Scientific Review
Every BrainMatter article that touches clinical, neuroscientific, or technical territory is reviewed by an independent PhD researcher in the relevant discipline before publication. Reviewers verify that each claim is consistent with the peer-reviewed literature it cites.
Editor-in-Chief
Founder, BrainMatter Editorial
Founder of BrainMatter, with two decades of work at the intersection of biotechnology, longevity science, and intelligence research. Oversees editorial standards and source review across every BrainMatter article.
Reviewer - Cognitive Neuroscience
PhD Cognitive Neuroscience; postdoctoral training in functional connectomics
Reviews BrainMatter coverage of brain structure, functional networks, and the neural basis of cognition. Verifies claims against PubMed, NeuroImage, and Nature Neuroscience.
Reviewer - Machine Learning
PhD Computer Science (Machine Learning); former research scientist at a frontier AI lab
Reviews BrainMatter coverage of deep learning, large language models, and evaluation benchmarks. Verifies technical claims against arXiv preprints and NeurIPS / ICML proceedings.
Reviewer - Clinical Neurology
MD PhD; board-certified neurologist; clinical researcher in neuromodulation
Reviews BrainMatter coverage of brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation, and clinical neurotechnology. Verifies clinical claims against NEJM, JAMA Neurology, and FDA filings.
Reviewer - AI Safety & Alignment
PhD; researcher in technical AI safety and alignment theory
Reviews BrainMatter coverage of AGI timelines, alignment, interpretability, and governance. Verifies claims against MIRI, Alignment Forum, and peer-reviewed safety literature.
Reviewer - Neurodivergence & Cognitive Psychology
PhD Cognitive Psychology; clinical research in ADHD, autism, and adult cognitive variation
Reviews BrainMatter coverage of neurodivergence, augmented cognition, and the cognitive psychology of attention, memory, and executive function. Verifies claims against NIMH, DSM-5-TR, and peer-reviewed cognitive science journals.
Reviewer - Computational Neuroscience
PhD Computational Neuroscience; specializes in biologically-plausible neural models
Reviews BrainMatter coverage at the boundary of artificial and biological neural systems - predictive coding, spiking networks, neuromorphic computing. Verifies claims against PLOS Comp Bio, Neural Computation, and Nature Comp Sci.
