Alex Belser, PhD
Alex Belser, PhD, is a clinical scientist, psychologist, and psychedelic researcher formerly at NYU and Yale University. His book, EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression (Oxford University Press), co-authored with Dr. Bill Brennan, offers a clinical guide to working with psychedelic medicines. He has taught in over a dozen psychedelic training programs about psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, and DMT therapies. Dr. Belser co-founded the NYU Psychedelic Research Group in 2006 and a non-profit psychedelic center called Nautilus Sanctuary. He served as the Chief Clinical Officer of Cybin, leading clinical teams in the US and Europe. His work has been featured in the media, with coverage in the New York Times, the Atlantic, The Guardian, Forbes, Rolling Stone, NPR, and in Michael Pollan's book, How to Change Your Mind. He studied at Georgetown, Cambridge, Columbia, NYU, and Yale. Belser has taught at Harvard Medical School, Yale University, UCLA, the Karolinska Institute, the University of Washington, NYU, CUNY, and the New York Academy of Medicine.
