Karl Friston

Scientific Advisor

Karl is a professor of neuroscience at University College London. He is a world authority on brain imaging and theoretical neuroscience. Over 90% of papers published in brain imaging use his method (Statistical Parametric Mapping, or SPM). In theoretical neuroscience, he is the main architect of the free energy principle and the related concept of active inference.

He is one of the field’s most highly cited scientists, with a long list of awards, prizes, fellowships and honorary doctorates. In 2016 he was ranked by Semantic Scholar as the world’s most influential neuroscientist.