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Richard S. J. Frackowiak

born 1950

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Wikipedia Summary

Richard Stanislaus Joseph Frackowiak, born 26 March 1950 in London, is a British and French neurologist and neuroscientist. He is best known for his role in the development of neuroimaging, as the founding director of the Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL) at University College London (UCL) and as one of the initiators, in 2013, of the Human Brain Project (HBP), a ten-year European project coordinated by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with the goal of advancing knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
March 26, 1950
London
Citizenship

United Kingdom

Occupations & fields
university teacherneurologistneuroscientisthead teacher
Awards & honours
Feldberg Foundation PrizeEllison–Cliffe LectureFellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Field and occupation
Britský lékař, neurolog a neurovědec, ředitel Laboratoře funkčního zobrazování na University College London. Žije v Paříži.
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