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Christof Koch

1956 - Today

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Christof Koch ( KOKH; born November 13, 1956) is an American cognitive scientist, 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, that funds research meant to alleviate suffering, anxiety and other forms of distress in all people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christof Koch is the 1,051st most popular biologist (down from 990th in 2019), the 12,447th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,530th in 2019) and the 170th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Christof Koch ranks 1,051 out of 1,097. Before him are Margaret Morse Nice, Ronald M. Evans, William Forsell Kirby, Paul Sereno, Henry Weed Fowler, and Philip J. Currie. After him are Carrie Derick, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Francis Maitland Balfour, Angelika Amon, Edward Donovan, and Roger Revelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Christof Koch ranks 594. Before him are Sheila McCarthy, Jan Fiala, Ace Rusevski, Fernando Quirarte, Ursula Plassnik, and Larry Myricks. After him are Blanche Baker, Peter Caruana, Dieter Kühn, Maneka Gandhi, Manuel Vicente, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christof Koch ranks 12,451 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Rachel Brice (1972), Colin Edwards (1974), Jane Sibbett (1962), Walter Hagen (1892), and Mike Beebe (1946). After him are Derrick Lewis (1985), Alex Chilton (1950), Ed Macauley (1928), Charles Rocket (1949), Bobby Rahal (1953), and Jeremy Sisto (1974).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Christof Koch ranks 170. Before him are Lucy Shapiro (1940), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Ronald M. Evans (1949), Paul Sereno (1957), and Henry Weed Fowler (1878). After him are Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), Roger Revelle (1909), Jessica Meir (1977), Amos Eaton (1776), William Bartram (1739), and Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913).

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