Divya Chander, MD, PhD is a board-certified anesthesiologist, neuroscientist, futurist, and entrepreneur at the forefront of brain health, artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and bioethics. She is the Founder and CEO of Lucidify, a neurotechnology company leveraging brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and edge-based machine learning algorithms to detect brain failure and preserve cognitive longevity and mental health. A Stanford University researcher whose work pioneered the automated tracking of brain state transitions and advanced new theories of consciousness, Dr. Chander has shared her insights on prominent global stages including TED-NYC and the United Nations. Her expertise spans human augmentation, the evolution of consciousness, the recognition of consciousness in non-human entities, and the risk landscape of embodied AI. As former Neuroscience Chair of the Singularity Group, she tracks the exponential growth of neuro, medical, and space technologies and their implications for governance, startups, and the global economy. Dr. Chander serves on the Health and Space Brain Trusts at XPRIZE and has leveraged her roles as a Stimson Loomis Innovation Fellow and former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council to advise governments and organizations on technology policy. A fierce advocate for neuro-rights, data sovereignty, and biometric privacy, she has collaborated with the UN, XRSI, and the Australian Human Rights Commission to establish neurorights as fundamental human rights and develop frameworks for digital identity and biometric data protection. Her work extends into space life sciences — as an astronaut selection finalist and alumnus of the International Space University, she has conducted remote simulations of trauma rescue, anesthesia, and surgery in Mars analogue environments, and is currently designing BCIs to diagnose and treat astronaut brain health and support human deep-space exploration.