Dr. Chris Timmermann
Neuroscientist & Psychologist
Co-director, UCL Centre for Consciousness, Meditation, and Psychedelics (CMAP)
I'm a neuroscientist and psychologist exploring how psychedelics and meditation transform the mind, studying the brain science of non-ordinary consciousness to deepen our understanding of human experience and inform new approaches to mental health.
Live course
Unlocking The Psychedelic Mind
Sep 28 – Dec 8, 2026Live online (Zoom)Live online in English
The course draws directly on my research, covering the neuroscience and phenomenology of psychedelics, their intersection with meditation and consciousness, and the specific compounds my lab has focused on: DMT and 5-MeO-DMT.
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Nature: Can Psychedelics Uncover the Secrets of Consciousness?
A documentary exploring my research on psychedelics and consciousness.
Reputation & coverage
My career spans over 70 research articles and 7,000+ citations in journals including PNAS, Nature Medicine, and Trends in Cognitive Sciences, with work covered by The New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, and Wired. I led the DMT Research Group at Imperial College London (which pioneered brain imaging research with psychedelics in the 2010s) and now co-direct the UCL Centre for Consciousness, Meditation, and Psychedelics (CMAP) with Prof. Jeremy Skipper.