CCB Members

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
Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Molecular oscillations during cell aging
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
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering and Halicioglu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego
Research areas: Mapping and mining biological timeseries
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
Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Neuroendocrinology of metabolism and obesity, and its impact on cancer
Amir Zarrinpar
Assistant Professor
Medicine - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Circadian rhythms, gut microbiome, and metabolism

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.
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
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Neuropsychopharmacology of cognitive/behavioral/mood disorders

Christopher Colwell
Professor
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Research areas: Circadian dysfunction in diseases of the nervous system
Gena Glickman
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Uniformed Services University
Research areas: Circadian rhythms & biological effects of light in mammals
Liz Harrison

Research Scientist
Naval Health Research Center
Research areas: Circadian rhythms and shiftwork and link my research gate profile
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
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria
Todd C. Holmes

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

Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, USC
Research Areas: Composition and architecture of complex regulatory networks in plants and animals
Sara Mednick

Associate Professor
Cognitive Science, UC Irvine
Research areas: Role of sleep in human memory consolidation
Ketema Paul
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology and Physiology, UC Los Angeles
Research areas: Circadian regulation of sleep
Gina R. Poe
Professor
Departments of Integrative Biology & Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Research areas: Sleep traits for memory consolidation and mental health