Christof Koch | |
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 Koch in 2008 | |
| Born | November 13, 1956 |
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| Known for | Neural correlates of consciousness |
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| Doctoral advisor | Valentin Braitenberg Tomaso Poggio |
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| Website | christofkoch |
Christof Koch (/kɒx/ KOKH;[1] born November 13, 1956) is a German-American neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural basis of consciousness. He was the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. He remains at the Institute as a Meritorious Investigator. He is also the Chief Scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation in Santa Monica,[2] that funds research meant to alleviate suffering, anxiety and other forms of distress in all people.
From 1986 until 2013, he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology.[3]
- ^ "The Thinking Ape: The Enigma of Human Consciousness" on YouTube
- ^ "Tiny Blue Dot Foundation". Tiny Blue Dot Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ "Staff Profile Christof Koch, Ph.D." Allen Institute for Brain Science. Retrieved January 18, 2018.