About the Board

Massey University
Sleep/Wake Research Centre
Wellington Campus
PO Box 756
Wellington 6140
New Zealand

Marijke C.M. Gordijn, PhD, is guest researcher at the Chronobiology group of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands and founder/director of Chrono@Work B.V. After finishing her Masters in Biology, she did her PhD at the Psychiatric department of the University Medical Center in Groningen. Her main interest is translational research in the fields of chronobiology, sleep, light, metabolism and mood/well-being. Her goal is to use this knowledge to prevent the negative effects of chronobiological disruption in our 24/7 society. Marijke is vice-president of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, chair of the scientific committee of the Dutch Sleep Wake Society and co-founder of both Chronotherapy Network Netherlands and the Good Light Group. 

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Medical Director,
Chicago Psychiatry Associates

Prof. Christian Cajochen is heading the Centre for Chronobiology at the University of Basel. He received his PhD in natural sciences from the ETH in Zürich, Switzerland, followed by a 3-y postdoctoral stay at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. His major research interests include investigative work on the influence of light on human cognition, circadian rhythms and sleep, circadian related disturbances in psychiatric disorders, and age-related changes in the circadian regulation of sleep and neurobehavioral performance. He has held a number of honours and has authored more than 150 original papers and reviews in his career.

Head
Centre for Chronobiology
Transfaculty Research Platform
Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences (MCN)
Psychiatric Hospital
University of Basel (UPK)
Wilhelm-Kleinstrasse 27
4002 Basel
Switzerland

Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi)
University of Oxford
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
South Parks Road
Oxford, OX1 3RE
United Kingdom

MSc Renske Lok studied Medical Biology at the University of Groningen. After graduation, she continued as a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen, department of Chronobiology, in which she investigated effects of light on human alertness. Other topics of interests include effects of light on psychological and physical performance, thermoregulation and sleep.