[1] After completing his primary schooling at Cours Hattemer in Paris in 1991, Low attended Institut Le Rosey where he graduated in 1996 with a specialization in mathematics.

[9] According to Low, he became interested in the fragility of the human brain as a child when his father overdosed on a sleep drug and threatened a Swiss banker with a weapon.

[12][13] Low went on to earn a Ph.D. in computational neurobiology from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)[13][14] for work done at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, which he joined at the recommendation of Francis Crick.

At Salk, Low developed Dynamic Spectral Scoring (DSS) and the SPEARS (Sleep Parametric EEG Automated Recognition System) algorithm, which is used to map brain waves.

[20] He also collaborated with Stephen Hawking who provided him with data for his non-invasive iBrain monitor to interpret brain waves to decipher human intentions and enable communication.