Melissa Warner

Melissa Warner is a multidisciplinary researcher, educator, technologist, and artist inspired by the intersection of neuroscience, contemplative science, extended reality, and psychedelic-therapy. As a Research Fellow at The Intangible Realities Laboratory and Swinburne University, she explores how altered states such as psychedelics, meditation and virtual reality can foster wisdom and well-being. In her role as Secretary of the research charity Psychedelic Research in Science and Medicine (PRISM), Melissa has supported Australia’s first clinical trials of psilocybin and MDMA.