Sam Gandy

Articles by: Sam Gandy

Sam is a PhD ecologist, independent researcher and content writer. He has varied experience of working within the psychedelic field, including as a past scientific assistant to the director of the Beckley Foundation and as a research assistant with the Synthesis Institute. His work has also involved science communication, including as a senior science writer for Wavepaths, delivering presentations in association with Seed Talks, content writing for Double Blind, and delivering fungi cultivation workshops in association with the Psychedelic Society. A lifelong nature lover, he has a research interest in the capacity of psychedelics to influence human relationships with nature, and is a research collaborator with Onaya Science and the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London. Aside from an extra-curricular interest in psychedelics and human relationships with nature, he also has experience of working in the ecological field, having a strong interest in ecological restoration.
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