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Jeremy S. Wasser, Ph.D.

Jeremy Wasser, Ph.D. is a physiologist, medical historian and educator. Dr. Wasser lends his history of medicine expertise to various causes and speaking engagements in Los Angeles and Germany. He is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Physiology at Texas A&M University and was from 2020-2024 an Affiliate Professor and Scholar-in-Residence in the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts at Loyola Marymount University. For 20 years, Dr. Wasser served as the program leader for study abroad programs in Germany, focused on the history of medicine, providing future doctors and biomedical science researchers with a foundation in physiology and the medical humanities. He is the Director and co-founder of galerie PLUTO based in Bonn, Germany. PLUTO is an exhibition, research and project space that uses a salon format to bring together artists, musicians, poets and scientists to create a global dialogue at the intersection of art and science. Along with his scientific published works, he has lectured and written about topics as varied as the culture of disease, the history of public health and health policy, the history of human experimentation, the intersection of art and medicine, and the role of physiological education in contemplative practices. He has formal training in voice and cantorial singing and has sung professionally in the United States and Germany. His training in opera and theatre inform the unique personas that he creates for lectures in the history of medicine and performances related to science and storytelling.