Author: Eric Lonergan

Eric received his B.Sc. in neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked as a research assistant at a lab investigating the neural underpinnings of post-traumatic stress with functional imaging, and a lab investigating the antidepressant action of psychedelic substances with electrophysiology. Eric joined the Decision circuits Lab in 2022 as a fast-track Ph.D. fellow (Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin) and obtained his M.Sc. in Medical Neurosciences (Charité) in 2023, working on hallucination models in rodents. His research focuses on the neural and serotoninergic mechanisms underlying hallucinations. He is a lead project manager for a startup called the Patient Perspective Review, a platform that seeks to empower patient voices in psychiatric research by allowing them to express their priorities and concerns about clinical trials. He is an active member of the MIND Foundation philosophy section and was elected Co-speaker of the neuroscience section. He is also a member of the MIND Foundation's Participatory Advisory Council.