Doran Amos

Dr. Doran Amos is a teaching-focused Lecturer in Neuroscience within the School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex, a position held since August 2022. They convene the Neuroscience with Psychology degree course and teach across undergraduate and postgraduate programs in neuroscience education.

Dr. Amos's research interests center around two main areas: mind-body interactions in relation to stress and mental health, and neuronal information coding for navigation and spatial cognition. Within these domains, they explore autonomic nervous system activity (particularly heart rate variability), mindfulness practices, psychedelic therapeutics, hippocampal function, and neural oscillations.

As a teaching-focused academic, Dr. Amos supervises literature and outreach projects for final-year undergraduate, Master's, and medical students, but does not run laboratory-based research or supervise PhD students. Their recent publications demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach connecting neuroscience with education, mental health, and navigation research.

Dr. Amos has received significant attention for their publications, with notable citation metrics including 137 total citations for their 2015 Current Biology paper on goal direction signals in the entorhinal region.

• Teaches courses including Research and Professional Skills I & II, and Molecular Neuropharmacology
• Supervises student projects on mind-body interactions and neural coding
• Focuses on contemplative pedagogy in neuroscience education
• Has published across multiple neuroscience domains including navigation, memory, and mental health

Dr. Amos earned their PhD in Neuroscience from University College London (2006-2011) following a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London, and has held research positions at University College London, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, and the University of Sussex prior to their current lecturing role.