# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-shulgin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:57.447Z

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name: "Alexander Shulgin"
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description: "Alexander Theodore \"Sasha\" Shulgin was an American biochemist, broad researcher of synthetic psychoactive compounds, and author of works regarding these, who independently explored the organic chemistry and pharmacology of such agents—in his mid-life and later, many through preparation in his home laboratory, and testing on himself. He is acknowledged to have introduced to broader use, in the late 1970s, the previously synthesized compound MDMA (\"ecstasy\"), in research psychopharmacology and in combination with conventional therapy, the latter through presentations and academic publications, including to psychologists; and for the rediscovery, occasional discovery, and regular synthesis and personal use and distribution, of possibly hundreds of psychoactive compounds. As such, Shulgin is seen both as a pioneering and a controversial participant in the emergence of the broad use of psychedelics."
tagline: "American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)"
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birthDate: "1925-06-17"
deathDate: "2014-06-02"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump