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Edvard Moser
2014 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine | Founding Director, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU | Grid Cells, Memory & the Brain's GPS
Edvard Moser discovered the grid cells that form the brain's internal GPS, earning the 2014 Nobel Prize and reshaping our understanding of memory, cognition, and Alzheimer's. As Founding Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU, he leads research with direct implications for how organizations approach learning, decision-making, and cognitive performance.
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Edvard Moser biography
Edvard Moser is a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist whose discovery of the brain’s internal positioning system has fundamentally changed how science understands memory, spatial reasoning, and the neural architecture of cognition. Science speaker Edvard Moser is Professor of Neuroscience and Founding Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, where he co-leads one of the world’s most celebrated brain research centers alongside his longtime scientific partner May-Britt Moser.
Moser is best known for his discovery, alongside May-Britt Moser and John O’Keefe, of grid cells: a type of neuron in the entorhinal cortex that fires in precise hexagonal patterns as an animal moves through space. Together with O’Keefe’s earlier discovery of place cells, grid cells revealed the existence of a biological GPS embedded in the mammalian brain, a coordinate system that lets us navigate physical space, encode location in memory, and form the cognitive maps that underlie learning itself. For this work, Moser received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, among the highest honors in science.
The implications reach far beyond navigation. Grid cells and place cells are among the first neural systems to degrade in Alzheimer’s disease, which is why disorientation and spatial memory loss are early hallmarks of the condition. Moser’s laboratory at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience continues to investigate how these circuits are built, how they break down, and what they reveal about broader principles of brain computation. Recent work from his group has shown how the brain segments continuous experience into distinct events, and how grid cells sweep ahead of an animal to probe the space in front of it, findings with direct relevance to neurodegenerative disease, cognitive aging, and brain-inspired artificial intelligence.
The Science of Where We Are, and How We Think
Beyond the Nobel, Moser has been recognized with the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, the Perl Prize, and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, among numerous international distinctions. He also co-directs the Centre for Algorithms in the Cortex at NTNU, and he is one of the most highly cited neuroscientists in the world. His work has helped establish NTNU as a global hub for systems neuroscience research.
As a speaker, Edvard Moser brings rare scientific depth to audiences who seldom encounter world-class research presented with such clarity and relevance. His keynotes translate breakthrough discoveries about the brain into practical insight for business leaders, technologists, and healthcare professionals, covering the neuroscience of decision-making and learning as well as what artificial intelligence can borrow from biological navigation systems. Audiences leave with a richer understanding of how the brain builds knowledge, why memory is more dynamic than intuition suggests, and what cognitive science means for how we design organizations, train talent, and build resilient teams.
Edvard Moser Speaking Videos
Edvard Moser - Grid cells and the entorhinal map of space
Edvard Moser - Grid Cells and the Brain's Spatial Mapping System
Edvard Moser Keynote Topics
Drawing on his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of grid cells, Moser explores how the brain builds its internal map of the world and what that means for how humans learn, form memories, and make sense of complex environments. He reveals the elegant neural architecture beneath navigation and cognition, including recent findings from his lab on how the brain bookmarks continuous experience into distinct, memorable events. The result is a new lens for organizational learning, talent development, and the design of high-performance teams.
Spatial memory is among the first casualties of Alzheimer's disease, and understanding why means going deep into the circuits Moser has spent his career mapping. This session examines what neuroscience now knows about how cognitive decline begins, what early warning signs look like at the neural level, and where the most promising research directions lie. Essential for audiences in healthcare, insurance, aging services, and any organization thinking seriously about cognitive resilience in an aging workforce.
Grid cells and place cells do far more than help us navigate; they increasingly inspire a new generation of AI architectures built to reason about space, context, and sequence. Moser explores the interface between systems neuroscience and artificial intelligence, examining what biological neural circuits can teach machine learning researchers and why brain-inspired computation may be the key to AI that generalizes, adapts, and reasons more like humans do.
How the brain encodes information, directs attention, and makes decisions under uncertainty has profound implications for leadership, strategy, and organizational design. Moser draws on systems neuroscience to illuminate the biological basis of high-stakes decision-making, the neural cost of cognitive overload, and what organizations can do to create conditions that support rather than undermine optimal human performance.
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Why Edvard Moser?
Booking Edvard Moser is a rare opportunity to bring a genuine Nobel laureate to your stage, one whose research touches some of the most pressing questions in science, technology, and healthcare today. As co-discoverer of the brain's internal GPS, Moser offers audiences a window into how the mind actually works: how it navigates, learns, remembers, and deteriorates. His keynotes connect neuroscience to the real-world challenges senior audiences face, from cognitive performance and organizational learning to AI and the future of healthcare. Few speakers combine this level of scientific credibility with the ability to make frontier research feel immediately relevant to business leaders, technologists, and policymakers. Aurum Speakers Bureau can tailor his participation to your event's themes and audience.
What did Edvard Moser discover?
Edvard Moser, alongside May-Britt Moser and John O'Keefe, discovered grid cells: neurons in the entorhinal cortex that fire in regular hexagonal patterns as a person or animal moves through space. Together with O'Keefe's earlier discovery of place cells, this revealed that the mammalian brain contains a biological GPS, an internal coordinate system that encodes spatial location and forms the foundation for memory and navigation. The discovery earned Moser the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and opened an entirely new field of research into how the brain computes position, builds cognitive maps, and loses these functions in diseases like Alzheimer's.
What is the connection between Edvard Moser's research and Alzheimer's disease?
Grid cells and place cells are among the neural circuits most vulnerable to the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. This is why spatial disorientation, such as getting lost in familiar places, is often one of the first symptoms to appear. Moser's research at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience is helping scientists understand exactly how and why these circuits degrade, with the goal of identifying earlier biomarkers and new targets for intervention. For audiences in healthcare, aging, or insurance sectors, this connection makes his keynotes especially compelling.
What topics does Nobel speaker Edvard Moser cover at events?
Edvard Moser speaks on a range of topics rooted in neuroscience but designed for executive and professional audiences: the biology of memory and learning, how the brain navigates and computes, the neuroscience of cognitive performance and decision-making, what AI can learn from biological neural systems, and the implications of brain research for healthcare and the future of work. His talks are calibrated for audiences who want scientific rigor combined with strategic relevance. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to discuss how his keynote can be adapted to your event's agenda and industry focus.
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