Edvard Moser

Edvard Moser
Edvard Moser in 2015
Born	(1962-04-27) 27 April 1962 (age 54) Ålesund, Norway
Residence	Trondheim, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Fields	Neuroscience
Institutions	Norwegian University of Science and Technology University of Edinburgh
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Known for	Grid cells, place cells, border cells, neurons
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2014)
Spouse	May-Britt Moser (1985–2016)
Children	2

Edvard Ingjald Moser (born 27 April 1962) (pronounced [ɛdvɑɖ moːsɛr]) is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who is a scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology near Munich, Germany. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 with his then-wife May-Britt Moser and their mentor John O'Keefe for their work identifying the place cells that make up the brain's positioning system.

Moser was born to German parents who had moved to Norway in the 1950s, and grew up in Ålesund. He studied psychology at the University of Oslo, was appointed as associate professor in psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1996 and was promoted to professor of neuroscience in 1998. He later became head of department of the Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU.

Moser was born in Ålesund to German parents who had emigrated from Germany to Norway in the 1950s. His mother originally was from Essen and his father from Kronberg im Taunus. Moser is a South German topographic name for someone who lived near a swamp or mire (South German Moos). The Moser family initially lived at Haramsøya, where his father, a pipe organ builder, was employed. Later they relocated, first to Hareid and then to Ålesund.