenberg is General Director at Instituto Plantando Consciência, a non-profit dedicated to studies about consciousness in its many different aspects, from neuroscience to the noosphere. Holds a bachelor degree in biomedical science and a Master’s in psychopharmacology (UNIFESP 1999-2005) and a PhD in neuroscience (USP, 2006-2010). Since his post/doctoral studies (UNIFESP and Imperial College London) he started research about the effects of psychedelic substances like LSD and ayahuasca in the human brain; and about the salutary aspects and therapeutic potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. Current projects include treatment for drug dependence with ibogaine and for PTSD with MDMA-assisted psytchotherapy, all done in professional therapeutic contexts following ethic principles. He is currently studying transpersonal psychology in the Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) in order to certify as a facilitator in Holotropic Breathwork. He is a member of the Brasilian Society for Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC) and of Núcleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre Psicoativos (NEIP).