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Prof. Dr. Christian Cajochen
Prof. Dr. Christian Cajochen
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Editor-in-Chief
Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Centre for Chronobiology, Wilhelm-Kleinstr. 27, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
Interests: human circadian rhythm and sleep research
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Prof. Dr. Paul Franken
Prof. Dr. Paul Franken
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Editor-in-Chief
Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Interests: sleep and energy homeostasis; circadian clock genes; QTL analysis; genetics of EEG activity
Prof. Dr. Urs Albrecht
Prof. Dr. Urs Albrecht
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 5, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Interests: mouse; environment-clock interaction; clock mechanism; clock resetting; light; metabolism; mood related behaviors
* Section "Animal Basic Research"
Prof. Dr. Marcos G. G. Frank
Prof. Dr. Marcos G. G. Frank
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Washington State University-Spokane, Sleep and Performance Research Center, College of Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Building 213, 412 E Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202, USA
Interests: neural development; sleep; synaptic plasticity; glia
* Section "Animal Basic Research"
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Kantermann
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kantermann
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Section Editor-in-Chief
1. University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (FOM), Leimkugelstraße, Essen, Germany
2. SynOpus, Alte Hattinger Strasse, Bochum, Germany
Interests: chronobiology; sleep; health & performance; non-visual effects of light exposure; shift-work; school/education
* Section "Society"
Prof. Dr. Ramin Khatami
Prof. Dr. Ramin Khatami
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Center for Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research and Epileptology, Klinik Barmelweid AG, 5017 Barmelweid, Switzerland
Interests: sleep homeostasis; neurological sleep disorders; narcolepsy; epilepsy; parasomnias; restless legs syndrome; respiratory sleep disorders
* Section "Disorders"
Dr. Mirjam Münch
Dr. Mirjam Münch
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Centre for Chronobiology, University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Switzerland
Interests: sleep and circadian rhythms; the impact of light across the lifespan; light as zeitgeber; non-visual functions; light history; circadian biomarker
* Section: Impact of Light & other Zeitgebers
Dr. Arcady Putilov
Dr. Arcady Putilov
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Research Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: sleep regulation; circadian biology; biomedical modeling; chronotypology; individual differences
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Dr. Tamar Shochat
Dr. Tamar Shochat
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Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
Interests: sleep; sleep patterns; insomnia; cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia; chronobiology; adolescents; older adults; shiftwork
* Section "Society"
Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan
Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan
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Section Editor-in-Chief
1. Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
2. Chronobiology & Health, TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences (TUM SG), Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
3. TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
Interests: human chronobiology; visual neuroscience; melatonin suppression; non-visual effects of light; melanopsin; ipRGCs
* Section "Open & Reproducible Science"
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Dr. Gilles Vandewalle
Dr. Gilles Vandewalle
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1. GIGA-Research, Cyclotron Research Centre/In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
2. Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), Brussels, Belgium
Interests: brain mechanisms of the regulation of sleep and wakefulness and associated cognitive functions; sleep homeostasis, circadian timing system, non-visual impact of light; genetics of sleep-wake regulation; inter-individual difference sleep-wake regulation; impact of aging; sleep-wake regulation and health; MRI/fMRI; EEG; TMS-EEG; PET
* Section "Human Basic Research & Neuroimaging"
Prof. Dr. Antoine Adamantidis
Prof. Dr. Antoine Adamantidis
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Neurology, INSELSPITAL, University of Bern, OPO E, Room 216, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: sleep-wake circuit mapping; neural circuits dynamics of innate behaviours; sleep functions; learning and memory consolidation during sleep
Dr. Daniel Aeschbach
Dr. Daniel Aeschbach
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Department of Sleep and Human Factors Research, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Interests: human performance; sleep regulation; individual differences; quantitative EEG
Prof. Dr. Simon Archer
Prof. Dr. Simon Archer
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Editorial Board Member
Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Surrey, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
Interests: sleep and circadian genetics
Prof. Dr. Claudio Bassetti
Prof. Dr. Claudio Bassetti
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Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Interests: general neurology; sleep-wake medicine; coma/disorders of consciousness; stroke medicine; Parkinson's movement disorders
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Prof. Dr. Patrice Bourgin
Prof. Dr. Patrice Bourgin
Editorial Board Member
Sleep Disorders Center & CIRCSom (International Research Center for ChronoSomnology), University Hospital, 1 Place de l’hôpital, Research Team "Light, Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Homeostasis and Neuropsychiatry", CNRS UPR 3212, Institute for Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Interests: sleep disorders; light; circadian rhythms
Prof. Dr. Pablo Brockmann
Prof. Dr. Pablo Brockmann
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Interests: pediatrics
Dr. Sean W. Cain
Dr. Sean W. Cain
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Editorial Board Member
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Program, School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, 18 Innovation Walk, Clayton Campus, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: light sensitivity; depression; circadian rhythm sleep disorders; sex differences; learning & memory; nonphotic clock input; metabolism
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Dr. Etienne Challet
Dr. Etienne Challet
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Editorial Board Member
Neurobiology of Rhythms UPR 3212 CNRS, Institute for Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Interests: circadian rhythms; clock genes; nutrition; energy metabolism
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Prof. Dr. Andrew Coogan
Prof. Dr. Andrew Coogan
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
Interests: circadian; ADHD; neuroimmunology; social jetlag; light-at-night
Prof. Dr. Christopher Cowell
Prof. Dr. Christopher Cowell
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Interests: suprachiasmatic nucleus; neuropeptides; developmental disabilities; neurodegenerative disorders
Dr. Robert Dallmann
Dr. Robert Dallmann
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Editorial Board Member
Warwick Medical School - Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Interests: circadian; metabolomics; cancer; behavior; animal models
Dr. Tom Deboer
Dr. Tom Deboer
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Editorial Board Member
Laboratory for Neurophysiology, Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center-LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: sleep; circadian rhythms; temperature; electrophysiology; electroencephalography; suprachiasmatic nucleus
Prof. Dr. Derk-Jan Dijk
Prof. Dr. Derk-Jan Dijk
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Editorial Board Member
Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK
Interests: pharmacological manipulation of sleep and cognition; the role of circadian rhythmicity in sleep regulation; identification of novel-biomarkers for susceptibility to the negative effects of sleep loss; understanding age and sex related differences in sleep physiology and sleep disorders
Dr. Jeanne F. Duffy
Dr. Jeanne F. Duffy
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Editorial Board Member
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, BLI-438, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: human; aging; sex differences; cognitive performance; morningness-eveningness; circadian period; PRC; shift work; circadian rhythm sleep disorders; entrainment
Prof. Dr. A. Roger Ekirch
Prof. Dr. A. Roger Ekirch
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Editorial Board Member
Department of History, 437 Major Williams (0117), 220 Stanger Street, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: segmented/biphasic sleep; insomnia; history; sleep; sleep disorders
Prof. Dr. Carolina Escobar
Prof. Dr. Carolina Escobar
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Editorial Board Member
Departamento de Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México City, Mexico
Interests: experimental models in circadian disruption; obesity; sleep deprivation; depression-like behavior; addiction; food entrainment; anticipatory activity
Dr. Stephany Fulda
Dr. Stephany Fulda
Editorial Board Member
Sleep and Epilepsy Center, Civic Hospital (EOC) of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
Interests: sleep; sleep signal analysis; clinical sleep medicine; sleep-related movement disorders
Dr. Claude Gronfier
Dr. Claude Gronfier
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Editorial Board Member
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Inserm U1028, Lyon, France
Interests: humans; sleep; circadian; pupillary light reflex; melatonin; melanopsin; circadian disorders; hormones; cognition; pain; light; light therapy; aging; photoreceptor; non-visual; non-image forming