Dr. Matt Kaeberlein
Optispan, CEO
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Dr. Matt Kaeberlein is the Chief Executive Officer at Optispan, Inc., an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, and Co-Founder the Dog Aging Project. He is deeply committed to advancing human and animal health by targeting the biological processes underlying aging and age-related disease. A distinguished leader in his field, Dr. Kaeberlein is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Aging Association, and the Gerontological Society of America. He has published over 250 scientific papers on longevity. In addition to receiving the 2020 Robert W. Kleemeier Award from the Gerontological Society of America, Dr. Kaeberlein has been honored with numerous awards from leading organizations, including the Ellison Medical Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association, American Federation for Aging Research, Glenn Foundation, Murdock Trust, and the United States National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging. Dr. Kaeberlein is the founding Director of the University of Washington Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute and the Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Training Program. He served as Director of the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, President and Chair of the American Aging Association, Chair of the Gerontological Society of America Biological Sciences Section, and on the Board of Directors for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives.
He received his BA in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Cambridge in 1985 and 2000, respectively. He is the author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging (1999), Ending Aging (2007), and a large number of academic papers.
Dr. de Grey is a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association, and sits on the advisory boards of numerous scientific journals and research organizations. He is a prolific speaker who regularly presents at conferences and events world-wide.
James is also the Director of People Unlimited, an international organization that supports people pursuing unlimited lifespans. Co-author of the book Just Getting Started: Fifty Years of Living Forever, James is a visionary anti-death activist and community builder who has spoken and written on radical life extension and physical immortality for over Five decades.
James has dedicated his life to challenging death-oriented beliefs and practices and has coached thousands of people in living an ageless lifestyle to achieve healthier, fuller, more satisfying lives. He has appeared on numerous TV shows both domestically and abroad and has spoken to audiences in 26 countries on four continents.
As an emotional and spiritual platform for immortal living, James teaches the concept of the immortal lineage, an experience of abundance and unbridled enjoyment of life. This goes beyond positive thinking to a new strength and resilience that is innate in the human body. James says: “We were all born into a mortal world and have operated from that mortal consciousness that rejects immortality. But there is also within us an immortal seed for us to tap into that calls us out of survival into a future of creativity and unlimited life.”
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