Meet the Team
Co-founder, Host of Your Brain on Science
Alaina Jaster, PhD
Alaina Jaster is the co-founder of Psychedelic Brain Science and host of YBOS. She received her PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology from VCU, where she studied various psychedelics and their effects on rodent models of substance use disorders. She is now a postdoctoral scholar at Wayne State University. She is passionate about bridging the gap between clinical and preclinical research, and hopes to do that with scientific communication. Alaina loves to talk about everything and anything, even when unprompted. Follow her on twitter @JasterAlaina
Co-founder, Host of Your Brain Beyond Science
Zarmeen Zahid, PhD
Zarmeen Zahid is the co-founder of Psychedelic Brain Science and the host of YBBS. She received her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she studied psychedelics and neural plasticity using electrophysiology and psychopharmacology. She is now a postdoctoral scholar at Johns Hopkins University. As a Pakistani immigrant who landed in NYC she is passionate about discovering and exploring different perspectives on all things especially psychedelic science. Follow her on twitter @Zarmeen_Z