Writing
I write about psychedelics, science communication, public trust, and the places where research collides with real life.
Forthcoming · MIT Press · 2026
Psychedelics: The Essential Knowledge
A clear and definitive guide to the science, history, and culture of psychedelics for the current moment — without reverence, fear, or hype.
Selected Substack posts
Psychedelics, Wheat, and Rhizomes
What RFK Jr Gets Right About Vaccines
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience
I write new essays periodically on my Substack — on psychedelics, AI, science and society, and whatever else I'm thinking about.
Selected older work
LinkedIn
To Be Honest, I Feel Like I'm Failing at Being Brown
Nature
Scientists — reach across the aisle, Republicans could be back soon
The Guardian
Brexit is also a vote against the elitism in science
The Guardian
Science not just for scientists
The Guardian
Antibiotic resistance: sometimes knowledge is not enough
Financial Times
Spectrum sale can spur science revolution
The Times
Use 4G windfall to boost research
BBC News
Science 'critical for UK economic future'