About Me

Divya Chander, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist, entrepreneur, neuroscientist, neuroethicist, and futurist. She is a practicing anesthesiologist and founder and CEO of Lucidify, a brain-computer interface and neurotechnology platform focused on brain health, cognitive longevity, and disorders of consciousness, including delirium and sleep disruption.

Divya served on the faculty of Stanford University for eight years, specializing in neuroanesthesia, and formerly chaired the neuroscience track at Singularity University, where she now serves as a medicine and biotechnology expert. As a Stimson Center Loomis Innovation Council fellow and former Atlantic Council GeoTech Center senior fellow, she advises governments and industry on biometric data rights, data trusts, cybersecurity, and public health policy. She serves as advisor and board member to a number of companies.

Divya’s work centers on brain-computer interfaces, neural signal processing, and the science of consciousness. She develops technologies to decode and modulate brain function, explores cognitive enhancement and human augmentation, and investigates how understanding consciousness may inform intelligent nonhuman systems. A finalist for astronaut selection and alumna of the International Space University, she is also developing critical-care systems and brain-computer interfaces to support astronaut health and long-duration space exploration.