Faculty

Stuart Brody

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

Joanne Chory

Professor
Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology, Salk Institute
Research areas: Regulation of plant growth and flowering

Susan Golden

Distinguished Professor and Director
Molecular Biology & Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria

Nan Hao

Jose Pruneda-Paz

Assistant Professor
Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Regulation of plant defense responses

Gurol Suel

Professor
Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Quantitative approaches to emergent dynamics in microbial systems

Gabriele Sulli

Assistant Professor
Scintillon Institute and School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Role of the circadian clock in cancer

Mark Ellisman

Professor
Neurosciences - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Neurobiological and clinical research

Ronald Evans

Professor
Gene Expression & Cellular Biology, Salk Institute
Research areas: Circadian links to hormone receptors and metabolism

Donald MacLeod

Professor
Psychology, UC San Diego
Research areas: How we see: Neural mechanisms in retina or brain

Marc Montminy

Professor
Peptide & Cellular Biology, Salk Institute
Research areas: CREB signaling and the clock

Satchidananda Panda

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

Dr. Panda's Research:

Watch Dr. Panda's talk for TEDxBeaconStreet held at the Kennedy Library November 2017.

William Bechtel

Professor
Philosophy, UC San Diego
Research areas: Philosophy and history of science

Jeff Hasty

Professor
Molecular Biology & Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Research areas: Synthetic gene networks in microorganisms

Terence Hwa

Professor
Physics & Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Genetic circuits and metabolic control

Nikolai Rulkov

Research Scientist
BioCircuits Institute, UC San Diego
Research areas: Oscillations and synchronization in neurobiological networks

Terry Sejnowski

Professor, Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute
Distinguished Professor, Neurobiology & Engineering, UC San Diego
Neurobiology & Engineering, UC San Diego
Research areas: Thalamocortical rhythms

Benjamin Smarr

Lev Tsimring

Research Scientist
BioCircuits Institute, UC San Diego
Research areas: Spatio-temporal dynamics of biological networks and circuits

Pieter Dorrestein

Professor
Pharmacology and Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in the microbiome and chemical crosstalk among microorganisms

Jeff Elliott

Project Scientist
Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian and photic regulation of behavior and melatonin

Michael Gorman

Professor
Psychology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Photoperiodism in mammalian clocks

Dr. Gorman's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Gorman about his research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Ralph Greenspan

Professor
Neurobiology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Sleep and circadian rhythms in Drosophila and Paramecium

Alexander Kauffman

Associate Professor
Reproductive Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian and seasonal regulation of reproduction

Dr. Kauffman's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Kauffman about his research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Rob Knight

Professor
Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in microbiome

Katja Lamia

Associate Professor
Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research
Research areas: Circadian rhythms and metabolism in mammals

Dr. Lamia's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Lamia about her research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Pamela Mellon

Distinguished Professor
Reproductive Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Rhythms in mammalian reproduction

Dorothy D. Sears

Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Eating behaviors, obesity & chronic disease risk

Dr. Sears' Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Sears about her research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Nicholas Webster

Amir Zarrinpar

Sonia Ancoli-Israel

Professor Emeritus
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Sleep and circadian rhythms in chronic illness

Dr. Ancoli-Israel's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Ancoli-Israel about her research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Paula Desplats

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

Dr. Desplats' Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Desplats about her research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Gena Glickman

Research Specialist
Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms & biological effects of light in mammals

William Joiner

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

Dr. Joiner's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Joiner about his research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Atul Malhotra

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

Timothy Rickard

Associate Professor
Psychology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Effects of circadian rhythms and sleeping on learning

Robert Owens

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Sleep apnea and lung disease, Sleep and delirium in ICU

Davide Dulcis

Associate Professor
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Light, neurotransmitter plasticity, and mood

Dr. Dulcis' Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Dulcis about his research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

John Kelsoe

Professor
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian Clock Genes in Bipolar Disorder

Daniel Kripke

Professor Emeritus
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Bright light treatment and human circadian genes

Michael McCarthy

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

Caroline Nievergelt

Associate Professor
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Role of circadian genes in human sleep & mood disorders

Barbara Parry

Professor
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Chronobiology of mood disorders in women

Nick Spitzer

Distinguished Professor
Neurobiology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Neurotransmitter respecification and behavior

David Welsh

Associate Professor
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in single mammalian cells

Jared Young

Christopher Colwell

Andy LiWang

Professor
Quantitative and Systems Biology, UC Merced
Research areas: Circadian mechanisms in cyanobacteria

Dr. LiWang's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. LiWang about his research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Carrie Partch

Associate Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
Research areas: Structural and mechanic studies of mammalian clock proteins

Dr. Partch's Research:

Watch an interview with Dr. Partch about her research, produced by members of the BioClock Studio Winter 2017 at UC San Diego.

Susan Cohen

Todd C. Holmes

Professor
Physiology & Biophysics - School of Medicine, UC Irvine
Research areas: Neural circuits and behavior; circadian and visual circuits

Sara Mednick

Associate Professor
Cognitive Science, UC Irvine
Research areas: Role of sleep in human memory consolidation

Ketema Paul

Gina R. Poe