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Executive Committee

Executive Committee

Front row (from left): Katja Lamia, Stu Brody, Paula Desplats, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Susan Golden, Satchin Panda, Karen Tonsfeldt, Christian Harding. Back row (from left): Atul Malhotra, Michael McCarthy, Amir Zarrinpar, William Joiner, David Welsh, Dorothy Sears, and Benjamin Smarr. Not pictured: Jose Pruneda-Paz.

  • Stu Brody

    Stu Brody

    Professor Emeritus
    Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Metabolism and circadian rhythms in Neurospora

  • Paula Desplats

    Paula Desplats

    Associate Professor
    Neurosciences, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Epigenetic regulation of circadian clock genes in dementia
  • William Joiner

    William Joiner

    Associate Professor
    Pharmacology, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Sleep and anesthesia sensitivity in Drosophila
  • Michael Lam

    Michael Lam

    Assistant Professor
    Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Studying how sleep disruption affects immune response
  • Katja Lamia

    Katja Lamia

    Professor
    Molecular and Cellular Biology, Scripps Research
    Research areas: Circadian rhythms and metabolism in mammals

  • Atul Malhotra

    Atul Malhotra

    Professor
    Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Sleep apnea pathogenesis and pathophysiology
  • Emily Manoogian

    Emily Manoogian

    Staff Scientist
    Clinical Research, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Research areas: Time-restricted eating, shift work

  • Michael McCarthy

    Michael McCarthy

    Professor
    Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Circadian clock abnormalities in psychiatric disorders

  • Satchin Panda

    Satchin Panda

    Professor
    Regulatory & Cellular Biology, Salk Institute
    Research areas: Melanopsin-based circadian entrainment

  • Jose Pruneda-Paz

    Jose Pruneda-Paz

    Associate Professor
    Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Regulation of plant defense responses
  • Dorothy D. Sears

    Dorothy D. Sears

    Professor
    College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
    Research areas: Eating behaviors, obesity & chronic disease risk
  • Benjamin Smarr

    Benjamin Smarr

    Assistant Professor
    Bioengineering and Halicioglu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego
    Research areas: Mapping and mining biological timeseries
  • Amir Zarrinpar

    Amir Zarrinpar

    Associate Professor
    Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
    Research Areas: Circadian rhythms, gut microbiome, and metabolism