Henry Markram — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of neuroscience at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (EPFL)
Founder of the Blue Brain Project, which received a CHF 300 million Swiss Federal grant
Founder of the Human Brain Project, which received a €1 billion EU grant
Co-founder of Frontiers, Inait, the Open Brain Institute, and the Frontiers Planet Prize
Pioneered simulation neuroscience, completing a 20-year mission to build digital copies of the brain
Discovered fundamental laws governing plasticity of synaptic connections
Published over 450 papers, cited ~55,000 times, with an H-index of ~95

Biography

Henry Markram is a professor of neuroscience at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (EPFL). His work began in medicine and continued in neuroscience, focusing on the microstructure of the brain, how synapses learn, and how to build the brain digitally. He is the founder of the Brain Mind Institute (BMI.

epfl.ch), the Blue Brain Project (bluebrainproject.epfl.

ch), and the Human Brain Project (humanbrainproject.eu).