Sam Gandy
authorEcological scientist with PhD from Aberdeen, amateur mycologist, researching psychedelics' capacity to reconnect humanity to nature.
Sam has a PhD in ecological science from the University of Aberdeen and an MRes in entomology from Imperial College London. He is a writer, speaker, amateur mycologist and has a lifelong love of nature and wildlife.
Sam has been fortunate enough to conduct field research in various parts of the world including the UK, Kefalonia, Almeria, Texas, the Peruvian Amazon, Vietnam and Ethiopia. He also has experience of working in the psychedelic field, as a past scientific assistant to the director of the Beckley Foundation, and currently as a collaborator with the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London.
His research is focussed on the capacity of psychedelics to (re)connect our increasingly disconnected species to nature, for the potential betterment of humanity and the biosphere at large.
DISPATCHES FROM SAM GANDY
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Mycoremediation - The application of fungi as pollutant busters
The beavers are back!
Shifting baseline syndrome
From contact to connection: cultivating a deeper relationship with nature
Build back beaver
Buzzing on biodiversity: how the quality of nature boosts our well-being
Beaver bombing
Eager for beavers: inspiration from Bavaria
Beaver on the brain
The lynx effect
Bison, boars, beavers and lynx: restore lost species to reinvigorate our world
Ecological restoration now
Psychedelics and nature connection
The rightful return of the beaver to Britain
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