Mind and Life Fellows are a selected group of distinguished scientists, scholars, and contemplative practitioners who support the Mind and Life mission and strategy by advising on strategy and programs, responding to open comment periods and planning and participating in Mind and Life activities. The term is three years, subject to Board review. Mind and Life Fellows are selected from current and past board members, Mind and Life meeting speakers and panelists, Mind and Life Summer Research Institute faculty, Mind and Life planning committee members, Core members of MLERN (Mind and Life Education Research Network) and those who have received Mind and Life research funding. Members are chosen from the following areas with respect for gender and ethnic diversity:
- Basic Science
- Clinical Science
- Social Science
- Humanities
- Contemplative Scholar
- Contemplative Practitioner
- Collaborative Leadership
List of Fellows
Adam Anderson, PhD
University of Toronto
Joanna Arch, PhD
University of Colorado-Boulder
Anthony Back, MD
University of Washington
Larry Barsalou, PhD
Emory University
Dan Batson, PhD
University of Kansas
Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Virginia
Peter Baumann
The Baumann Foundation
Michel Bitbol
École Polytechnique
Bhikku Bodhi, PhD
The Bodhi Monastery
Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, PhD
West Virginia University
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
Yale University
Willoughby Britton, PhD
Brown University
John Canti, MA, MB, BChir
Linda Carlson, PhD
Univeristy of Calgary
Ram-Prasad Chakravarthi, DPhil
Lancaster University
Khen Rinpoche Jangchup Choeden
Gaden Shartse Monastery
George P. Chrousos, MD
University of Athens Medical School
Dekila Chungyalpa, MA
World Wildlife Fund
J. David Creswell, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
Geshe Dorji Damdul
Tibet House
Richard Davidson, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sona Dimidjian, PhD
University of Colorado
James R. Doty, MD
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Stanford University
Andrew Dreitcer, PhD
Claremont School of Theology
Georges Dreyfus, PhD
Williams College
John Dunne, PhD
Emory University
Jacque Eccles, PhD
Univeristy of Michigan
Stuart Eisendrath, MD
Unversity of California-San Francisco
Paul Ekman, PhD
Paul Ekman Group (PEG) LLC
University of California-San Francisco
Adam Engle, JD
Mind & Life Institute
Elissah Eppel, PhD
Unversity of California-San Francisco
Norman Farb, PhD
University of Toronto
Ernst Fehr, PhD
University of Zürich
Brent Field, PhD
Princeton University
Wulstan Fletcher
Tsadra Foundation
Barbara Fredrickson, PhD
University of North Carolina
David Fresco, PhD
Kent State University
Rahul Garg, PhD
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Eric Garland, PhD
Florida State University College of Social Work
Rip Gellein, MBA
Mind & Life Institute
Rupert Gethin, PhD
University of Bristol
Philippe Goldin, PhD
Stanford University
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society
Daniel Goleman, PhD
Author, Psychologist
Sherryl Goodman, PhD
Emory University
Marcia Grabowecky, PhD
Northwestern University
Mark Greenberg, PhD
Pennsylvania State University
Joan Halifax, PhD, Roshi
Upaya Zen Center
Bill Harbaugh, PhD
University of Oregon
Anne Harrington, PhD
Harvard University
Zara Houshmand
Mind & Life Institute
Carolyn Jacobs, PhD
Smith School of Social Work
Patricia Jennings, PhD
Pennsylvania State University
Amishi Jha, PhD
University of Miami
Thupten Jinpa, PhD, Geshe
Institute for Tibetan Classics
McGill University
Bryce Johnson, PhD
Exploratorium
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Rajesh Kasturirangan, PhD
National Institute of Advanced Studies, India
Al Kaszniak, PhD
University of Arizona
Catherine Kerr, PhD
Brown University
Anne Klein, PhD
Rice University
Christoff Koch, PhD
California Institute of Technology
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Jack Kornfield, PhD
Insight Meditation Society
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Linda Lantieri, MA
Inner Resilience Program
Richard Layard, PhD
London School of Economics
Geshe Lhakdor
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Diana Liverman, PhD
University of Arizona
Antoine Lutz, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Richard Maddock, MD
University of California-Davis
Sara McClintock, PhD
Emory University
Sallie McFague, PhD
Vancouver School of Theology
David McMahan, PhD
Franklin & Marshall College
David E. Meyer, PhD
University of Michigan
Donald Morrison, MBA
Research in Motion
Yoshio Nakamura, PhD
University of Utah
Geshe Dadul Namgyal
Emory University
Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD
Emory University
Lis Nielsen, PhD
National Institute of Aging
Gregory Norris, PhD
Harvard University
Giuseppe Pagnoni, PhD
Emory University
Ken Paller, PhD
Northwestern University
Clare Palmer, DPhil
Texas A&M University
Charles Raison, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, PhD
Center for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science
Matthieu Ricard, PhD
Shechen Monastery
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Pundarika Foundation
Robert Roeser, PhD
Portland State University
Erika Rosenberg, PhD
University of California-Davis
Harold Roth, PhD
Brown University
Bunker Roy
Barefoot College
Baljinder Sahdra, PhD
University of Western Sydney
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society
Ngawang Samten, Geshe
Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies
Saki Santorelli, EdD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Cliff Saron, PhD
University of California–Davis
Zindel Segal, PhD
University of Toronto
Bennett Shapiro, PhD
Merck Research Laboratories, (Retired)
Joan Silk, PhD
University of California-Los Angeles
Tania Singer, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
Michael Spezio, PhD
California Institute of Technology
Aaron Stern
Academy for the Love of Learning
P.N. Tandon, PhD
National Brain Research Centre, India
Evan Thompson, PhD
University of Toronto
Hillary Tindle, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Rebecca Todd, PhD
University of Toronto
John Tresch, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Jeanne Tsai, PhD
Stanford University
David Vago, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Martijn van Beek
University of Aarhus
B. Alan Wallace, PhD
Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies
Peter Wayne, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Helen Weng, PhD (candidate)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Carol Worthman, PhD
Emory University
Arthur Zajonc, PhD
Amherst College
Phil Zelazo, PhD
University of Minnesota
