Prof. Kevin Nelson
Raised along the shore of Lake Michigan, Dr. Kevin Nelson attended Michigan State University before entering the University of Michigan Medical School. Afterwards he trained in Neurology and neurophysiology at the University of New Mexico, then joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky where Professor Nelson practices clinical neurology and neurophysiology, studying the brain processes of spiritual experience for more than 45 years. Dr. Nelson recently retired as University of Kentucky Chief of Medical Staff, overseeing the medical and surgical practices of 2,000 physicians and various clinicians. He has served in many leadership positions of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the foremost national society devoted to the research and practice of neuromuscular medicine. Dr. Nelson’s book, “The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain” was praised by neurologist Oliver Sacks as “A landmark in our understanding of human nature”.
PhD Michael Nahm
Michael Nahm is biologist and research associate at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) in Freiburg, Germany. His research interests focus on under-researched and unconventional phenomena in frontier areas of the sciences of life. These include anomalies of consciousness research, such as near-death experiences, coma experience, terminal lucidity, and other end-of-life experiences. Further interests concern philosophical implications of these fringe phenomena and open questions of (evolutionary) biology. Nahm has published five monographs and more than 100 articles on these subjects.
PhD Marieta Pehlivanova
Marieta Pehlivanova is a Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences within the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Marieta holds a PhD in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from American University. Before transitioning to her current academic research career, Dr. Pehlivanova pursued a career as a biostatistician in a medical research non-profit organization. Her research at the University of Virginia primarily focuses on near-death experiences and children’s reports of purported past-life memories. She is interested in various aspects of these experiences, including cognitive, personality, and genetic factors contributing to their occurrence, veridical perceptions reported by experiencers, their impact on individuals, cross-cultural comparisons, and the development of support resources within healthcare settings for those who have such experiences.
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