Edward Moser

Edward Moser is a professor of neuroscience and co director of science at the Kavley Institute of Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Technology in Trondheim. His research interest is how neural circuits generate cognitive function, with a particular focus on the spatial representation system of the brain. Through long-term collaboration with Britt Moser, grid cells were discovered in the inner olfactory cortex, providing clues for the metric neural mechanism of spatial mapping. By identifying other functional cell types including boundary cells, velocity cells, and target vector cells, as well as the latest mechanisms for representing plot time, grid cells were successfully discovered. All studies have shown that the entorhinal cortex is the hub of the brain network, helping us find our way and recall experiences. Under the guidance of Dr. Peranderson, Edward Moser received preliminary training at the University of Oslo to study the memory formation mechanisms of seahorses in freely moving animals. He has been serving as a NTNU professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology since 1998. Edward Moser has won numerous awards for his outstanding work and, together with Britt Moser and John Okeefe, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.