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Mushrooms as medicine with paul stamets
Paul Edward Stamets (born July 17, 1955) is an American mycologist, author and advocate of bioremediation and medicinal mushrooms.
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- Mushrooms as medicine with paul stamets
- Paul stamets psychoactivity conference
- Early life
- Research and advocacy
- Patents awarded
- Recognition
- Books
- In popular culture
- References
Paul stamets psychoactivity conference
Early life
Stamets was born in Columbiana, Ohio a small town near Youngstown in Ohio, a town he describes as bible belt and ultra conservative, with an older brother John and siblings Bill, Lilly and North. He attended Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1973, Kenyon College in 1974 when he was 19, and graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington with a bachelor's degree in 1979. Training in the martial arts since a child, he received a black belt in Taekwon Do in 1979. In 1994, he received a black belt in HwaRang Do.
Paul Stamets credits his late brother John, a professional photographer and lecturer, with being his mycology influence. Paul states, "He inspired me on my path into the field of mycology, after his travels to Mexico and Colombia in pursuit of magic mushrooms” in the 1970s.
Research and advocacy
Stamets is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms (Begell House). He is an advisor to the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He is involved in two National Institutes of Health-funded clinical studies on cancer and HIV treatments using mushrooms as adjunct therapies. He earned nine patents on the antiviral, pesticidal, and remedial properties of mushroom mycelia. A strong advocate of preserving biodiversity, Stamets supports research into the role of mushrooms for ecological restoration.
Stamets is an advocate of the permaculture system of growing, and considers fungiculture a valuable but underutilized aspect of permaculture. He is interested in the use of mushrooms in bioremediation, a process he terms mycoremediation.
Patents awarded
Recognition
Stamets was the recipient of the "Bioneers Award" from The Collective Heritage Institute in 1998, as well as the "Founder of a New Northwest Award" from the Pacific Rim Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils in 1999. He was named one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" in their November–December 2008 issue. In February 2010, Paul received the President's Award from the Society for Ecological Restoration: Northwest Chapter, in recognition of his contributions to Ecological Restoration. His work was featured in the documentary film The 11th Hour. He's also been featured in the eco-documentary films Dirt! The Movie and 2012: Time for Change.
In 2008, he delivered a TED talk: "Paul Stamets on 6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World".
In October 2011, he delivered a TEDMED talk: "Is the world ready for a Medical Mushroom Mystery Tour?"
On June 30, 2012, he received an honorary Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) degree from the National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, Oregon.
In January 2014, he received an award for "Contributions to Amateur Mycology" from the North American Mycological Association.
On June 10, 2014, Stamets was honored as an Invention Ambassador by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
On July 15, 2015, Stamets became the first-ever recipient of the Mycological Society of America's Gordon and Tina Wasson Award. Named after the late ethnomycologists, the award is intended “to recognize people with non-traditional academic backgrounds who have made outstanding contributions to the field of mycology, or who have widely transmitted significant scientific or aesthetic knowledge about fungi to the general public.”
Books
In popular culture
Anthony Rapp's character on Star Trek: Discovery, Science Officer Lieutenant Paul Stamets, was named in honor of Paul Stamets, and is a key figure as an "astro mycologist". A nefarious character in the television series Hannibal is a serial killer named Eldon Stamets who used his victims as fertilizer to grow mushrooms.