May-Britt Moser - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2014
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May-Britt Moser

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2014
for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain
Citizenship
Norway Norway
Languages
English, Norwegian
date of birth
1/4/1963
place of birth
Fosnavåg
Age
63 years
educated at
  • University of Oslo
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1995
  • University of Edinburgh
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2014
  • Academia Europaea
    • start time: 2011
  • Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
  • Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
  • American Philosophical Society
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
occupation
  • psychologist
  • researcher
  • neuroscientist
  • university teacher
position held
  • professor
employer
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • University of Oslo
field of work
  • neuroscience
  • grid neuron
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