Without our remarkable volunteers, SRBR would be far more limited in what it can do for all our members. For those who are volunteers, we hope you find fulfillment in giving of your time and expertise for the good of SRBR. 

If you’d like to volunteer, please read below to explore the list of current committees and if there is one that you would like to join or learn more about, please reach out directly to the committee chair or to info@srbr.org by clicking the button above. Whatever reason prompts you to volunteer, we thank you!

The Director and Junior Faculty Award committee is responsible for reviewing applications from the membership for both these prestigious Awards.

Deborah Bell-Pedersen, Chair, Texas A&M University, USA

Antony Dodd, John Innes Centre, UK

Yoshi Fukada, The University School of Science, Japan

Francois Rouyer, Universite Paris Sud-CNRS, France

The Travel and Trainee Awards committee is responsible for reviewing applications from eligible individuals of all career stages for the Trainee and Young Faculty Diversity Enhancement Fellowships and the Merit and Excellence Awards.

Shihoko Kojima, Chair, Virginia Tech, USA

Rajesh Narasimamurthy, Duke-NUS Medical School, USA

Daniel Mauvoisin, Nantes Universite, France

Adriana Migliaro, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Nicole Bowles, Oregon Health & Science University, USA

The Education Committee aims to support the development of current and new chronobiologists by organizing and overseeing educational activities related to biological rhythms. This includes establishing online resources for education and ensuring there are annual Chronobiology Summer Schools.

Matt Butler, Chair,Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Karen Esser, University of Florida, USA

Luoying Zhang, University of Science and Technology, China

Sheeba Vasu, Jawaharial Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, India

The purpose of the Fundraising Committee is to raise funds for the biennial SRBR conference. The committee seeks funds to assure the participation of a diverse pool of scientists in our biennial meeting.

To Be Determined.

The mission of the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) is to advocate on behalf of the membership of the SRBR to increase federal government support for research on sleep and circadian rhythms and to promote circadian and sleep medicine for improving health, safety, performance, and productivity.  The GAC works with members and staff of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as program officers within various government agencies (e.g., NIH, DoD, CDC, DoT),  to seek support for circadian and sleep research. The SRBR-GAC also works with other scientific societies (e.g., Sleep Research Society) and patient advocacy groups to achieve its mission.

Louis Ptacek, University of California: San Francisco, USA

Michael Geusz, Bowling Green State University, USA

Ryan Logan, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA

Kenneth Wright, University of Colorado: Boulder, USA

The Logo Committee is responsible for selecting the logo that will be used to represent the next conference.

Luis Larrondo, iBio-Pontifca Universidad, Chile

Louis Ptacek, University of California: San Francisco, USA

Michael Geusz, Bowling Green State University, USA

Ryan Logan, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA

Kenneth Wright, University of Colorado: Boulder, USA

The Program Committee is responsible for drawing up the program for the biennial SRBR conference. This is a gathering of hundreds of established researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students interested in various aspects of biological rhythms. The research presented at the conference touches upon various areas of chronobiology, from basic mechanisms to clinical applications, using a broad range of model organisms.

Christine Merlin, Chair, Texas A&M, USA

Karyn Esser, University of Florida, USA

Fernanda Ceriani, Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina

Eric Zhang, National Institute of Biological Sciences, China

Eva Schernhammer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Antony Dodd, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

Michael Rust, University of Chicago, USA

The goal of the SRBR Professional Development and Mentorship Committee is to expand and sustain trainee professional development for SRBR and improve SRBR’s capacity to provide meaningful professional development at all career stages.  This committee is also responsible for the planning and delivery of the Trainee and Professional Development Day and Junior Faculty Workshops that are associated with SRBR Meeting.

Jennifer Evans, Trainee Day Program Co-Chair, Marquette University, USA

Ryan Logan, Trainee Day Program Co-Chair, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA

Lauren Hablitz, Junior Faculty Day Program Chair, University of Rochester, USA

The SRBR Public Outreach Committee creates, curates, and distributes content about biological rhythms to increase its visibility and impact, and to position SRBR as a source of accurate and useful chronobiological information, especially in social media and on the web.

Emily Manoogian, Chair, Salk Institute, USA

Carla Finklestein, Virginina Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Diego Golombek, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina

Bharath Anathasubramaniam, Humbolt Universistat zu Berlin, Germany

Carl Johnson, Vanderbilt University, USA

Jae Kyoung Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, S. Korea

Andrew Beale, Current POC Fellow