Andrew David Huberman (born 1975)
is an
American
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podcaster and
neuroscientist. He is an
associate professor
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Overview
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of
neurobiology at
Stanford University School of Medicine
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and a partner of the sports and nutrition company Momentous, with which he offers branded
dietary supplement
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s.
[ He is best known for hosting the ''Huberman Lab'' podcast, which he started in 2021.
]
Education
He received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1998, an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000, and a PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification
Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
* ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic
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** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
in neuroscience from the University of California, Davis, in 2004. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford
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, in 2010, working in the lab of Ben Barres.
Academic career
From 2011 to 2015, Huberman was an assistant professor of neurobiology and neuroscience at University of California, San Diego. In 2016, Huberman moved to Stanford University
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.
Wth David Spiegel, Huberman has carried out research on cortisol and anxiety-based depression.
Podcasting and supplements
In 2021, Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. In episodes lasting several hours, Huberman talks about the state of research in a specific topic, both within and outside his specialty. By 2023, the podcast had become the 6th most popular podcast in the US on Spotify platforms, while his YouTube channel had 3.5 million subscribers and his Instagram
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account 4.2 million.
In April 2022 Huberman entered into a partnership with Utah-based sport and nutrition company, Momentous. With them he offers a line of “Huberman Lab” branded dietary supplement
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s. He became Scientific Advisor for the supplements retailer Athletic Greens the same year.
Reception
In ''Time'' magazine, Huberman was described as having a large and enthusiastic fan base, but also as having been criticized by other scientists for prematurely applying the results of animal studies to human applications.
Jonathan Jarry
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Education and scientif ...
at the McGill Office for Science and Society has questioned Huberman's promotion of "poorly regulated" dietary supplements
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. According to Jarry, Huberman Lab has been sponsored by "companies offering questionable products from the perspective of science-based medicine".
According to an article in ''Coda'', Huberman has promoted anti-sunscreen views on his podcast, stating he's "as scared of sunscreen as I am of melanoma". In a 2023 '' GQ'' article, Huberman is reported as having said he's not a "sunscreen truther", a term used to describe anti-sunscreen conspiracy theorists.
References
External links
Huberman Lab Podcast
Andrew D. Huberman
at Stanford Medicine
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American neuroscientists
Living people
People from Palo Alto, California
Scientists from California
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of California, Davis alumni
University of California, San Diego faculty
Stanford University faculty
Vision scientists
American podcasters
1975 births