Nikos Logothetis

Nikos Logothetis
Born(1950-11-05)November 5, 1950
Education
Known forneuronal basis of BOLD fMRI
AwardsLouis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2003)
W. Alden Spencer Award (2008)
Scientific career
Fieldscognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Thesis (1985)
Doctoral advisorErnst Pöppel

Nikos K. Logothetis (Greek: Νίκος Λογοθέτης; born 5 November 1950 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Greek biologist and neuroscientist. Logothetis studies visual perception and object recognition; he is well-known for his work demonstrating that BOLD fMRI data is related to neuronal activity.[1] Logothetis directed the department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen from 1996 to 2020. He will co-direct the International Center for Primate Brain Research in Shanghai beginning in late 2020 or early 2021.[2]

  1. ^ Butcher, James (2001-07-14). "Neuroscientists take a BOLD step forward". The Lancet. 358 (9276): 128. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05383-1. S2CID 54368004.
  2. ^ Vogel, Gretchen (2020-01-27). "Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/science.abb0626. S2CID 214253067. Retrieved 2020-01-27.