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50th ABS Annual Conference
Sunday August 9, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
This panel reflects on three years of collaborative effort to examine materialistic assumptions in the biological sciences and contribute to discourses in this field from a Bahá'í perspective. The panelists — scientists, educators, and community builders — will share their work developing seminars on evolution and consciousness, accompanying youth navigating intellectually materialistic university environments, and engaging broader discourses through research, writing, teaching, and conferences. The discussion will touch on both the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of this work, reflect on both the content and process of our contributions, and imagine a path forward for discourses in the biological sciences.
Speakers
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Yasmine Ayman

Yasmine Ayman is a neuroscience PhD candidate at Harvard University with a background in both neuroscience and philosophy. Her research investigates brain changes in response to increasingly complex tasks. She is broadly interested in the interdisciplinary approach to the studying... Read More →
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Sujaya Neupane

Postdoctoral visitor, York University
Sujaya Neupane is a neuroscientist at York University, Canada. He studies how the brain enables our perceptual and mnemonic functions. Sujay will share his reflection on facilitating the evolution and consciousness seminar at local and national ABS meetings.
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Tara Raam

Tara Raam is a neuroscientist and instructor at UC Berkeley. Her research examines how social groups coordinate their behavior together to respond to environmental challenges. She is broadly interested in themes related to harmony of science and religion, consciousness, human nature... Read More →
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Bayan Toloubadei

Bayan Toloubadei is an engineer and computer scientist in Atlanta, Georgia. He is pursuing graduate studies at the intersection of psychology and epigenetics. Bayan will share his reflections first as participant in the evolution and consciousness seminar and now as a facilitator... Read More →
Sunday August 9, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Canada Hall

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