Chronobiology People
Professor Debra Skene and her team's research is focussed on the human circadian timing system in particular investigation of the causes, consequences and treatment of circadian rhythm disorders. Optimisation of therapies to correct human clock disorders, such as appropriately timed light and melatonin, is a long term goal.
Katrin Ackermann, Dr. phil. nat.
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Project: Clock genes in human leukocytes
Funded by EU FP6 Marie Curie Research Training Networks project, Sleep restriction
Email: k.ackermann@surrey.ac.uk
k@trinsche.de
Phone: 01483 683341
Daniel Barrett, BaMus (Hons)
Research Coordinator
Funded by EU 6th Framework Project EUCLOCK(No. 018741); and by New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Research Programme, SomnIA
Email: d.barrett@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 683341
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Jean Dawson
Research Manager, Surrey Clinical Research Centre
Part-time PhD student
Project: Use of actigraphy to assess action of centrally acting drugs
Supervisors: Julia Boyle and Debra J. Skene
Email: j.dawson@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 689781
Erin Evans, BSc
Researcher, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard, Boston, USA
Collaborative PhD student
Project: Effect of light perception on reproductive function in blind women
Supervisors: Steven Lockley and Debra J. Skene
Email: eevans@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
John Hanifin, BA
Manager of Laboratory Services, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
Collaborative PhD student
Project: Phototransduction for the retinohypothalamic tract of humans
Supervisors: George (Bud) Brainard and Debra J. Skene
Email: john.hanifin@jefferson.edu
Samantha Hopkins, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Officer
Project: Effect of light on sleep in care home residents
Funded by New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Research Programme, SomnIA
Supervisors: Julia Boyle and Debra J. Skene
Email: s.hopkins@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 683341
Thomas Kantermann, Dr. rer. nat.
Email: t.kantermann@surrey.ac.uk
Katharina Lederle, MSc
Marie Curie Research Fellow, PhD student
Project: Effect of light on sleep and activity in the elderly
Funded by EU FP6 Marie Curie Research Training Networks project, Sleep restriction and and by New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Research Programme, SomnIA
Supervisors: Benita Middleton and Debra J. Skene
Email: k.lederle@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 683342
Simone Maentele
PhD student
Project: Molecular interaction of circadian and metabolic physiology
Part-funded by Stockgrand Ltd
Supervisors: Jonathan Johnston and Debra J. Skene
Email: s.maentele@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 683341
Peter Lloyd Morgan, BSc (Hons)
PhD student, ESRC funded
Project: Effect of light on sleep in care home residents
Funded by New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Research Programme, SomnIA
Supervisors: Benita Middleton, Sara Arber and Debra J. Skene
Email: p.l.morgan@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 683341
Sara Montagnese, MD,
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Centre for Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London,
Collaborative PhD student
Project: Circadian abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis: relationship to sleep-wake patterns and hepatic encephalopathy
Supervisors: Marsha Y. Morgan and Debra J. Skene
Email: smontagnese@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
Christiana Papamichael, BSc (Hons)
PhD student
Project: Non visual effects of light in humans
Supervisors: Vikki Revell and Debra J. Skene
Email: c.papamichael@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 683341
Victoria Louise Revell, BSc (Hons), PhD
Postdoctoral Research Officer
Project: Entrainment of the circadian clock
Funded by EU 6th Framework Project EUCLOCK (No. 018741)
Email: v.revell@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 689383
Elizabeth Thompson, BA (Hons), MA
PhD student
Project: Sleep, social roles and relationships of nurses who work at night
Funded by University Research Scholarship
Supervisors: Sara Arber and Debra J. Skene
Email: e.thompson@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 876983
Vicky Vaughan, BSc (Hons)
PhD student
Project: Diurnal preference, sleep and PER3 in the elderly
Funded by ESRC/MRC studentship
Supervisors: Sara Arber, Simon Archer and Debra J. Skene
Email: v.vaughan@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 689705
Sophie Wehrens, BSc (cum laude), MSc
Marie Curie Research Fellow, PhD student
Project: Metabolic and cardiovascular effects of sleep deprivation in shift workers and non-shift workers
Funded by EU FP6 Marie Curie Research Training Networks project, Sleep restriction
Supervisors: Shelagh Hampton and Debra J. Skene
Email: sophie.wehrens@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 689705