1. Stuart Hameroff was born on July 16,1947 and is an American anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona known for his studies of consciousness and his controversial contention that consciousness originates from quantum states in neural microtubules.
Stuart Hameroff is the lead organizer of the Science of Consciousness conference.
Stuart Hameroff took an internship at the Tucson Medical Center in 1973.
Stuart Hameroff argued that these subneuronal cytoskeleton components could be the basic units of processing rather than the neurons themselves.
Stuart Hameroff further argued that this non-algorithmic process required a new form of the quantum wave reduction, later given the name objective reduction, which could link the brain to the fundamental spacetime geometry.
Stuart Hameroff was inspired by Penrose's book to contact Penrose regarding his own theories about the mechanism of anesthesia, and how it specifically targets consciousness via action on neural microtubules.
Stuart Hameroff remains co-organizer of this influential annual conference.
The first conference is widely regarded as a landmark event within the field of consciousness studies, and by bringing researchers from various disciplines together led to various useful synergies, resulting indirectly, for instance, in the formation of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, and more directly in the creation of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, of which Stuart Hameroff is the director.
The conference was described by the Chronicle of Higher Education as "the Stuart Hameroff Show", and that its "anything goes" atmosphere is damaging the credibility of the field.
In 2006, Stuart Hameroff participated in the first Beyond Belief conference, where his theories were criticized by Lawrence Krauss, among others.
Stuart Hameroff serves as producer, writer and scientific advisor to an independent feature film called Mindville.
Stuart Hameroff has been interviewed in season 2, episode 1 of Through the Wormhole.