Sonia Ancoli-Israel

Professor Emeritus
Psychiatry - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Sleep and circadian rhythms in normal aging, neurodegenerative disease and cancer

William Bechtel

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

Stuart Brody

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

Paula Desplats

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

Pieter Dorrestein

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

Davide Dulcis

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

Jeff Elliott

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

Mark Ellisman

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

Ronald Evans

Susan Golden

Distinguished Professor
Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria

Michael Gorman

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

Ralph Greenspan

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

Nan Hao

Professor
Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Molecular oscillations during cell aging

Jeff Hasty

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

Terry Hwa

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

William Joiner

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

Alexander Kauffman

Professor
OBGYN and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian control of reproductive function

John Kelsoe

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

Rob Knight

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

Daniel Kripke

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

Katja Lamia

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

Donald MacLeod

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

Atul Malhotra

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

Emily Manoogian

Staff Scientist
Clinical Research, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Research areas: Time-Restricted Eating, Shift Work

Michael McCarthy

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

Pamela Mellon

Distinguished Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences,
School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research areas: Rhythms in mammalian reproduction

Todd Michael

Research Professor
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory,
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Research areas: Genomics of the plant circadian clock

Marc Montminy

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

Caroline Nievergelt

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

Robert Owens

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

Satchin Panda

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

Barbara Parry

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

Jose Pruneda-Paz

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

Padmini Rangamani

Professor and Jacobs Faculty Scholar
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Biophysical modeling of cellular mechanotransduction

Timothy Rickard

Professor
Psychology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Human learning and knowledge, memory retrieval, transfer of skills, and mathematical cognition

Nikolai Rulkov

Research Scientist
Synthetic Biology Institute, UC San Diego
Research areas: Nonlinear dynamics, spiking neuron networks, Signal processing systems

Dorothy D. Sears

Professor
College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
Research Areas: Eating behaviors, obesity & chronic disease risk

Terry Sejnowski

Distinguished Professor
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute
Neurobiology & Engineering, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Neural systems, neural circuits, synapses,
brain disorders and computational tools

Benjamin Smarr

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

Nick Spitzer

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

Gurol Suel

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

Karen Tonsfeldt

Assistant Project Scientist
Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Research Areas: Neuroendocrinology and suprachiasmatic nucleus function

Lev Tsimring

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

Nicholas Webster

Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism - School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Neuroendocrinology of metabolism and obesity, and its impact on cancer

Jared Young

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

Amir Zarrinpar

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

Joanna Chiu

Susan Cohen

Associate Professor
Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles
Affiliate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria

Christopher Colwell

Professor
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Associate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian dysfunction in diseases of the nervous system

Gena Glickman

Associate Professor
Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University
Associate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms & biological effects of light in mammals

Liz Harrison

Research Scientist
Naval Health Research Center
Associate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian rhythms and shiftwork

Todd C. Holmes

Professor
Physiology & Biophysics - School of Medicine, UC Irvine
Affiliate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Neural circuits and behavior; circadian and visual circuits

Steve Kay

Provost Professor
Neurology, Biomedical Engineering, and Biological Sciences, University of Southern California
Affiliate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Composition and architecture of complex regulatory networks in plants and animals

Andy LiWang

Professor
Quantitative and Systems Biology, UC Merced
Associate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Circadian mechanisms in cyanobacteria

Jennifer L. Martin

Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Associate Director, Clinical and Health Services Research, Geriatric Research,
Education and Clinical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Affiliate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego 
Research Areas: Sleep disorders in special populations, innovative interventions for insomnia

Sara C. Mednick

Dawn Nagel

Associate Professor
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside
Affiliate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research Areas: Circadian regulation of temperature responses in plants

Carrie Partch

Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
Associate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Structural and mechanic studies of mammalian clock proteins

Ketema Paul

Gina R. Poe

Professor
Departments of Integrative Biology & Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Affiliate member, Center for Circadian Biology, UC San Diego
Research areas: Sleep traits for memory consolidation and mental health