Who We Are

We are a world-class think tank with a rich cognitive diversity of top thinkers to encourage the exploration of academic, artistic, ethical, literary, logical, philosophical, and scientific ideas, while serving humanity in a productive and respectful manner.

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1. USIA Directors

2. USIA Senior Advisor

3. USIA Honorary Contributors

4. Lifeboat Foundation Advisors 

5. USIA Honorary Advisors

6. USIA Previous Advisors

7. USIA Contributing Fellows

8. USIA Journal Editors

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1. USIA Directors

YoungHoon Bryan Kim

President & Executive Director

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Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil

Vice-President
Faculty, Harvard Medical School

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Ronald Hoeflin, PhD

Vice-President
Founder, Mega Society

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Evangelos Katsioulis, MD, PhD

Vice-President
Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist

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Eric Klien

Senior Director
Chairman, Lifeboat Foundation

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Ian Bott

Editor-in-Chief
Ed.M., Harvard University

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Eva Chan

Project Director
Chair, World Memory Sports Council, HK

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Gyewon Jeong

Project Director
Chair, Korea Memory Sports Association

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Hankyung Lee, MD

Founder
Medical Doctor

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2. USIA Senior Advisor

Clinical Prof. Ina Bendis

Senior Advisor
Clinical Faculty Emer., Stanford University

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3. USIA Honorary Contributors

James Flynn (1934-2020) 
University of Otago

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Professor Howard Gardner
Harvard University

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Professor Martin Rees
2005-2010 President, Royal Society
Astronomer Royal

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4. Lifeboat Foundation Advisors

Ray Kurzweil
Author, The Singularity Is Near
Co-Founder, Singularity University

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Dr. Demis Hassabis
Co-Founder, DeepMind
Creator, AlphaGo

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[ Full List of Lifeboat Advisory Boards ]

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5. USIA Honorary Advisors

Professor Richard Nisbett

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist
Professor, University of Michigan

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Professor Nick Bostrom

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, University of Oxford

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Professor Ellen J. Langer

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist
Professor, Harvard University

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Professor Barbara Tversky

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist
Professor, Stanford University

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Professor Benoit Desjardins

Honorary / Advisory AI Scientist
Professor, University of Pennsylvania

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Professor Susan Goldin-Meadow

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist
Professor, University of Chicago

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Professor Robert Klitzman

Honorary / Advisory Psychiatrist
Professor, Columbia University, NY

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Professor Michèle Lamont

Honorary / Advisory Sociologist
Professor, Harvard University

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Professor Elke U. Weber

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist
Professor, Princeton University

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Professor Authur S. Reber

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist
Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn CUNY

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Professor Owen Flanagan

Honorary / Advisory Neurobiologist
Professor, Duke University

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Clinical Prof. Amit M. Shelat

Honorary / Advisory Neurologist
Vice-Chairman, NY. Medical Board

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Aubrey de Grey, PhD

Honorary / Advisory Scientist
Chief Science Officer, SENS Research

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Professor Michael R. Rose

Honorary / Advisory Biologist
Professor, UC Irvine

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Professor Philip Kitcher

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, Columbia University, NY

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Wendell Wallach

Honorary / Advisory AI Ethicist
Emer. Chair of Technology and Ethics,
Yale Intrdisciplinary Cetner for Bioethics

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Professor Luciano Floridi

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Director, Oxford Digital Ethics Lab;
Chair of Data Ethics, Alan Turing Institute

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James Hughes, PhD

Honorary / Advisory Bioethicist
Executive Director, IEET

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Professor Mark Coeckelbergh

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, University of Vienna;
Author, AI Ethics

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Professor Anthony Elliott

Honorary / Advisory Social Theorist
Professor, University of South Australia;
Author, The Culture of AI

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Professor David Rosenthal

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, Graduate Center, CUNY

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Professor John Hare

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, Yale University

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Professor Duncan Pritchard FRSE

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, UC Irvine

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Professor Jack Copeland FRS NZ

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, University of Canterbury, NZ;
Director, ETH Zurich Turing Centre

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Professor Tom Beauchamp

Honorary / Advisory Bioethicist
Professor, Georgetown University

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Professor José Zalabardo

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, University College London

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Professor Henrik Lagerlund

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, Stockholm University

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Professor Hohyun Sohn

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher
Professor, Yonsei University

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Professor Ronald J. Stephens

Honorary / Advisory Scholar
Professor, Purdue University

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Professor Kevin J. Greene

Honorary / Advisory Law Scholar
Prof., Thomas Jefferson School of Law

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Ira Pastor

Honorary / Advisory Bioethicist
Council Member, Davos Forum

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David Pearce

Honorary / Advisory Humanist
Co-Founder, Humanity+

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Ilia Stambler, PhD

Honorary / Advisory Humanist
Director, International Longevity Alliance

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M. Mark. Karindas, MD

Honorary / Advisory Medical Scientist
President, World Academy of Medical Sciences

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Detective Dan RUSU

Honorary / Advisory Detective
President, World Association of Detectives

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Dominic O’Brien

Honorary / Advisory Memory Champion 
8x World Memory Champion

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6. USIA Previous Advisors

Professor Peter Singer

Princeton University

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Professor Graham Priest

Graduate Center, CUNY

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Professor A. C. Grayling CBE

New College of the Humanities

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Grand Master Raymond Keen OBE

Former British Chess Champion

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Professor Susan Schneider

NASA-Baruch Blumberg Chair

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7. USIA Contributing Fellows

Therese Moodie-Bloom

Fmr. Director, Mensa International
Fmr. Chairman, Australian Mensa

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James Stiles

Director, Intertel 

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David Robkin

Fmr. Chairman, Triple Nine Society

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Fred Britton

Fmr. President, Prometheus Society

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Karyn Peters

Officer, Prometheus Society

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Brian Schwartz, JD

Officer, Prometheus Society

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Daniel Shea

Officer, Mega Society

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Dr. Evangelos Katsioulis

Founder, Olympiq Society

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Paul Coojmans

Founder, Giga Society

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[ Full List of USIA Fellowship ]

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8. USIA Editors

Professor Hohyun Sohn

Research Journal Advisor
Professor, Yonsei University

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Ilia Stambler, PhD

Honorary / Advisory Humanist
Director, International Longevity Alliance

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Mike Sager

Magazine Advisor
Writer, Washington Post, Esquire

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YoungHoon Kim

Executive Editor

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Ian Bott

Editor-in-Chief
Ed.M., Harvard University

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In-Kyu Yun

Video Eidtor
Former Mooc PD

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Shea Matthew Fisker

Asst. Editor
Writer, Psychotherapist

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