The People Behind The Course

Real expertise.
Real credibility.

This isn't one person's opinion on ibogaine. It's built with a biologist, a neuroscientist, a psychotherapist, an integration coach, and a combat veteran who's lived through treatment himself — brought together so you get the complete picture, not a fragment of it.

9 Contributors
25+ Years Sci-Comm
200+ Patients Treated
3× Emmy Awards
Your Guides

Built and taught by people who've done the work

Rob and Haley created this course together, then brought in the specialists below to make sure every claim in it holds up.

Rob Nelson

Rob Nelson

Science Guide
M.S. Marine Science 3× Emmy Award Winner 25+ Years Sci-Comm

Rob Nelson, M.S., is a biologist, three-time Emmy Award–winning science communicator, author, and documentary filmmaker with more than 25 years of experience translating complex scientific subjects into clear, engaging education. He holds a master's degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and has created science programming for PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, and Science Channel.

For more than two decades, Rob has produced widely viewed educational content on ethnobotany, psychoactive plants and fungi, and psychedelic research — his StoneAgeMan videos have received more than 60 million views. For this course, he works with physicians, researchers, and treatment professionals to turn the evolving science, medical risks, and practical realities of ibogaine into an accessible, evidence-conscious learning experience.

Haley Chamberlain Nelson

Haley Chamberlain Nelson

Science Journalist
B.S. Biology Television Host Published Author

Haley Chamberlain Nelson is a biologist, author, television host, and science communicator who specializes in making complex scientific subjects accessible and engaging. She earned a degree in biology from the College of Charleston and has written, hosted, and produced extensive educational programming for Untamed Science, including hosting Smithsonian Channel's Bug Bites. She is also the co-author of Mother Nature Is Not Trying to Kill You.

Haley's interest in psychedelic medicine began in 2020 while producing a documentary-style investigation of ketamine therapy. That experience inspired a broader commitment to helping people explore psychedelic healing with accurate information, thoughtful preparation, and an honest understanding of both benefits and risks.

Clinical & Research Contributors

The specialists shaping the curriculum

Ibogaine sits at the intersection of neuroscience, psychotherapy, addiction medicine, and lived experience. So we brought in people who live in each of those worlds.

Alexandra Artzoglou

Alexandra Artzoglou

Integration Coach
B.Sc. Psychology Compassionate Inquiry

A psychedelic integration coach trained in Dr. Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry approach and The Third Wave's Psychedelic Coaching Institute. Founder of the Madeira Psychedelic Society.

Her work combines psychological insight, mindfulness, and somatic awareness to help people turn a psychedelic experience into lasting, everyday change.

Juan Pedro Sánchez

Juan Pedro Sánchez

Psychotherapist
Gestalt Therapy 200+ Patients Treated

A psychotherapist with advanced training in Gestalt therapy and experience in Jungian analysis, focused on reconnecting the conscious and unconscious to resolve deep emotional patterns.

Juan Pedro has worked directly with more than 200 patients undergoing ibogaine treatment — an unusually extensive level of clinical exposure to how the experience unfolds, and what real preparation and integration require.

Dr. Chloe West Jacobs

Dr. Chloe West Jacobs

Neuroscientist
Ph.D. Neuroscience EEG Researcher

A neuroscientist, psychedelic researcher, and psychology instructor at the University of Alabama. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Georgia State University.

Her doctoral research used EEG to study how serotonergic psychedelics affect visual processing, perception, and the brain's underlying belief systems — the rigorous science behind how ibogaine may shape the mind.

Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts

Veteran Advocate
USMC Combat Veteran Policy Leader

A Marine Corps combat veteran who spent 17 years seeking treatment for PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and moral injury before undergoing ibogaine-assisted treatment in 2019.

Founder of The Journey Home and a founding member of the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition, Ryan has helped shape state-level policy, including Texas's $50 million ibogaine research initiative.

Caileigh Feldman

Caileigh Feldman

Wellness Guide
Certified Yoga Instructor Sound Healer

Chief Experience Officer at Sayulita Wellness Retreat, where she has guided thousands of people preparing for ibogaine, psilocybin, and 5-MeO-DMT journeys. A trained yoga instructor and sound healer, her work centers on nervous system restoration and embodied awareness.

Her approach is shaped by a globally rooted life, including years lived in Costa Rica and extensive travel through Peru, Colombia, Morocco, and Bolivia — deepening her reverence for Indigenous wisdom traditions and sacred landscapes.

Asha Sultana

Asha Sultana

Psychedelic Coach
Podcast Host Industry Connector

Asha works behind the scenes to connect the ibogaine industry, advance educational outreach, and help others find spaces to heal. As a psychedelic coach, she brings presence and pattern recognition built from decades of her own inner work.

Her background spans film and hospitality, skills she now carries into podcasting, writing, and communicating about these complex topics as a digital nomad helping make this education a worldwide resource.

Dr. Allison Wells

Dr. Allison Wells

Anesthesiologist
Board-Certified Anesthesiologist 15,000+ Infusions

A board-certified anesthesiologist with extensive training in interventional mental health care. She co-founded one of the first dedicated ketamine infusion clinics in the country — the first in Houston — providing more than 15,000 infusions since 2015.

She trained at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, with faculty appointments at Baylor's Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Texas A&M.

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