Lukas Heinrich

Lukas is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Candidate in the INTEGRATE Doctoral Network. He is supervised by Dr. Michiel van Elk and Dr. Eiko Fried and investigates the methodological challenges underlying clinical psychedelic research.

Lukas completed his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and his Master’s degree in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University. During his Master’s, he became interested in the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive resilience and healthy brain aging. He subsequently worked for several years at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he conducted clinical research on neuroimaging markers of resilience to Alzheimer’s disease. His current PhD research aims to strengthen clinical psychedelic research by identifying and empirically evaluating methodological best practices.

Outside of work, he enjoys playing billiards and chess, as well as climbing and hiking.