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May-Britt Moser

मे ब्रिट मोजर

Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist

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May-Britt Moser (born 1963) is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She and her former husband, Edvard Moser, shared half of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Fosnavåg wd
Citizenship
Norway wd
Occupation
neuroscientist, psychologist, researcher, university teacher wd
Education
University of Edinburgh, University of Oslo wd
Social media
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Positions held wd

  • professor

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2014)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2013)
  • Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (2013)
  • Årets trønder (2014)
  • Körber European Science Prize (2014)
  • Karl Spencer Lashley Award (2014)
  • Perl-UNC Prize (2012)
  • W. Alden Spencer Award (2005)
  • Eric K. Fernströms Nordiska Pris (2008)
  • prix Liliane-Bettencourt pour les sciences du vivant (2006)
  • Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2011)
  • Erna Hamburger Prize (2016)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎ (2018)

About

awarded for work concerning the grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, as well as several additional space-representing cell types in the same circuit that make up the positioning system in the brain.

Together with Edvard Moser she established the Moser research environment at NTNU, which they lead. Since 2023 she has headed the Centre for Algorithms in the Cortex.

Moser received her education as a psychologist at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo and obtained a PhD in neurophysiology at the Faculty of Medicine in 1995; in 1996 she was appointed as associate professor in biological psychology at the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) she was promoted to professor of neuroscience in 2000. In 2002 her research group was given the status of a separate "centre of excellence".

Questions

When was May-Britt Moser born?
May-Britt Moser was born on 4 January 1963 in Fosnavåg.
What positions has May-Britt Moser held?
Positions held by May-Britt Moser include: professor.
Where did May-Britt Moser study?
May-Britt Moser was educated at University of Edinburgh, University of Oslo.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): May-Britt Moser · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): मे ब्रिट मोजर · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q6796222 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: May-Britt Moser (20902423978) (cropped).jpg by NTNU Trondheim (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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