Austin Lim PhD

Austin Lim, PhD is a neuroscientist and lecturing professor at DePaul University, where he offers a

course called “The Brain through Science Fiction,” an exploration into how science fiction authors have

used the popular scientific advances of their time to inspire their creative works. His work has appeared in

Scientific American, U.S. News & World Report, and many other publications. He is the author of the

open-source introductory-level neuroscience textbook Open Neuroscience Initiative, which

has been adopted by faculty from more than sixty universities or colleges around the world since its

completion in 2021.