Collaborating Organizations

Study Directorship Team Members

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Our Team

Richard J Davidson

PI, Tukdam Project; William James & Vilas Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry; Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison

Alexander Y Kaplan

PI, Tukdam Project; Professor & Head of Neuro-Computer Interfaces Laboratory, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Tsetan Dorji Sadutshang

Senior Advisor, Tukdam Project; Chief Medical Officer, Delek Hospital, Dharamsala, India

Tsewang Tamdin

Senior Advisor, Tukdam Project; Chief Medical Officer, Men-Tsee-Khang, Dharamsala, India

Geshe Ngawang Norbu

Tukdam Project Associate Director and Field Supervisor of Russian Science Center (Unit A, Bylakuppe, India); Secretary, The Buddhist Institute of the Geluk International Foundation

Geshe Lodoe Sangpo

Tukdam Project Associate Director and Field Supervisor of Russian Science Center (Unit B, Mundgod, India); Director of Science Center, Gaden Jangtse Monastic University

Yulia Zhironkina

Collaborator & Patron, Tukdam Project; Director of the Nalanda Foundation (Moscow, Russia)

Robin Goldman

Senior Research Advisor, Tukdam Project; Director of the Research Support Core, Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison

Leslie Eisenberg

Co-I & Forensic Anthropology Expert, Tukdam Project; Senior Research Fellow, Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison

Alexander Fedotov

Co-I & Forensic Medical Expert, Tukdam Project; Ryazan Bureau of Forensic Expertise, Ryazan, Russia

Julia Boytsova

Project Manager (Russian Side), Tukdam Project; Institute for Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Pema Lhamo

Project Manager (CHM Side), Tukdam Project; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison

Geshe Lobsang Tenley

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A; Science Director, Seramey Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Geshe Lharampa Lobsang Namgyal

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B; Science Director, Gaden Shartse Monastery, Mundgod, India

Gen Lobsang “Thokney” Phuntsok

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A, Sera Jey Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Gen Stanzin Lhakpa

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Geshe Lharampa Jamyang

Tukdam Project Field Team Member & Oral History Project Lead, Unit B, Drepung Gomang Monastic College, Mundgod, India

Gen Thupten Sherap

Tukdam Project Field Team Member & Responsible Research Lead for Mundgod area, Unit B, Drepung Loseling Monastic University, Mundgod, India

Gen Tanzin Chhoden

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Gaden Shartse Monastery, Mundgod, India

Gen Lharkyab

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Drepung Gomang Monastery, Mundgod, India

Geshe Kunga Lhundup

Tukdam Project Field Team Member & Responsible Lead Researcher for Mundgod area, Unit B, Drepung Gomang Monastic College, Mundgod, India

Gen Lobsang Tenzin

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Gaden Jangtse Monastery, Mundgod, India

Geshe Ngawang Sherab

Collaborating Researcher, Tukdam Project; Former Science Director, Sera Jey Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Gen Dhondup Gyatso

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Drepung Gomang Monastery, Mundgod, India

Kristin Blake

Collaborating Researcher, Tukdam Project; Center for Healthy Minds & Psychiatry Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Late Svyatoslav Medvedev

Former PI (Russian Side), Tukdam Project; Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Problems

Tawni L Tidwell

PI, Tukdam Project; Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison

Telo Tulku Rinpoche

Administrative Project Director, Tukdam Project; Honorary Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Russia, Mongolia and CIS countries

John D Dunne

Senior Advisor, Tukdam Project; Core Faculty, Center for Healthy Minds & Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities, Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures

Bindu M Kutty

Collaborating Researcher, Tukdam Project; Professor Emeritus of Neurophysiology & Officer-in-Charge, Centre for Consciousness Studies, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

PN Ravindra

Collaborating Researcher, Tukdam Project; Associate Professor, Centre for Consciousness Studies & Dept. of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

Geshe Jampa Khechok

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A; Science Director, Sera Jey Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Kachen Rigzin Norbu

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A; Science Director, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Gen Jampa Soepa

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A, Sera Jey Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Geshe Lharampa Yeshi Dorjee

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Gaden Jangtse Monastery, Mundgod, India

Gen Tsering Ngodup

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Gen Jampa Thakchoe

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A, Sera Jey Monastery, Bylakuppe, India; Emory University Tenzin Gyatso Scholar 2025-2027

Gen Yeshi Dorje

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Gaden Jangtse Monastery, Mundgod, India

Geshe Lharampa Chokktan Lama

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Gaden Jangtse Monastery, Mundgod, India

Gen Lobsang Tsering

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit B, Drepung Gomang Monastery, Mundgod, India

Gen Lobsang Yignyen

Tukdam Project Field Team Member, Unit A, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India