J. Lomax Boyd

J. Lomax Boyd is a neuroscientist and ethicist. He investigates scientific and ethical questions raised by human brain models generated through genetic engineering, xenotransplantation, and in vitro brain organogenesis. His research explores the nurobiological mechanisms that contribute to human brain development, cognitive function, and moral status, with a particular interest in incorporating philosophical and empirical bioethics into neuroscientific research, training, and education. Currently, Dr. Boyd is an Assistant Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Visiting Fellow at The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language. He previously served as a Civic Science Fellow focused on ethical issues raised by human brain organoids and Fulbright Scholar in new media science communication. He conducted his postdoctoral research at The Rockefeller University on the neurobiological origins of spoken language and received his doctoral training in developmental neurobiology at Duke University, where he investigated genetic mechanisms of human corticogenesis and brain evolution.