Henry Markram

Henry John Markram (born 28 March 1962) is a South African-born Israeli neuroscientist, professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and director of the Blue Brain Project and founder of the Human Brain Project.

Not to be confused with Henry Markham.
Henry Markram
Markram in 2013
Born (1962-03-28) 28 March 1962
South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Alma mater
  • University of Cape Town (BSc)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (PhD)
Kearsney College
Known forBlue Brain Project
Human Brain Project
Spike-timing-dependent plasticity
AwardsFulbright Scholar
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
ThesisAcetylcholine interacts with the NMDA receptor through the phosphoinositide pathway (1991)
Doctoral advisorMenahem Segal
Websitepeople.epfl.ch/henry.markram
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