Ignacio Carrera
Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry at the Universidad de la República (Facultad de Química)
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Research Footprint
Ignacio Carrera appears in 5 tracked papers (2018–2023), most studied alongside Ibogaine and Ayahuasca, across Substance Use Disorders (SUD), Neuroimaging & Brain Measures and Anxiety Disorders.
Most-cited paper: Ibogaine Administration Modifies GDNF and BDNF Expression in Brain Regions Involved in Mesocorticolimbic and Nigral Dopaminergic Circuits. (70 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Michael Baumann, Deborah Mash and Dalibor Sames.
Background & Research
Ignacio Carrera Garese is a chemist at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay, affiliated with the Department of Organic Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry. He is part of the ARCHÉ interdisciplinary psychedelics research group and has worked on the chemical composition of ayahuasca and on ibogaine-related studies spanning chemistry and neuroscience. Public-facing profiles describe him as an assistant professor in organic chemistry and a researcher focused on the therapeutic potential and risks of psychedelics.
Key Impact
He is a Uruguayan chemist central to interdisciplinary psychedelic research in Uruguay, with publications on ayahuasca chemistry and ibogaine’s neuropharmacology.
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