Amanda Gregory is an opera singer, immersive experience designer, multimedia performer, sound artist, composer, and researcher.  Her career brings together art and science, exploring human potential and the nature of reality. With a background in both traditional and contemporary opera and knowledge in mathematical music, Gregory has developed a role in cross-disciplinary collaborations, leading to the creation of multisensory events.
She earned a Masters in Music from the Manhattan School of Music and works as a research associate at UCSB's META Lab.  She is also involved with UCSB’s Molecular Biology Lab and participates as a remote resident at the Santa Barbara Center for Arts, Science, and Technology (SBCAST).
     During her live performances, Gregory uses psychoacoustic effects such as binaural frequencies and EMDR. Her sound design, which intersects neurobiology and psychophysics, includes soundscapes inspired by nature and explores biomimicry, biorhythms, cymatic frequencies, synesthesia, and quantum potentialities. Gregory's projects often combine artistic data sonification with theoretical perspectives. Her work has been presented at various venues and events, such as the Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston), Lincoln Center, DWeb Camp, Google Launchpad, the Global Energy Conference,  Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat, NeuroLeadership Summit, Oculus Rift VR, Obscura Digital, Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, Design Science Studio, and the Google IO conference, where she premiered “Atlas of Emotions”, an immersive media project based on an online tool that was originally commissioned by the Dalai Lama and created by Drs. Paul & Eve Ekman to foster emotional awareness.  She has also performed at SWSW, MAPS, Lightning in a Bottle, Adobe’s Festival of the Impossible, the Awakened Futures Summit, the Science of Consciousness Conference, the Unified Planet on Earth Day for 15,000+ listeners, and in venues throughout Ibiza, Spain.  She recently performed the opening ceremony at the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s 40th anniversary event, the closing ceremony at the Neurotherapy Conference in Santa Barbara, the Synesthesia festival in Portugal, and the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s 40th Anniversary.
     Gregory is currently developing immersive audio-visual experiences to foster “open mindfulness”, in collaboration with UCSB’s Meta Lab, the Center for Human Potential, and SBCAST, this project aims to expand beyond traditional boundaries and open new dimensions of awareness. Her work and its impact in arts, science, and technology have been detailed in a feature by the Santa Barbara Independent.

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Jonathan Schooler

Jonathan Schooler, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara, Director of UCSB’s Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential, and Acting Director of the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1987 and then joined the psychology faculty of the University of Pittsburgh.  He moved to the University of British Columbia in 2004 as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Social Cognitive Science and joined the faculty at UCSB in 2007.  His research intersects philosophy and psychology, including the relationship between mindfulness and mind-wandering, theories of consciousness, the nature of creativity, and the impact of art on the mind.  Jonathan is a fellow of several psychology societies and the recipient of numerous grants from the US and Canadian governments and private foundations. His research has been featured on television shows including BBC Horizon and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, as well as in print media including the New York Times, the New Yorker, and Nature Magazine. With over 250 publications and more than 40,000 citations he is a five time recipient of the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science™  Highly Cited Researcher Award and is ranked by Academicinfluence.com among the 100 most influential cognitive psychologists in history.

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Scott Gregory

Scott Gregory is a videographer and installation artist, creating immersive video environments that invite viewers to slow down, move more intentionally, and feel themselves more.

Inspired by the movement of air and water, movement of slow growing things, and the movement of human beings.

He uses Touchdesigner, his library of nature footage, and live camera feeds to create digital backdrops, interactive visuals and projection mapping for events and installations.

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Tiff Thompson Ph.D., QEEGD, BCN, LMFT is a clinical neuroscientist, licensed psychotherapist, educator, quantitative EEG diplomte, and technologist. She is the founder and owner of the Santa Barbara clinic, NeuroField Neurotherapy, where she offers quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG)-based functional brain consulting to clinicians concerning markers associated with traumatic brain injuries and mental health status. She is the CEO and Founder of the School of Neurotherapy, an online and live education platform that hosts QEEG-D didactic training, EEG courses, neuromodulation training, and BCIA didactic training for Board Certification in Neurotherapy. She has worked in both neurology clinics and clinical settings, and has taught courses in Public Speaking, as well as Argumentation and Debate at the University of Maryland. Tiff has served as the Executive Director of the Western Association of Biofeedback and Neuroscience (formerly Biofeedback Society of California). She holds two Master’s degrees, as well as a PhD in Psychology; her dissertation was on the intersection between electroencephalography (EEG) and the psychodynamic model of the psychology.

Nick Dogris

Dr. Dogris has been in the mental health field since 1985. His first internship was working with children at Orange County Mental Health. He then attended Humboldt State University from 1988-1990 and did P300 EEG research that resulted in a thesis project. Dr. Dogris began working at College Hospital in Cerritos, California in 1990 working with adolescents and children. He then worked for Orange County Mental Health for two years working with the chronically mentally ill population. Dr. Dogris then worked again for College Hospital, Cerritos and Costa Mesa in the inpatient treatment facilities for a period of seven years working with children, adolescents and adults. Upon graduation from his PhD program in 1997, Dr. Dogris moved to Bishop, California and began working for Inyo County Mental Health. He also started a private Neurofeedback practice and was initially trained by Margaret Ayers. In 1997 Dr. Dogris began the R&D that would lead to the development of the NeuroField technology. NeuroField was opened and founded by Dr. Dogris and Brad Wiitala in 2008. Dr. Dogris is dedicated to the research and development of Neurofeedback technologies and has made multiple contributions to the field over the past 12 years. He is currently the CFO at NeuroField Neurotherapy in Santa Barbara, California, the Director of Neuroscience at FHE Health in Deerfield Beach, Florida and the CEO of NeuroField, Inc.

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Elan Rosenman

Elan Rosenman is a 3D audio engineer and experiential designer passionate about the power of sound as a tool for affecting human consciousness. Elan’s work explores the cross-pollination of ambisonic audio technology with sound healing modalities, biofeedback and the neuroscience of meditation. His experiential installations and programs for peak performance and stress management can be found used by Fortune 500 companies in the SF Bay Area and abroad. 

Following a decade in the music industry and radio production, Elan completed his studies in psychoacoustics and sound therapy at the Institute of Sound and Consciousness in San Francisco in 2008. After further coursework in digital audio production and mentorship by Dolby engineers, Elan went on to co-found Envelop, a 3D-audio production platform, studio and performance space in San Francisco. Elan's current venture, AudioElixir develops mobile, modular sound meditation rooms curated with immersive media and bio-responsive programs for wellness and transpersonal development. 

Other key roles in immersive audio have played valuable contributions among interactive immersive museums such as Onedome in SF and international touring fulldome shows such Mesmerica and Beautifica

Tim Mullen

Tim Mullen (BA, MS, PhD) is a neuroscientist, technologist, entrepreneur, and new media artist. He a founder of multiple technology companies, including Intheon which has pioneered a platform for AI-driven brain data analytics and neural interfacing. His scientific research over the last two decades on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) – at UC Berkeley, UCSD, Xerox PARC, and in collaboration with NASA, NSF, DARPA, ARL, and other organizations -- sits at the intersection of AI, neuroscience, and human-computer interaction. He has published over 50 scientific papers and book chapters, and his work has been featured on TED, BBC, Wired, Scientific American, National Geographic, and other media outlets. Tim also finds creative expression as a new media artist and musician. His interactive installations and performances, exhibited over the past fifteen years in North America and Europe, leverage emerging technologies to blur boundaries between mental and physical worlds. His work has explored themes of interpersonal resonance, emotional communication, ecopsychology and nature connectedness, causality and emergence in complex systems, and the concept of “audience as performer.” Tim is a Board Member of San Diego leading classical arts organization Mainly Mozart and founding Creative Director of its annual “Mozart & the Mind” festival exploring the impact of music on our brains, health, lives, and communities.

Alan Macy

Alan Macy is currently the Research and Development Director, past President and a founder of BIOPAC Systems, Inc.  He designs data collection and analysis systems, used by researchers in the life sciences, that help identify meaningful interpretations from signals produced by life processes.  Trained in electrical engineering and physiology, with over 30 years of product development experience, he is currently focusing on psychophysiology, emotional and motivational state measurements, magnetic resonance imaging and augmented/virtual reality implementations.  He presents in the areas of human-computer interfaces, electrophysiology, and telecommunications.  His recent research and artistic efforts explore ideas of human nervous system extension and the associated impacts upon perception.  As an applied science artist, he specializes in the creation of cybernated art, interactive sculpture and environments. 

Alan Macy is currently focusing on psychophysiology, emotional and motivational state measurements, magnetic resonance imaging and augmented/virtual reality implementations. His recent research and artistic efforts explore ideas of human nervous system extension and the associated impacts upon perception.  As an applied science artist, he specializes in the creation of cybernated art, interactive sculpture and environments. 

Alexis Crawshaw

Alexis Story Crawshaw, Ph.D., Ph.D. is a transdisciplinary composer, new media artist, vocalist, researcher, technologist, cognitive scientist, entrepreneur, pedagogue, and educator. She is a leading expert in somatic sound (and related spatial computing), infrasonic music, and multisensory XR. She has realized a variety of music-themed art installations and compositional projects across the US and France, particularly in the area of interactive somatic sound and XR, including several collaborations with the restaurant Barbareño as well as site-specific installations for the Fridman Gallery in New York; the Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science, and Technology; and the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord. She holds two doctorates: one from UCSB in Media Arts and Technology, and the other from Université Paris 8 in Music within “Aesthetics, Sciences and Technologies of Arts.” Her second dissertation introduces and outlines the subfield of somatic computer music. Recently, she helped co-launch the ASU California Center’s Haptics for Inclusion Lab and currently consults with the haptic chair company ShiftWave. She has lectured for digital arts courses at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and UCSB, and she has helped develop two original transdisciplinary pedagogical models at the university level. Currently, she is writing a new compositional handbook from transdisciplinary perspectives. 

www.alexisstorycrawshaw.com

Tristen Tyler Blake

Tristen is a software artist exploring the frontiers of generative art and machine intelligence, with a diverse background in nano-social network design, orchestrating AI hackathons, and research in LLM Security.

In 2016 he founded the Machine Learning Society and grew its membership to over 20k+ computational scientists worldwide. Tristen has hosted dozens of conferences, hackathons, and panels discussions at the intersections of Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Blockchain, Smart Cities, Behavioral Psychology and Ethics. In 2018 he launched the CO Network, a scientific network engineered to accelerate global innovations in Science, Technology and Culture.

Tristen has worked closely with ambitious Governments, Startups, Academic Institutions, Fortune 500 companies and thousands of scientists to act on solving the world's biggest social and technical challenges, and recently developed the project Computational Renaissance.

Currently, Tristen is dedicated to harnessing the power of semantic technologies and optimizing swarm intelligence, aiming to redefine the boundaries of digital expression and interaction. His work, a fusion of technology and artistry, invites audiences into an immersive exploration of the symbiosis between music, light, and machine intellect. 

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