Karl Friston#
| Membership Number: | 3995 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 Scientific Director; Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
- 1999 Wellcome Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Neurology, UK, Honorary Consultant: The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square London, UK
- 1998 Professor: Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK
- 1987 - 1988 Wellcome Trust Research Fellow MRC Clinical Neuropharmacology Unit Oxford, UK
- 1988 - 1991 Wellcome Trust Research Fellow MRC Cyclotron Unit Hammersmith Hospital London, UK
- 1991 - 1992 MRC Clinical Scientist (Senior Grade) MRC Cyclotron Unit Hammersmith Hospital London, UK
- 1992 - 1994 W.M. Keck Foundation Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology The Neurosciences Institute La Jolla CA, USA
- 1994 - 1999 Wellcome Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science Institute of Neurology, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Imaging neuroscience
- Computational neuroscience
- Theoretical neurobiology
- Schizophrenia
Honours and Awards
- 1996 Wiley Young Investigator Award in Human Brain Mapping
- 1998 - 1999 Chaire Pharmacia-Upjohn Belgium
- 2003 Golden Brain Award Minerva Foundation
- 2008 Medal, Collège de France (Lecture series)
- 2011 Honorary Doctorate (University of York)
- 2013 Weldon Memorial Prize and Medal
- 2014 Elected member of EMBO
- 2014 WIC (Web Intelligence Congress) Outstanding Technology Award
- 1999 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2006 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2012 Fellow of the Society of Biology
