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Martin Polanco

Headline: Entrepreneur
Website: http://www.ibogaine-treatment.com
Industries: Health, Information Technology
Location: Palo Alto, California
Groups: 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, BASES, Global Social Venture Competition, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009
Interested in: Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition
Tags: neurotechnology, psychopharmacology

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU)
Position: Internet Strategy Consultant to Dr. Roland R. Griffiths research team
Time period: April 2008 - Present
Description: Collaboration with Roland R. Griffiths, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on “Psychopharmacology of Psilocybin in Cancer Patients" study.

http://www.cancer-insight.org

Employer: MAPS
Position: Fundraising Research/ Marketing Consultant
Time period: August 2006 - March 2008

Employer: Ibogaine Association
Position: Program Director
Time period: August 2005 - July 2006
Description: Co-founded the Ibogaine Association in 2001 in Mexico City, with Ana Lorenzo Mejia M.D.

"The Addiction Stopper" CBS Channel 5 report on ibogaine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-YMeNLLs9Y


Employer: Ibogaine Association
Position: Medical Director
Time period: March 2001 - July 2005

Martin's Startups (2)

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Martin is Following (4)

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  • Social Networks and Water Provision to the Poor

    This is my doctoral thesis project. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to collect data on 600 organizations that provide water in Argentina. Social network analysis is used to understand how the structure of the network to which thes...

  • YouNoodle

    YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

  • Cascade Clean Energy, Inc.

    A wastewater treatment system that simultaneously cleans water and generates renewable energy

  • Embrace

    Stanford spin-off commercializing a $25 incubator for premature infants in developing countries.

Martin's Contacts (19)

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  • Ralph Nguyen

    Currently pursuing Symbolic Systems, Psychology degree at Stanford. Co-Founder of The Phoenix Project and Djembe Drummer at Kuumba African Dance and Drum Ensemble.

  • Gilbert Zaragoza

    Entrepreneurial technologist with a passion for empowerment -- Cautiously optimistic existentialist with a dream and the drive to live it.