Faculty and Staff

Jim B. Tucker, M.D.

Director of DOPS, Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• children who report memories of previous lives
• nature of consciousness

Maggie Guggenheimer, M.A.

Administrative Director

Interests:

• nature of consciousness
• altered states
• mindfulness & meditation
• strategic planning
• organizational development

David Acunzo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• altered states
• hypnosis and suggestion
• neural correlates of psi experiences

Philip Cozzolino, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• near-death experiences
• children who report memories of previous lives
• psychological effects of mortality awareness
• out-of-body experiences

Ross Dunseath, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Research

Research Interests:

• biomedical instrumentation
• concurrent EEG and functional MRI brain imaging

Bruce Greyson, M.D.

Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• near-death experiences
• crisis apparitions
• death-bed visions

Edward F. Kelly, Ph.D.

Professor of Research

Research Interests:

• neurophysiological correlates of psi
• altered states of consciousness

Marieta Pehlivanova, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• near-death experiences
• children who report memories of previous lives
• after-death communication
• personality and cognitive correlates of psi experiences and beliefs

Kim Penberthy, Ph.D.

ABPP, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• altered states of consciousness
• mindfulness and health
• hospice experiences

Marina Weiler, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:

• altered states
• out-of-body experiences
• mediumship
• brain correlates of psi

Elliott Gish, Ph.D.

Research Specialist

Research Interests:

• nature of consciousness
• lucid dreaming
• altered states

Sue Ruddock, B.S.

Office Manager and Financial Administrator