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Internationally recognized physiologist and neuroscientist, Dr. Robert E. Hampson, leads the multi-university team that was first to demonstrate restoration of human memory function using the brain’s own information codes. His forty-year scientific career has ranged from studying the effects of commonly abused drugs on memory, to the effects of space radiation on the brain. He is a popular speaker and advisor on memory and the brain, having been interviewed by BBC, CNN, NPR, BYU Radio, Financial Times, MIT Technology Review, and the Wall Street Journal. His work has also been featured in the documentary Life 2.0 (S1E8, Mastering Memory).

Dr. Hampson is lead scientist for Braingrade, Inc. a company working to transform his research findings into a medical device to restore human memory function damaged by injury or disease. He is also a professor of physiology/pharmacology and neurology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine where he teaches regularly in the neuroscience and biomedical graduate curriculum. He developed and teaches a course on Communicating Science, in which young scientists practice writing for, and speaking to, the general public. His research has been funded by NIH, NSF, DARPA, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Office, and private foundations. He has reviewed for more than two dozen scientific journals, NIH, NASA, the Department of Defense, and is an associate editor for the Journal of Neuroscience Methods.

Also known in Science Fiction circles as the “Speaker to Lab Animals,” Dr. Rob is a Hugo-nominated science writer with more than thirty essays, interviews, and talks on science for general audiences. As an SF author, he has published more than 25 short stories, co-edited two anthologies which combine hard science and science fiction, authored one prior novel, and co-authored three novels (with another due out this year). With a combination of science and science fiction credentials, he has been a consultant to TV and game producers, defense contractors, and more than dozen science fiction authors.

He is a well-regarded speaker and panelist at conventions spanning the range from science to science fiction and media, including LibertyCon, DragonCon, FenCon, and the Interstellar Research Group symposia. He is a member of SIGMA—the Science Fiction Think Tank—and the Science and Entertainment Exchange (a service of the National Academy of Sciences). His website is http://REHampson.com.


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