Christof Koch is an American cognitive scientist, neurophysiologist, and computational neuroscientist. He currently serves as a Meritorious Investigator at the Allen Institute and is the Chief Scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, which funds research into alleviating suffering and distress. He also holds the title of president of Intrinsic Powers, Inc.
From 1986 until 2013, Koch was a professor of Biology and Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.