1 CURRICULUM VITAE
Horacio O. de la Iglesia
University of Washington - Department of Biology Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800 Phone: (206) 616-4697
Fax: (206) 616-2011 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION
1997 Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts (UMASS), Amherst, MA.
1991 Undergraduate studies in Biology, Biology Department, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
POSITIONS HELD
2013- Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington.
Faculty, Program of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington. Faculty, Program of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington. 2013 Invited Professor, University of Oxford.
2009-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Faculty, Program of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington. Faculty, Program of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington. 2003-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA.
Faculty, Program of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Faculty, Program of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2000-2003 Instructor, Biology 95th Seminar Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Instructor in Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
2001-2002 Consultant, Advanced Cell Technology, Worcester, MA.
1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Katherine V. Fite Award to Outstanding Alumni of the Neuroscience and Behavior Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
2013 Leverhulme Fellow, University of Oxford, UK.
2012 Invited Speaker, 2012 Endocrine Society Meeting, Houston.
Invited Speaker, Harvard Medical School, Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Grand Rounds.
2 Invited Speaker, International Workshop: The diversity, evolution and
mechanisms controlling activity patterns, Ein-Gedi, Israel, February 26-March 1 2011 Invited Professor, Graduate Course on Biological Rhythms, Universidad Nacional
de Quilmes/University of Pennsylvania, Buenos Aires and Formosa, Argentina. Invited speaker, 3rd
World Congress for Chronobiology, Puebla, Mexico (speaker in two Symposia and chair of a third Symposium).
Invited speaker, XI Latin American Symposium on Chronobiology, Cholula, Mexico.
Invited Speaker, Inaugural Meeting of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Invited Speaker, XII Congress of the European Biological Rhythms Society, Oxford, UK.
2010 Invited Speaker, Center for Chronobiology Symposium, University of California San Diego.
Invited Speaker, Assembling a Multi-Cellular Circadian Pacemaker, Lorenz Center, Leiden Netherlands.
2008 Invited professor, Neurobiology Summer Course, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
2007 Undergraduate Mentor Award, University of Washington. Awarded each year to 2-3 mentors out of 300-400 mentors.
Invited Speaker at Aschoff-Honma Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
1999 Invited Professor, Graduate Course on Biological Rhythms, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1997 Vincent Dethier Award. Awarded by Neuroscience and Behavior, UMASS to the best graduate student of the year.
1996-1997 Student Fellowship for Studies Abroad, Ministry of Education of Argentina 1996 Travel award for the V Meeting of the Society for Research on Biological
Rhythms, Amelia Island Plantation, Florida.
1995 Best Paper Award. XXIII New England Endocrinology Conference, Amherst, MA.
1993-1994 Graduate School Fellowship, UMASS.
1992 Financial aid for Summer Course on Biological Timing, Center for Biological Timing, National Science Foundation, Charlottesville, VA.
1991 Summa cum laude diploma, Licentiate in Biology, Biology Department, UBA. 1989 DAAD (Bonn, Germany) Practical Training Fellowship, Alfred Wegener Institut
für Polar und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
*Corresponding author
1. de la Iglesia HO*, Fernandez-Duque E, Golombek DA, Lanza N, Duffy JF, Czeisler CA, Valeggia CR (2015) Access to Electric Light Is Associated with Shorter Sleep Duration in a Traditionally Hunter-Gatherer Community. J Biol Rhythms 30:342-350.
2. Kalume F, Oakley JC, Westenbroek RE, Gile J, de la Iglesia HO, Scheuer T, Catterall WA (2015) Sleep impairment and reduced interneuron excitability in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome. Neurobiol Dis 77:141-154.
3 (2014) Role of the dorsal medial habenula in the regulation of voluntary activity, motor function, hedonic state, and primary reinforcement. J. Neurosci. 34, 11366-11384.
4. Smarr BL, Gile JJ, de la Iglesia HO* (2013) Oestrogen-independent circadian clock gene expression in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus in female rats: Possible role as an integrator for circadian and ovarian signals timing the LH surge. J Neuroendocrinol 25:1273–1279.
5. Yao, J, de la Iglesia, HO & Bajjalieh, SM (2013) Loss of the SV2-like protein SVOP produces no apparent deficits in laboratory mice. PloS One 8, e68215.
6. Wotus C, Lilley TR, Neal A, Suleiman N, Schmuck S, Smarr BL, de la Iglesia HO* (2012) Forced desynchrony reveals independent contributions of suprachiasmatic oscillators to the daily plasma corticosterone rhythm in rats. PlosONE 8:e68793.
7. Han S, Tai C, Westenbroek RE, Yu FH, Cheah CS, Potter GB, Rubenstein JL, Scheuer T, de la Iglesia HO*, Catterall WA (2012) Autistic-like behaviour in Scn1a
mice and rescue by enhanced GABA-mediated neurotransmission. Nature 489:385-390.
8. Han S, Yu FH, Schwartz MD, Linton JD, Bosma MM, Hurley JB, Catterall WA, de la Iglesia HO* (2012) NaV1.1 channels are critical for intercellular communication in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and for normal circadian rhythms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: E368-E377.
9. Smarr BL, Morris E, de la Iglesia HO* (2012) The dorsomedial suprachiasmatic nucleus times circadian expression of kiss1 and the luteinizing hormone surge. Endocrinology 153:2839-2850.
10.Lilley TR, Wotus C, Taylor D, Lee JM, de la Iglesia HO* (2012) Circadian regulation of cortisol release in behaviorally split golden hamsters. Endocrinology 153:732-738.
11.Plano SA, Agostino PV, de la Iglesia HO, Golombek DA (2012) cGMP-phosphodiesterase inhibition enhances photic responses and synchronization of the biological circadian clock in rodents. PLoS ONE 7:e37121.
12.Schwartz WJ, Tavakoli-Nezhad M, Lambert CM, Weaver DR, de la Iglesia HO* (2011) Distinct patterns of Period gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus underlie circadian clock photoentrainment by advances or delays. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:17219-17224. 13.Beckwith EJ, Lelito KR, Hsu YW, Medina BM, Shafer O, Ceriani MF, de la Iglesia HO*
(2011) Functional conservation of clock output signaling between flies and intertidal crabs. J Biol Rhythms 26:518-529.
14.Chiesa JJ, Aguzzi J, Garcia JA, Sarda F, de la Iglesia HO (2010) Light intensity determines temporal niche switching of behavioral activity in deep-water Nephrops norvegicus
(Crustacea: Decapoda). J Biol Rhythms 25:277-287.
15.Schwartz MD, Congdon S, de la Iglesia HO* (2010) Phase misalignment between suprachiasmatic neuronal oscillators impairs photic behavioral phase shifts but not photic induction of gene expression. J Neurosci 30:13150-13156.
16.Lopez-Olmeda JF, Tartaglione EV, de la Iglesia HO, Sanchez-Vazquez FJ (2010) Feeding entrainment of food-anticipatory activity and per1 expression in the brain and liver of zebrafish under different lighting and feeding conditions. Chronobiol Int 27:1380-1400. 17.Fernandez-Duque E, de la Iglesia HO, Erkert HG (2010) Moonstruck primates: Owl
monkeys (Aotus) need moonlight for nocturnal activity in their natural environment. PLoS ONE 5:e12572.
4 18.Robertson JL, Clifton DK, de la Iglesia HO, Steiner RA, Kauffman AS (2009) Circadian
regulation of Kiss1 neurons: implications for timing the preovulatory gonadotropin-releasing hormone/luteinizing hormone surge. Endocrinology 150:3664-3671.
19.Lee ML, Swanson BE, de la Iglesia HO* (2009) Circadian timing of REM sleep is coupled to an oscillator within the dorsomedial suprachiasmatic nucleus. Curr Biol 19:848-852. 20.Schwartz MD, Wotus C, Liu T, Friesen WO, Borjigin J, Oda GA, de la Iglesia HO* (2009)
Dissociation of circadian and light inhibition of melatonin release through forced desynchronization in the rat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:17540-17545.
21.Hsu YW, Weller JR, Christie AE, de la Iglesia HO* (2008) Molecular cloning of four cDNAs encoding prepro-crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) from the eyestalk of the red rock crab Cancer productus: Identification of two genetically encoded CHH isoforms and two putative post-translationally derived CHH variants. Gen Comp Endocrinol 155:517-525. 22.Hsu YW, Stemmler EA, Messinger DI, Dickinson PS, Christie AE, de la Iglesia HO* (2008)
Cloning and differential expression of two beta-pigment-dispersing hormone (beta-PDH) isoforms in the crab Cancer productus: evidence for authentic beta-PDH as a local neurotransmitter and beta-PDH II as a humoral factor. J Comp Neurol 508:197-211. 23.Gerashchenko D, Wisor JP, Burns D, Reh RK, Shiromani PJ, Sakurai T, de la Iglesia HO,
Kilduff TS (2008) Identification of a population of sleep-active cerebral cortex neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:10227-10232.
24.Stemmler EA, Hsu YW, Cashman CR, Messinger DI, de la Iglesia HO, Dickinson PS, Christie AE (2007) Direct tissue MALDI-FTMS profiling of individual Cancer productus sinus glands reveals that one of three distinct combinations of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone precursor-related peptide (CPRP) isoforms are present in individual crabs. Gen Comp Endocrinol 154:184-192.
25.Cambras T, Weller JR, Angles-Pujoras M, Lee ML, Christopher A, Diez-Noguera A, Krueger JM, de la Iglesia HO* (2007) Circadian desynchronization of core body temperature and sleep stages in the rat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7634-7639. 26.Hsu YW, Messinger DI, Chung JS, Webster SG, de la Iglesia HO, Christie AE (2006)
Members of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) peptide family are differentially distributed both between and within the neuroendocrine organs of Cancer crabs: implications for differential release and pleiotropic function. J Exp Biol 209:3241-3256.
27.Christie AE, Stemmler EA, Peguero B, Messinger DI, Provencher HL, Scheerlinck P, Hsu YW, Guiney ME, de la Iglesia HO, Dickinson PS (2006) Identification, physiological actions, and distribution of VYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Val1)-SIFamide) in the stomatogastric nervous system of the American lobster Homarus americanus. J Comp Neurol 496:406-421. 28.Fu Q, Kutz KK, Schmidt JJ, Hsu YW, Messinger DI, Cain SD, de la Iglesia HO, Christie
AE, Li L (2005) Hormone complement of the Cancer productus sinus gland and pericardial organ: An anatomical and mass spectrometric investigation. J Comp Neurol 493:607-626. 29.de la Iglesia HO, Meyer J, Schwartz WJ (2004) Using Per gene expression to search for
photoperiodic oscillators in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 127:121-127.
30.de la Iglesia HO, Cambras T, Schwartz WJ, Diez-Noguera A (2004) Forced
desynchronization of dual circadian oscillators within the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Curr Biol 14:796-800.
5 31.de la Iglesia HO*, Meyer J, Schwartz WJ (2003) Lateralization of circadian pacemaker
output: Activation of left- and right-sided luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons involves a neural rather than a humoral pathway. J Neurosci 23:7412-7414.
32.Edelstein K, de la Iglesia HO, Mrosovsky N (2003) Period gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of behaviorally decoupled hamsters. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 114:40-45.
33.Edelstein K, de la Iglesia HO, Schwartz WJ, Mrosovsky N (2003) Behavioral arousal blocks light-induced phase advances in locomotor rhythmicity but not light-induced Per1 and Fos expression in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus. Neuroscience 118:253-261.
34.de la Iglesia HO, Schwartz WJ (2002) A subpopulation of efferent neurons in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus is also light responsive. Neuroreport 13:857-860.
35.Zlomanczuk P, Mrugala M, de la Iglesia HO, Ourednik V, Quesenberry PJ, Snyder EY, Schwartz WJ (2002) Transplanted clonal neural stem-like cells respond to remote photic stimulation following incorporation within the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Exp Neurol 174:162-168.
36.Mitome M, Low HP, de la Iglesia HO, Schwartz WJ (2001) Constructing suprachiasmatic nucleus chimeras in vivo. Biol Rhythm Res 32:221-232.
37.Schwartz WJ, Carpino A, Jr., de la Iglesia HO, Baler R, Klein DC, Nakabeppu Y, Aronin N (2000) Differential regulation of fos family genes in the ventrolateral and dorsomedial subdivisions of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Neuroscience 98:535-547.
38.Jagota A, de la Iglesia HO, Schwartz WJ (2000) Morning and evening circadian oscillations in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in vitro. Nat Neurosci 3:372-376.
39.de la Iglesia HO*, Meyer J, Carpino A, Jr., Schwartz WJ (2000) Antiphase oscillation of the left and right suprachiasmatic nuclei. Science 290:799-801.
40.de la Iglesia HO*, Blaustein JD, Bittman EL (1999) Oestrogen receptor-alpha-immunoreactive neurones project to the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the female Syrian hamster. J Neuroendocrinol 11:481-490.
41.Pereyra P, De la Iglesia HO, Maldonado H (1996) Training-to-testing intervals different from 24 h impair habituation in the crab Chasmagnathus. Physiol Behav 59:19-25.
42.de la Iglesia HO*, Blaustein JD, Bittman EL (1995) The suprachiasmatic area in the female hamster projects to neurons containing estrogen receptors and GnRH. Neuroreport 6:1715-1722.
43.de la Iglesia HO*, Rodriguez EM, Dezi RE (1994) Burrow plugging in the crab Uca
uruguayensis and Its synchronization with photoperiod and tides. Physiol Behav 55:913-919. INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS
1. de la Iglesia HO, Lee M (2014) A time to wake, a time to sleep. In In Mechanisms of Circadian Systems in Animals and Their Clinical Relevance, R. Aguilar -Roblero, M.L. Fanjul-Moles and M. Díaz-Muñoz, eds. (New York: Springer International), p. 380.
2. de la Iglesia HO, Johnson CH (2013) Biological clocks: riding the tides. Curr Biol 23:R921-923.
3. Smarr BL, Schwartz MD, Wotus C, de la Iglesia HO (2013) Re-examining "temporal niche". Integr Comp Biol 53:165-174.
4. Kronfeld-Schor N, Dominoni D, de la Iglesia HO, Levy O, Herzog ED, Dayan T, Helfrich-Forster C (2013) Chronobiology by moonlight. Proc R Soc B 280:20123088.
6 5. Hut RA, Kronfeld-Schor N, Van der Vinne V, de la Iglesia HO (2012) In search of a
temporal niche: Environmental factors. Prog Brain Res 199:281-304.
6. de la Iglesia HO and Hsu YW (2010) Biological clocks and rhythms in intertidal crustaceans. Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 2:1394-1404.
7. Kilduff TS, Lein ES, de la Iglesia HO, Sakurai T, Fu YH and Shaw P (2008) New developments in sleep research: molecular genetics, gene expression, and systems neurobiology. J Neurosci 28:11814-11818.
8. de la Iglesia HO, Cambras T, Diez-Noguera A (2008) Circadian internal desynchronization: Lessons from a rat. Sleep Biol Rhythms 6:76-83.
9. de la Iglesia HO (2007) In situ hybridization of suprachiasmatic nucleus slices. In Methods Mol Biol, E Rosato, ed, pp 513-531, Humana Press.
10.de la Iglesia HO and Schwartz WJ (2006) Timely ovulation: Circadian regulation of the female hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis. Endocrinology 147:1148-1153.
11.Schwartz WJ and de la Iglesia HO (2003) Dual oscillators in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. In: Homna K and Homna S (eds.) Circadian Clock as Multi-OscillationSystem. Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, Japan.
12.de la Iglesia HO (2002) Ritmos hormonales y reproductivos. In: Golombek, D.A. (ed.) Cronobiología Humana. Editorial Universitaria de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 13.Guido ME and de la Iglesia HO (2002) Bases moleculares de la cronobiología, In:
Golombek DA (ed.) Cronobiología Humana. Editorial Universitaria de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
14.Schwartz WJ, de la Iglesia HO, Zlomanczuk P and Illnerova H (2001) Encoding le quattro stagioni within the mammalian brain: photoperiodic orchestration through the
suprachiasmatic nucleus. J Biol Rhythms 16:302-311.
15.de la Iglesia HO (2001) Los osciladores de los núcleos supraquiasmáticos. Investigación y Ciencia (Spanish edition of Scientific American) September 2001 issue.
RESEARCH SUPPORT
1. NSF. Sleep-Stage Sequence and Memory. Direct Costs: 393,000. Active 2012-2016. Role: PI.
2. NSF Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering. Circadian Modulation of Neuromotor Control. Direct Costs: $95,000. Active 2011-2012. Role: PI.
3. NIH FIRCA (R03). Communication in the Mammalian Circadian Clock: The Role of Nitric Oxide. Direct costs: 100,000. Active 2009-2012. Role: PI.
4. NIH (ARRA R03). Upstream regulation of Kiss1 cells. Direct Costs: $50,000. 2009-2011. Role: PI.
5. University of Washington Bridge Funds. Memory consolidation and Sleep Stage Sequence. Direct costs: 92,0000. 2011. Role: PI
6. NSF. Biological Timing in Intertidal Decapod Crustaceans. Direct costs: $300,000. 2006-2010. Role: PI.
7. NIH R01. Forced Desynchronization of the Rat Circadian System. Direct costs: $975,486. 2006-2010. Role: PI.
8. Royalty Research Fund. Role of Retinal Ganglion Cells Innervating the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Completed. Direct costs: $35,000. 2005-2006. Role: PI
7 9. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teaching Instrumentation Support. Circadian Rhythms
Across Taxa. Direct costs: $20,000. 2003-2004 Role: PI. INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2015 Katherine V. Fite Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Invited Speaker, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Invited Speaker, Department of Anthropology, University of Yale, New Heaven. 2014 Invited Lecturer, ESE Basic Endocrinology Course on “Neuroendocrinology”,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Center for Integrative Neuroscience Symposium, Timing Mechanisms in the Brain. Simposium organizer.
Invited Speaker, XV Simposio Latinoamericano de Medicina del Sueño. Mexico City, Mexico.
Invited Speaker, Biennial Meeting, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Big Sky, Montana.
2013 Invited Professor and Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Oxford, UK
Invited Speaker, University of Surrey, UK Invited Speaker, University of Manchester, UK Invited Speaker, University of Leicester, UK Keynote Speaker, UK Clock Club, Cambridge UK
2012 Invited Speaker, 2012 Endocrine Society Meeting, Houston.
Invited Speaker, Harvard Medical School, Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Grand Rounds.
Invited Speaker, UMASS Medical School, Program in Neuroscience. Invited Speaker, Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Invited Speaker, Hebrew University, Department of Biochemistry, Jerusalem, Israel.
Invited Speaker, International Workshop: The diversity, evolution and
mechanisms controlling activity patterns, Ein-Gedi, Israel, February 26-March 1 2011 Invited speaker, 3rd World Congress for Chronobiology, Puebla, Mexico (speaker
in two Symposia and chair of a third Symposium).
Invited speaker, XI Latin American Symposium on Chronobiology, Cholula, Mexico.
Invited Speaker, Inaugural Meeting of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Invited Speaker, XII Congress of the European Biological Rhythms Society, Oxford, UK.
2010 Invited speaker, Center for Chronobiology Symposium, University of California San Diego.
Invited speaker, Assembling a Multi-Cellular Circadian Pacemaker, Loentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
2009 Seminar Speaker, CROET, Oregon Health Science University.
8 2008 Seminar Speaker, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Invited Speaker, Taller de Neurociencias (Workshop in Neuroscience), Huerta Grande, Argentina.
Invited Speaker, Trainee Professional Development Symposium at the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Meeting, Sandestin, FL.
Invited Speaker, Symposium at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Meeting (Sleep, 2008), Baltimore, MD.
Invited Speaker, NeuroLatam, Buzios, Brazil.
Invited Speaker, Mini-Symposium “New Developments in Sleep Research: Molecular Genetics, Gene Expression and Systems Neurobiology” at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2007 Seminar Speaker, Department of Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA.
Hot Topic Presentation, Gordon Research Conference in Chronobiology, Ausois, France.
Invited Speaker, Ashoff-Honma Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
2006 Invited Speaker, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Steamboat, CO.
Invited Speaker, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Meeting, Sandestin, FL.
Seminar Speaker, Michigan State University Neuroscience Program, East Lansing, MI.
Seminar Speaker, Washington State University Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Pullman, WA.
Seminar Speaker, University of Michigan Medical School Department of Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Ann Arbor, MI.
Seminar Speaker, Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine, Boston, MA.
Invited Speaker, 20th
Anniversary celebration, UMASS Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Amherst, MA.
2005 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Chronobiology, Newport, RI. 2004 Panelist, ProSul Project Workshop. Biological Rhythms Research Project
involving three of the MercoSur countries, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, and focusing on latitudinal effects on biological timing of human and non-human species. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Invited Speaker, Endocrine Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Seminar Speaker, The Population Council at Rockefeller University. Invited Speaker, Science Forum Colloquia, University of Washington. 2003 Invited Speaker, Congress of the Latin American Society of Physiological
Sciences, Riberão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Invited Speaker, VII Latin American Symposium on Chronobiology, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2002 Gordon Conference on Pineal Cell Biology, Ventura, CA.
Invited Speaker, Taller de Neurociencias (Workshop in Neuroscience), Córdoba, Argentina.
9 2001 Invited Speaker, VI Latin American Symposium on Chronobiology, Natal, RN,
Brazil.
Invited speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Chronobiology, Newport, RI. Seminar Speaker, Structure & Function Seminar Series, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Seminar Speaker, Department of Psychology, UMASS.
2000 Seminar Speaker, Advanced Cell Technology, Worcester, MA.
1998 Workshop on Steroid Hormones and Brain Function, Breckenridge, CO. TRAINING
Undergraduate Students Advised
Emily Beirne, Jennifer Lee, Andrea Christopher, Veronica Vasquez, Tracy Larson, Joseph Roberts, Rebecca Reh, Emily Haug, Seth Congdon, Brian Buchanan, Beryl Swanson, Erica Tartaglione, Chai Sriram, Emma Morris, Jorge Chang, Dan Tailor, Vicky Herrera, Helen Queenan, Omar Abdelbadie, Angela Zhang (High School Student), Chris Amdhal, Janet Ku, Scott Castenson, John Chung
Graduate Students Advised
Toni Hsu (PhD, 2008), Jessica Robertson (M.S. in 2009), Michael Lee (PhD 2011), Sung Han (PhD, 2011), Benjamin Smarr (PhD, 2012) Travis Lilley (Current)
Postdocs advised
Cheryl Wotus, currently Assistant Professor at Seattle University, Seattle, WA. Michael Schwartz, currently Research Faculty at SRI International, CA, USA. Mónica González, currently Research Associate, Instituto Ferrero de Neurología y Sueño, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
LEADERSHIP
2013-present Member Professional Development Committee, Society for Neuroscience Chair, Diversity Committee, Department of Biology, University of Washington Member External Scientific Advisory Committee, NIA Program Project on Sleep, Aging, and Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Harvard Medical School
2013 Member Organizing Committee, XII Latin American Symposium in Chronobiology, Mendoza, Argentina
Chair Organizing Committee, Chronobiology Workshop, Mendoza, Argentina 2012-present Member Advisory Board, BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic
Investigators in Neurosciences. University of Washington
2010-present Chair Diversity Affairs Committee, Neurobiology and Behavior Program, University of Washington
2007 Member of the advisory board of the Arthur Levinson Undergraduate Research Scholars. University of Washington
2005 Member of the Organizing Committee of the V Latin American Symposium in Chronobiology.
10 1999 Member of the Organizing Committee of the V Latin American Symposium on
Chronobiology. SERVICE
2013 Panelist National Science Foundation, IOS 2012 Panelist National Science Foundation, IOS
Study Section ad hoc Reviewer, NIH, Program Project
2011-2012 Member Diversity Committee, Department of Biology, University of Washington 20011 Panelist National Science Foundation, IOS
Ad-hoc Reviewer, National Institute of Health
2010 Ad hoc Reviewer for the National Science Foundation 2009 Ad hoc Reviewer for the National Science Foundation
Reviewer for the National Institute of Health (Biological Rhythms and Sleep Study Section)
2008 Panelist National Science Foundation (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants)
2007 Ad hoc Reviewer for the National Institute of Health (Morehouse College of Medicine Special Neuroscience Program site visit)
Ad hoc Reviewer for the National Science Foundation
2006 Reviewer for the National Institute of Health (Biological Rhythms and Sleep Study Section)
Ad hoc Reviewer for the National Science Foundation, Biological Rhythms and Sleep Study group.
Ad hoc Reviewer for the National Science Foundation
Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Rhythms (2008-2014). Editorial Board, Journal of Circadian Rhythms (2004-2013).
Member at Large, Society for Research in Biological Rhythms (2008-2010).
Ad Hoc Reviewer: American Journal of Physiology, Biological Rhythms Research, Brain Research, Current Biology, Endocrinology, European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Biological Rhythms, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroSignals, Nature Medicine, Plos Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuroscience, Journal of Physiology.
Committee assignments (University of Washington)
Member of Evaluation Committee for the Mary Gates Fellowship (5 years) Tenure and promotion committee (2005-2006).
Graduate Student Committee (2006-2007) Faculty Appointments Committee (2007-2011) TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 Associate Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
2013 Professor, Biology 404: Physiology (Cellular Aspects), Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
11 2012 Associate Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of
Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
2011 Associate Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
Associate Professor, Biology 404: Physiology (Cellular Aspects), Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
2010 Associate Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
2009 Assistant Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
Assistant Professor, Biology 404: Physiology (Cellular Aspects), Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
2008 Assistant Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
Invited professor, Neurobiology Summer Course, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Assistant Professor, Biology 404: Physiology (Cellular Aspects), Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
2007 Assistant Professor, Biology 418: Biological Clocks and Rhythms, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Winter quarter.
Assistant Professor, Biology 404: Physiology (Cellular Aspects), Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
2006 Assistant Professor, Biology 350: Foundations of Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
Assistant Professor, Biology 497: Physiology (Cellular Aspects), Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
2005 Assistant Professor, Biology 410: Circadian Rhythms and Clocks Lab, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Winter quarter.
Assistant Professor, Biology 350: Foundations of Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
Assistant Professor, Biology 410: Circadian Rhythms and Clocks Lab, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Fall quarter.
Organizer and Instructor, Latin American Graduate Course in Chronobiology, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2004 Assistant Professor, Biology 350: Foundations of Physiology, Department of
Biology, University of Washington. Spring quarter.
2002-2003 Instructor, Biology 95hfj, Harvard University. Tutorial title: Stem Cells: The Ever-Changing Concept. Fall and spring semesters.
2001-2002 Instructor, Biology 95hfb, Harvard University. Tutorial title: Neural Stem Cells: The Ever-Changing Concept. Fall and spring semesters.
1999 Organizer and Instructor, Latin American Graduate Course in Chronobiology, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1996 Invited Lecturer, Biology 568 (Endocrinology), Biology Department, UMASS.
Fall semester.
Teaching assistant, Biology 569 (Endocrinology Laboratory), Biology Department, UMASS. Fall semester.
12 1993 Teaching Assistant, Biology 101 (Introductory Biology), Biology Department,
UMASS. Spring semester.
Teaching Assistant, Biology 102 (Introductory Zoology), Biology Department, UMASS. Fall semester.
1992 Teaching Assistant, Biology 102 (Introductory Zoology), Biology Department, UMASS. Fall semester.
1992 Lecturer, Animal Physiology of Behavior, Biology Department, UBA. First semester.
1991-1992 Teaching Assistant, Animal Behavior Physiology, Biology Department, UBA. First semesters.
1990-1991 Teaching Assistant, Comparative Animal Physiology, Biology Department, UBA. Second semesters.
1989 Teaching Assistant, Biometry, Biology Department, UBA. First semester. 1988 Teaching Assistant, General Ecology, Biology Department, UBA. First and
second semesters. LANGUAGES
Speaking, reading and writing fluency in English and Spanish. Speaking and reading fluency in French and Portuguese.
