Distinguished Scholar in Consciousness Studies and Neuroscience
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Trinity CollegeDan Lloyd serves as the Thomas C. Brownell Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Neuroscience at Trinity College, where he has been teaching since 1987 after completing his education at Oberlin College (BA) and Columbia University (MA, MPhil, PhD). His groundbreaking research combines philosophy, neuroscience, and phenomenology to understand human consciousness, with particular emphasis on temporality and brain function. His innovative work includes transforming brain activity into music and visual art, with installations presented internationally in New York City, Great Britain, and Austria. As one of the original founders of Trinity's Neuroscience Program in 1990, he served as its first director and has since made significant contributions to interdisciplinary education. His academic achievements include authoring several influential books, including "Simple Minds" (1989), "Radiant Cool: A Novel Theory of Consciousness" (2004) which won the ForeWord Magazine "Book of the Year" Gold Medal Award, and co-editing "Subjective Time: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Temporality" (2014). Beyond traditional academic work, he pioneers the use of data sonification and visualization to understand brain activity, while also exploring the intersection of philosophy and literature through his unique approach to presenting theoretical concepts in narrative form.