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.: Moser, Edvard I.

Past Chair Programme Committee of FENS (2004-2006)

Prof. Edvard Moser
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Medical-Technical Research Centre (NTNU)
Centre for the Biology of Memory
74892 Trondheim
Norway
Phone: 47 73 59 82 78
Fax: 47 73 59 82 94
E-mail: edvardm@cbm.ntnu.no

Research

Memory processes in neuronal circuits in the hippocampus and associated cortical areas.

Curriculum Vitae

27. April 1962
born in Ålesund, Norway

Family

Married with May-Britt Moser. 2 children, born 1991 and 1995.

Present position

since 2002
Centre of Excellence Director, Centre for the Biology of Memory, NTNU

Previous position

since 1998
Professor, Biological Psychol./Neuroscience, Dept. Psychol., NTNU
1996-98
Associate Professor, Biological Psychology, NTNU
1996
Visiting Postdoc Univ. College of London (O-Keefe, HFSP)
1994-1996
Postdoc, Ctr. Neuroscience, Univ. Edinburgh (Morris, HFSP)
1991-1994
Ph.D. student (P. Andersen, Norwegian Research Council)

University education

1984-85, 1990
Mathematics, statistics, programming, neurobiology (Univ. of Oslo)
1990
Cand. Psychol. (Univ. of Oslo)
1995
Dr. philos. (Univ. of Oslo)

International evaluations

2000
Proposal for European Framework V research programme: "Excellent" on four of five evaluation scales; "very good" on one.
2000
Proposal for Norwegian Research Council Medical-Research Programme Grant ("Medicine and Health"). Rated "excellent".
2001-02
Centre of Excellence appointment by Norwegian Research Council. The Centre is structured around the research group of May-Britt Moser (Deputy Director) and Edvard Moser (Director). Thirteen centers from all fields of science were selected from 129 proposals through an extensive international review process.
2003
Evaluation by Norwegian Research Council Panel for Psychology/Psychiatry. Rated "excellent".

Honours

sine 2003
Member of The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
since 2004
Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Memberships

Editorial Boards

since 2004
Science (member of Board of Reviewing Editors)
since 2005
Journal of Neuroscience (Reviewing Editor for Behaviour/Systems/Cognitive section; Associate Editor 2003 and 2004)
2003-05
Neuroscience (Section Editor for Behavioural Neuroscience; Editorial Board member since 2000)
since 2003
Hippocampus
since 2003
Faculty of 1000

Referee tasks

Regular requests by Science, Nature, Cell, Neuron, Proc. National Academy of Sciences USA, Journal of Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Hippocampus, in addition to requests from ca. 15 other scientific journals.
Grant proposals: The Welcome Trust, The Royal Society of London, National Science Foundation, The Irish Health Research Board, The Norwegian Research Council.