What do you consider to be your most important contributions to chronobiology and sleep science?
I hope that my laboratory work with my trainees and collaborators has advanced our knowledge and generated new questions about the SCN and social effects on rhythms; I also trust that my tenure as editor of Journal of Biological Rhythms contributed to strengthening our field; and I’d like to believe that my help in organizing a few memorable meetings has brought people from different disciplines together in significant ways (especially the 1993 Gordon Conference, 2010 Lorentz Center Workshop [with co-organizers Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Joke Meijer, and Larry Morin], and 2012 Ein Gedi Workshop [with co-organizers Guy Bloch, Noga Kronfeld-Schor, and Laura Smale]).
What are the most important lessons you have learned over your successful scientific career?
Aha! I have learned some lessons, which actually I’ve published with a scientific buddy, David Paydarfar (Paydarfar D, Schwartz WJ. An algorithm for discovery. Science 292:13, 2001).
Do you have any advice for trainees and early career scientists?
Yes! see above published advice; happy to provide a color pdf for anyone unable to find a copy for themselves.
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