Martha Havenith is a research group leader at the Ernst-Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, where she uses virtual-reality tasks to explore the brain’s astonishing ability to juggle multiple ongoing cognitive processes in the same group of neurons.

Her previous career milestones include an M.Sc. at Oxford University, a Ph.D. at the Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research (Frankfurt), and a post-doctoral fellowship at University College London.

She is also a certified coach for Connective Breathwork, and regularly facilitates breathwork sessions for individuals and small groups.