The MIND Foundation envisions a healthier, more connected world through evidence-based, safe, and legal applications of the psychedelic experience.
We support and conduct high-quality psychedelic research.
We translate science into everyday language to support people in living healthy and meaningful lives.
We work with policymakers to create safe and legal environments for the psychedelic experience.
We train professionals and educate the public on psychedelic treatments, integration, evidence-based harm reduction, and human development.
We encourage communities to build beneficial, knowledge-based, and risk-aware attitudes around psychedelics.
The MIND Foundation is a European non-profit registered under German law (HRB 220247 B). Revenue from the MIND Academy cannot be extracted by individuals. It is fully used to support the organization’s public benefit purposes and reduce our dependence on donations for core activities – providing us and you with the opportunity to use donations for research and social projects.
At the MIND Foundation, we navigate the intersection of human development, mental health, and sustainability through a unique framework anchored in the concept of Bewusstseinskultur, or "culture of consciousness." This approach, developed by neurophilosopher Thomas Metzinger, blends critical thinking, meditation, and psychedelic practices into a practical ethos for individual and societal transformation.
In order to place psychedelics in the center of society, we strongly believed that we had to pursue the medical model, hence becoming a key partner in Europe’s largest psilocybin study for treatment resistant depression (TRD) and opening Germany’s first augmented psychotherapy clinic.
Now, our goal is to cultivate human flourishing by connecting psychological well-being with sociocultural progress. We use the UN's Sustainable Development Goals as lighthouses in our mission.*
*The content of this publication has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of the United Nations or its officials or Member States
To apply critical thinking, method and rigor in the attainment of knowledge and communication thereof
To create communities that can thrive and be helpful in supporting personal goals and those of the organization
To strive for such innovation that serves the common good in a sustainable manner
To act in accordance with principles such as honesty, sincerity, and accounting for discrepancies
To educate yourself and master your methods, tools, and instruments
To act in a way that preserves or increases your connection to nature and promotes the well-being of all living things
The MIND DEI Program is an initiative aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and community. It provides opportunities for individuals or groups who may face barriers to participation due to financial constraints, systemic inequalities, or other factors, to access our programs and services at discounted rates or with other forms of support. Through this program, we strive to create a more inclusive and accessible environment where everyone has equal opportunities to participate and benefit from our offerings.
We publish full reports on our organization, activities, finances, conferences, and more. We deeply believe in the importance of transparency as a core feature of integrity. You can find all of our reports on the page linked below. If the latest report isn't available yet, that means we are still working on it.
The MIND Foundation is comprised of a group of a diverse group of ambitious professionals from medicine, psychology, neuroscience, social sciences and others. We are passionate about bringing positive change into the world and believe in the ethics of the scientific methods and humanistic philosophy.
Dr. sc. hum. Henrik Jungaberle
Executive Director | Director of Human Development
Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Gründer
Scientific Advisor to the Board
Dr. med. Andrea Jungaberle
Director of Clinical Implementation
Dr. rer. nat. Max Wolff
Director of Research & Psychotherapy Training
Dr. Marvin Däumichen
Director of Network Development | Program Director INSIGHT Forum
Victor Jivanescu, M.Sc.
Director of Sustainability | Integration Facilitator
Marcin Gajewski
Head of Marketing and Creative Lead
Max de Rosnay
Strategy & Operations Manager
Hans Rutrecht, M.Sc.
Psychotherapy Training & Research Fellow
Felicitas Vallot
APT Program Manager
Inna Krylovetska
Events Manager
Hanna Brandt
APT Secretary
Simon Reichersdörfer
Program Director INSIGHT Forum
Wolfgang Almenritter
Accountant
Dr. Prateep Beed
Programs Associate & Neuroscience Section Advisor
Christopher Schmidt
PhD Student & Programs Associate
Marie Apollonia Reinitzhuber
APT Intern
Krystyna Van
Programs Intern
Luka Kemežytė
Communications Intern
Abi Plylar
Operations & Strategy Intern
If you are interested in becoming an intern or volunteer at MIND, you might want to check out the stories of people that we have worked with in the past.
Prof. Dr. Steven C. Hayes
Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Developer of Relational Frame Theory and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Prof. Dr. med. Franz X. Vollenweider
Professor, Medical Doctor and Director of Neuropsychopharmacology and Brain Imaging Unit in the Department for Psychiatry at University of Zürich
Prof. Dr. Harriet de Wit
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Isabel Dziobek
Head of Department of Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction and Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. David Nichols
Adjunct Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Medicinal Chemistry & Neuropharmacology
Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger
Neurophilosopher and Professor at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Boellinger
Psychotherapist | Professor Emeritus of Criminal Law and Criminology at University of Bremen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Schmitz
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Neuroscience Research Center at Charité Berlin, Spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure
Prof. Dr. Harry Sumnall
Professor in Substance Use at the Public Health Institute in Liverpool John Moores University
Prof. Dr. Enzo Tagliazucchi
Professor of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Director of CoCuCoLab
Dr. Nigel Strauss
Psychiatrist and Clinical Associate, Swinburne University Melbourne
Prof. Dr. Stephen Asma
Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, co-founder of the Research Group in Mind, Science and Culture
Prof. Dr. Sascha Fink
Junior Professor of Neurophilosophy at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kim Kuypers
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at Maastricht University
PD Dr. Marc Wittmann
Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Katrin Preller
Junior Group Leader at the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland | Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Chris Letheby
Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Australia, Perth | Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Margaret Ross
Senior Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist from Melbourne, Australia and Chief Principal Investigator for Australia's first psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy study
Dr. Paul Liknaitzky
Head of Clinical Psychedelic Research at Monash University
Dr. Martha Nari Havenith
Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Ernst-Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany. MIND Scientific Advisory Board Chair 2022
Dr. Christoph Bublitz
Legal Scholar at the University of Hamburg
Dr. Gül Dölen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Dirk Revenstorf
Professor for Clinical Psychology at the University Tübingen, Germany
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