BIOLOGIST

Christof Koch

1956 - Today

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Christof Koch ( KOKH; born November 13, 1956) is an American cognitive scientist, neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural basis of consciousness. He was the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. He remains at the Institute as a Meritorious Investigator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christof Koch has received more than 393,347 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Christof Koch is the 990th most popular biologist, the 10,531st most popular biography from United States and the 146th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 390k

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  • 50.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Christof Koch ranks 990 out of 1,097. Before him are Hugh Huxley, Lancelot Hogben, Adriana Hoffmann, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Stanislas Dehaene, and David Douglas. After him are Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Beatrice Mintz, Paul Sereno, Bryan Sykes, and Annie Lorrain Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Christof Koch ranks 491. Before him are Kevin R. Kregel, Viv Anderson, Audrey Landers, José Vicente Sánchez, Dwight Yoakam, and Herbert Knaup. After him are John James, Rebecca Harms, Alexander Zhukov, Kumiko Okae, Jean-François Larios, and Ștefan Rusu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christof Koch ranks 10,531 out of 20,380. Before him are Vanness Wu (1978), Margaret Lindsay (1910), Jane Sibbett (1962), Frank Albertson (1909), Steve Walsh (1951), and Eytan Fox (1964). After him are Wendell Pierce (1963), Al Franken (1951), Lee Trevino (1939), Jolene Blalock (1975), John Cullum (1930), and Barbara Bennett (1906).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Christof Koch ranks 146. Before him are Alexander Wetmore (1886), James Chapin (1889), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Herbert Boyer (1936), and Frank Chapman (1864). After him are Beatrice Mintz (1921), Paul Sereno (1957), William Healey Dall (1845), Fanny Hesse (1850), Maxine Singer (1931), and Amos Eaton (1776).

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