Past Lectures
Selected Invited Colloquia
2013
Brain, Mind and Consciousness Society, University of California, Santa Cruz
Mind, life, and interconnectivity
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley
Thinking out of the box in biology and brain science
2012
Brain Mind and Consciousness Society, University of California, Santa Cruz
Consciousness: from science to soul
Berkeley City College Science Seminar Series
What neuroscience says about the mystery of human consciousness
California Cognitive Science Conference, UC Berkeley
Is cognitive science poised for a true scientific revolution in the study of mind?
Ligmincha Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia
Taking the Buddhism-science conversation to the next level
2011
Learn It, Live It Sustainability Lecture, UC Berkeley
This is your brain on fossil fuel
Science and Nonduality Conference, San Rafael, California
Psychedelic medicines and the neuroscience of consciousness
Staff Education Lecture, UC Berkeley Student Health Center
Teaching about Drugs and the Brain at UC Berkeley
Society for Asian Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Weaving a dialogue between Buddhism and science
Tamalpais High School Parent-Teacher Association, Mill Valley, California
Drug use and adolescence
Staff Education Lecture, Botanical Garden, UC Berkeley
Medicinal plants in human history
2010
Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley
Anomalous psychological phenomena: relevance to clinical issues and to the neuroscience of mind
Science @ Cal Lecture Series, UC Berkeley
What can neurobiology say about mind and consciousness?
Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, and Ligmincha Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia
New directions in the dialogue between Buddhism and science
Grand Rounds, Sonoma County Department of Mental Health Services, Santa Rosa, California
Pharmacologic treatment of psychosis: history and recent developments
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California
New clinical research with psychedelic drugs
2009
Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Psychedelic medicines: some history and current research
Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Quantum mechanics and mental phenomena
Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai
History and current neurochemical research concerning psychiatric medications
Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley
Drug information and the internet
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley
Brain science in the 21st century
2008
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Public Lecture Series, UC Berkeley
Brain, mind, consciousness
Science Cafe Community Education Event, San Francisco
Drug information and education
2007
Marin County Psychotherapy Association, California
Neurobiology, mind, and psychotherapy
Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley
Neuroscience and consciousness
University of California San Francisco Medical School, Brain Interest Group
Neuroscience and consciousness
Grand Rounds, Sonoma County Department of Mental Health Services, Santa Rosa, California
What can contemporary neuroscience say about consciousness?
Conference on Death and Dying: Scientific and Buddhist Perspectives, La Salle Medical University, Mexico City
Neurobiology, consciousness, death, and near-death
International Conference on Buddhism and Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Neurobiology and consciousness
Ask-A-Scientist Community Education Event, San Francisco
The mind-brain connection
2006
Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, UC Berkeley
Toward a revolution in the mind sciences
California Society of Addiction Medicine State of the Art Conference, San Francisco
Neurobiology of addiction
Grand Rounds, Sonoma County Department of Mental Health Services, Santa Rosa, California
New directions in mind science
2005
Exploratorium Museum of Science, San Francisco
Dramatic art, genetics, and brain science
Grand Rounds, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Rosa, California
Neurobiology of addiction
Unselt Lecture, Botanical Garden, UC Berkeley
This is your brain on plants
Ask-A-Scientist Community Education Event, San Francisco
Mind, brain, and consciousness
2004
Grand Rounds, Sonoma County Department of Mental Health Services, Santa Rosa, California
Neurobiology of addiction
Berkeley Art Museum, UC Berkeley
The dialogue between Buddhism and brain science
2003
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Western Region Health Care Meeting, Reno, Nevada
Cannabis use in veterans having combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
Grand Rounds, Sonoma County Department of Mental Health Services, Santa Rosa, California
Neurobiology of addiction
2001
California Society of Addiction Medicine State of the Art Conference, Los Angeles
History and pharmacology of MDMA
American Society of Addiction Medicine National Meeting, Los Angeles
Chemistry and behavioral effects of club drugs
1999
International Conference on Yoga Research, Bangalore, India
Brain chemistry and ananda
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC
What's new in the pharmacology of illicit drugs?
1998
Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto, California
Neurobiology of reward
1997
Medical Grand Rounds, Department of Veterans Affiars Medical Center, San Francisco
Marijuana: medical, psychological, and neurobiological aspects
1996
Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Department of Veterans Affiars Medical Center, San Francisco
The internet, education, and drug information
1995
California Society of Addiction Medicine State of the Art Conference, Los Angeles
New clinical research with schedule one drugs