Alex Kwan is a neuroscientist whose work is focused on the neurobiology of antidepressants. He is known for using sophisticated optical imaging methods to study how drugs such as ketamine and psilocybin modify the structure and function of brain circuitry. His research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals including Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, and Biological Psychiatry. He has a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University.
You can follow Alex on Twitter at @kwanalexc. For further reading, he and his colleagues have written an introduction to psychedelics, intended to be concise and accessible to everyone. Details of his research can be found on the website of his research lab.