Christof Koch
Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology, California Institute of Technology
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
March 22, 2006 — 4:10 PMUniversity of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
About Christof Koch
Acclaimed neuroscientist Christof Koch is renowned for his contributions to the quest for a biology of consciousness. During a celebrated, sixteen-year collaboration with Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA, Koch developed a pioneering account of the underlying neuronal bases of visual perception, attention, and consciousness. He is also credited with advancing the fundamental premise of this quest that the relationship between consciousness and neural systems can be approached using the modern tools of neurobiology. Koch has held the position of Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at Caltech since 2000.